{"product_id":"ta-men-tao-athenadorus-9781890000035","title":"Ta Men Tao: The Tao of Athenadorus","description":"The \u003cb\u003eTA MEN TAO\u003c\/b\u003e is an expanded, highly edited rewriting of the 81 poems of the Chinese classic, the \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e [Dao De Jing]. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAthenadorus's expansion and restatement of the classical Chinese original into the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTa Men Tao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e [\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDa Men Dao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e] was done in order to bring forth and flesh out more fully the Danaan aspects underpinning this great work, so that he might present it as the third volume in the expanding body of literature which reveals the continuing, continual growth of Goddess-worship among the peoples who treasure the Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ta Men Tao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is not meant to be a pro-forma, academic translation of the original Taoist document. Athenadorus had three principle objectives in rewriting the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e into the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTa Men Tao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: to remove the sexist statements that occur in the original, to replace its emphasis on two opposites with the Danaan realization of the three--two complements and their interaction--and to fill in and expand from those poetic holes left by the incomplete restoration done when the Chinese were recovering from the first emperor's burning of the books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis restatement of the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e in terms of the principles of the Danaan Worldview continues Athenadorus's forging of a strong bond between the East and West. This process was begun in the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecond Phaedran Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, by pairing Danaan Greek and Japanese Shinto terms to show their essential unity, its Japanese name being \u003ci\u003eDa-ne-Shinto\u003c\/i\u003e: \"the Way of the Deity of the Great Beginning\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Athenadorus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1890000035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781890000035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Danaan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Athenadorus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442616905983,"sku":"9781890000035","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0694ae8d-e0b3-48e0-972b-4e2414458173.jpg?v=1777198602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ta-men-tao-athenadorus-9781890000035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}