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Living Spirits 1: Introduction to Possession in Chinese Medicine
Explore an animist cosmology, situating humans in a network of connection with seen and unseen forces
PDA 9377-1
Chinese medicine has a wealth of information regarding psycho-emotive health that has unfortunately largely been excluded from modern TCM.
The late Daoist adept Liu Ming spent decades studying the traditional cosmology of East Asia. His lectures take us through a deep historical overview of the development of fundamental ideas relating to psycho-emotional health, such as the concept of self and the existence of "spirits."
He skillfully analyzes the stumbling blocks that current-day practitioners come across when attempting to approach pre-modern ideas such as “possession.”
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Patrick Jones - Course author
Liu Ming
Da Yuan Circle Founder
Liu Ming (b. Sept 14th, 1947 - d. April 9th, 2015) was the co-founder and former director of Five Branches College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Cruz, where for twelve years he taught courses in Chinese History and Culture. He also completed a visiting lecturer position at the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine. He held a Masters degree in Asian Esthetics and is the author of “Dragon's Play” (1991). He is the author of several self-published works related to Daoism and traditional Chinese culture, including a translation of the Zhou Yi, the original text of the I Ching, and the Dao De Jing.
He was adopted and ordained by an orthodox Daoist family that traces itself back to the to the Han dynasty. His teaching is based firmly in the Chinese Daoist tradition, but is surprisingly open and practical in a modern setting. His thirty years of practice in meditation and ritual, in both Daoist and Tantric Buddhist traditions, inspired him to create Da Yuan Circle, a non-profit organization focused around his teachings.
Liu Ming (b. Sept 14th, 1947 - d. April 9th, 2015) was the co-founder and former director of Five Branches College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Cruz, where for twelve years he taught courses in Chinese History and Culture. He also completed a visiting lecturer position at the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine. He held a Masters degree in Asian Esthetics and is the author of “Dragon's Play” (1991). He is the author of several self-published works related to Daoism and traditional Chinese culture, including a translation of the Zhou Yi, the original text of the I Ching, and the Dao De Jing.
He was adopted and ordained by an orthodox Daoist family that traces itself back to the to the Han dynasty. His teaching is based firmly in the Chinese Daoist tradition, but is surprisingly open and practical in a modern setting. His thirty years of practice in meditation and ritual, in both Daoist and Tantric Buddhist traditions, inspired him to create Da Yuan Circle, a non-profit organization focused around his teachings.