附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-267) and index.
Chapter 1 General Perspectives I The Book, Cosmic Creator and the Alliance with the Gods 1 The Ching Reveals the Laws of the World 2 The Ching as the Foundation of the World 3 The Ching: a Token of Power that Certifies and Enlists Divine Protection II Talismans and Invocations: Summoning the Gods Talismans and Invocations: Fu and Chu III Auxiliary and Preparatory Exercises IV The Figure of the Saint and the Spiritual Hierarchy V The Creative Imagination and the Intermediary World Chapter 2 The Book of the Yellow Court I General Introduction II Visualization of the Viscera 1 Interior Vision 2 The Viscera as Living Symbols 3 The T'ai-p'ing ching as Predecessor 4 The Huang-t'ing ching: Viscera in the Book of the Yellow Court 5 The Inheritors and the Therapeutic Tendency 6 The Cosmic Dimension of the Viscera 7 The Center of the Body: The Spleen 8 The Fertile Abysses of the Body The Kidneys and the Lower Cinnabar Field The Gate of Destiny, Ming-men The Origin of the Barrier, Kuan-yüan III The Circulation of Breath and Essence 1 Breath or Ch'i: Aerial Yang Principle of the Body 2 Essence or Ching: Moist Yin Principle of the Body 3 The Sexual Seed 4 The Nourishing Saliva IV Conclusion Chapter 3 The Book of Great Profundity I Introduction II The Gods of the Body III Unitive Fusion through the Whirlwind 1 Unitive Fusion, Hun-ho 2 The Whirlwind, Hui-feng Chapter 4 The One, "Preserving the One," and the Three-Ones I Unity: Void, Origin, and Chaos II Preserving the One, Shou-i III The Su-ling ching: The Three and the Nine 1 "Preserving the One," and the Three-Ones 2 The Nine Palaces IV The Tz'u-i ching (Scripture of the Feminine One) and the T'ai-tan yin-shu (Secret Book of the Supreme Cinnabar) 1 Tz'u-i, The Feminine One 2 T'ai-i, The Supreme One Chapter 5 Overcoming Obstacles and the Certainty of the Final Outcome I The Embryonic Knots II The Promise of Immortality Chapter 6 The Metamorphoses I Creative Metamorphoses and the Perpetual Mutations of Life II The Changing Fa