{"product_id":"the-world-upside-down-fabrizio-pregadio-9780984308262","title":"The World Upside Down: Essays on Taoist Internal Alchemy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book contains four essays on Internal Alchemy (Neidan) by Isabelle Robinet, originally published in French and translated here for the first time into English. The essays are concerned with the alchemical principle of \"inversion\"; the devices used by the alchemists to \"give form to the Formless by the word, and thus manifest the authentic and absolute Dao\"; the symbolic function of numbers in Taoism and in Internal Alchemy; and the original meanings of the terms \"External Elixir\" (\u003ci\u003ewaidan\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"Internal Elixir\" (\u003ci\u003eneidan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements, vii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The World Upside Down in Taoist Internal Alchemy, 1 \u003cbr\u003e2. The Alchemical Language, or the Effort to Say the Contradictory, 17 \u003cbr\u003e3. Role and Meaning of Numbers in Taoist Cosmology and Alchemy, 45 \u003cbr\u003e4. On the Meaning of the Terms \u003ci\u003eWaidan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNeidan\u003c\/i\u003e, 75\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTables and Pictures, 103 \u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Works by Isabelle Robinet, 113 \u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Chinese Characters, 117 \u003cbr\u003eWorks Quoted, 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fabrizio Pregadio, Isabelle Robinet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984308261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984308262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Golden Elixir Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fabrizio Pregadio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043572838655,"sku":"9780984308262","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80f8c084-5481-4551-956b-84962e13b10a.jpg?v=1684967934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-upside-down-fabrizio-pregadio-9780984308262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}