Product Description

Mantak Chia reveals for the first time to the general public, the ancient sexual secrets of the Taoist sages. These secrets enable men to conserve and transform sexual energy through its circulation in the microcosmic orbit, invigorating and rejuvenating the body's vital functions. Hidden for centuries, these esoteric techniques and principles make the process of linking sexual energy and transcendent states of consciousness accessible to the reader. This revolutionary and definitive book teaches: higher taoist practices for alchemical transmutation of body, mind and spirit; the secret of achieving and maintaining full sexual potency; the Taoist "valley orgasm" - pathway to higher bliss; how to conserve and store sperm in the body; the exchange and balancing of male and female energies, within the body and with one's partner; and, how this practice can fuel higher achievement in career and sports.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77973 in Books
• Published on: 1984-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 285 pages

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Hidden for centuries, the esoteric techniques and principles presented here make the process of linking sexual energy and transcendent states of consciousness accessible to the reader.

Customer Reviews

Do not buy and follow the Chi retention strategies here
After just today finding this book on Amazon to show my sister since she asked me why I retained semen for a year in 1990/91. I found one reviewer below state that Chi storage in the head can cause insanity!! Yes. It happened to me immediately after a years practice.

I followed this book to a T and now after being ill 1992-1997, being better finally and today in 2004 I see this statement about possible insanity.

Be careful what you read folks. Always. Cum daily for safety I say now with a smile.

Not in the least dangerous once you get the hang of it...
I just wanted to reassure a fellow reviewer who felt this book is dangerous since it teaches storing Chi in the head rather than the belly. (Of course he is right that the Chi, or 'warm current', should not be left sitting in the head). However, there is more than one type of bodily energy! The substance this book says must be brought to the head, and left there, is Jing - a very thick and slow-moving (when not aroused) sexual energy.

As Chia says, once enough of it has been stored in the head for a few weeks, it will change (to a purer form, Shen) and overflow back down the front of the body, to the navel, and still further to the base of the spine, completing the route. Now I can honestly say that this is one of the most delicious feelings one can experience! Once you feel it I doubt you'll worry about having done anything unhealthy!

On the question of the prosaic versus the mystical, I do know some people dislike Chia's straightforward approach but I personally think it's fantastic that someone who really knows his stuff this way would bother to present it in such a manner that any ignorant Westerner can use it!

What you are getting here is Taoist sexual practice as a living system, rather than history or coded poetry. You cannot really understand the Tao without doing the actual practices, or so I would think. The mystical and poetic side of Taoism will appear to you physically and personally after some time of doing the actual meditations, rather than in an etoliated form inside a book.

Also, I think Chia is anxious to make it clear that taoism is a energy system and not a religion. You could 'be a christian' and still practice the tao - in fact, Chia does precisely that. So he's attempting to make his system as universally relevant as possible, which I personally think is admirable.

Anyone who's curious should not be put off by negative reviews! This stuff really does work. Enjoy!

this is dangerous
Well I have been researching these methods for many years know. And am a leading expert in this field. Be careful!!! If practiced incorrectly, your testicales will swell up to the size of oranges. i learned this the hard way many years ago. i would also get a huge ninja boner even when i didn't want too. it was emabarrassing to say the least. especially when teaching in class. it was awesome sometimes. when like at a party and stuff like that. but the practices are real and they will make you a super stud with the ladies. especailly when you have too stick a pencil up your anal cavity . thats the best!