Needing recommendations

[Mulberry]

@Dillion_Davis

energy manipulation in general

Qigong means “energy training” and there’s a lot of resources for learning it. It starts with learning to read, sense and move your own energy, and when that is clear you can use your eneregy to affect external energy.

We have a list of some popular books for energy working here:

Unofficial Tutorials: Book Recommendations Collection

Qigong aka Chi Kung books My all time favourite is The Root of Chinese Qigong by Jwing Ming Yang. If you could only get one book this one has everything and is also a good reference work. It also has the Chinese characters in it for the terms for further research. After that anything by Mantak Chia, who takes the opposite approach and has dozens of short books breaking the subject up into given tools and small areas, which is cool when you have the foundation and/or are looking for a specific technique. Particularly these fundamentals which are also the Taoist approach to having good Spiritual Hygiene, there is no “shadow work” called out separately, it’s all you: Awaken Healing Energy Through The Tao Fusion of the Five Elements: Meditations for Transforming Negative Emotions The Inner Smile: Increasing Chi through the Cultivation of Joy The Six Healing Sounds: Taoist Techniques for Balancing Chi Important for occultists, after getting cleansed and balanced, we want to increase our energy for magickal work beyond just being healthy, open our clairsenses more and become more sensitive, more empowered and more wise, start here: The Taoist Soul Body: Harnessing the Power of Kan and Li The Practice of Greater Kan and Li: Techniques for Creating the Immortal Self Sealing of the Five Senses: Advanced Practices for Becoming a Taoist Immortal Update to add: The Water Method of Taoist Meditation Series 2 book set: Relaxing into your Being The Great Stillness Dec 2024…