The Secret and Sublime

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973. The author, a renowned student of Chinese religion and, studied the religion with Taoist sages in their retreats on sacred mountains in the 1940s. The result is the present volume, one of the best-presented descriptions of Taoism [Daoism], China's only indigenous religion. He describes the faith in all of its forms - popular, yogic,… Read more about this item

George Allen & Unwin 1973. SCARCE, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, illus title page, 217pp, occasional illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & tanning to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to… Read more about this item

Dutton, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 1973 first edition, first printing. Solid binding. No writing or names except blacked-out price on back cover. Clipped front fly. Age-tanned pages. Light wear to cover.

US: Dutton, 1973. Paperback. Good. Originally the objective of all Taoist forms of contemplation and yoga had probably been identical-the union of opposites within oneself in order that the mysterious light of the indwelling Tao might be made manifest. It was held that the indivisibility of the One and the many and the identity of op posites could… Read more about this item