Sacred Journeys

The ‘Field of Elixir’ Is More Important to Spirituality Than the Pineal GlandDylan CharlesWaking Times It is commonly held that the pineal gland is the ‘seat of the soul,’ a meta-physical portal of sorts that is believed to play an important role in conscious awareness and spiritual experience. Certain practices and supplements may assist in improving the function of t..

The Energy Concept in Traditional Chinese Medicine By Grandmaster Shou-Yu Liang and Master Wen-Ching Wu Medical Qigong is a compilation of effective preventive, healing, and strengthening exercises derived from a long history of the Chinese people's experiences as they struggled with nature. As early as the Shang Dynasty (1766-1123 B.C.) and the Zhou Dynasty (1122-249 B.C.), t..

TCM Diagnosis According 8 Principals * This page is presented for informational purposes only. In all cases of serious illness it is recommended that a qualified practitioner be consulted. Diagnosis is of crucial importance in any medical or healing system that works on the body. Metaphysical healing systems tend to pay far less attention to the body assuming that removing emo..

Three Aspects Of Qi Within The Human Body By Toby Ouvry Qi Gong distinguishes three levels of qi within the human body; ‘essence’ (jing), ‘energy’ (qi), and ‘spirit’ (shen). Each of these different levels of energy are located in the three ‘dan tiens’ which translated literally means ‘elixir fields’. These are as follows: - The lower dan tien is the centre of our ‘primal e..