This is the second Taoist book I have read, the first being
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff.
Opening the Dragon Gate is a biography of Wang Liping, a
modern Taoist wizard / master. It discusses the training he underwent, the
changes he observed during his training, his relationship with his three elders
and masters, and finally how he continued in the Way after becoming a master in
his own right.
It is less a book about Taoism per se and more a book about
a particular Taoist with Taosim intermixed and flowing through it. I was
looking to read something more on practical / practice-able Taoism and this
book would certainly not be an introduction in that vein and therefore I was
really only able to appreciate it on a biographical level.
Opening the Dragon Gate - The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard was authored by Chen Kaiguo and Zheng
Shunchao and was translated from the original Chinese by Thomas Cleary.
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