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This is not technically a true statement. Many of these books are cited in The Tao of Craft. There are also a few obscure self-published books on the subject. Read and remember where you are and why you are here. Skip to content. She studies tarot, feng shui, the I Ching, numerology, and both Chinese and Hellenisic astrology.

When not lecturing, teaching, or writing on metaphysics, Wen practices law in California and New York. She is of Taiwanese descent and currently lives in Northern California with her husband James and the spirit of their beloved cat. Works cited for everything covered in this lecture are in the end notes of The Tao of Craft North Atlantic Books, Thank you!

Taoism is a nature-based religion, philosophy, and a 2, year old tradition of sorcery native to China since the Zhou Dynasty. In that same time, Buddhism enters China and a modality of it—esoteric Buddhism—is blended in with Taoist magic. Yet the roots of Taoist magic trace back even further than the dynasties of antiquity, back to Neolithic shamanism. This introductory six-video lecture series will cover the ontology, theory, history, and cultural practice of sorcery at the intersection of esoteric Buddhism and Taoism.

I hope you find within these offerings bits of insight, knowledge, and methods that you can integrate, syncretize, adopt into your own Path. This introductory six-video lecture series will delve in to Chinese occult practices that syncretize Buddhism and Taoism. Video 2 covers the history of Taoist and Buddhist mysticism in China. Video 3 gets into the cultural practice of Taoist sorcery while Video 4 gives you a crash course into Eastern metaphysics. Finally, Videos 5 and 6 will give a primer on practicing or integrating Taoist magic and esoteric Buddhism into your path.

I hope you find within these offerings bits of insight, knowledge, and methods that you can integrate, syncretize, or adapt for yourself. This is a free introductory course into Lei Fa, a classical form of Taoist sorcery. In Eastern esoteric traditions, Lei Fa is considered one of the more advanced practices.

There are both inner and outer alchemical forms of Thunder Rites. Methodologies are premised on the belief that thunder is the divine command of Heaven and a practitioner can harvest the power of thunder to absorb powers from Heaven and use those powers to both exorcise demons and heal sickness because, for the most part, historically sickness was attributed to demonic possession. Skip to content. Any simple, well-intentioned attribution or credit will suffice. In exchange, I also ask that you help me promote The Tao of Craft by sharing these image files, your derivative works based on these image files, or your personal photographs of the book The Tao of Craft on social media, such as your blog, vlog, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest, etc.

The following are selected not all Fu sigils from The Tao of Craft that are provided in high resolution for your personal uses. Explanatory text about each Fu are in the book. When crafting your Fu sigils, use any of these downloads as a starting reference point only. Ultimately, the most effective sigil craft has to be personalized in a way that is attuned to the practitioner and customized for the specific beneficiary of the sigil. All explanatory material for the downloads are in the appendices from The Tao of Craft.

Appendix A provided references and samples for house designs and the general correspondences of each design. I had intended the sample references in the appendix to be large enough for a reader to trace out of the book for use, but as you may have realized, that did not happen, so larger, easier to trace image files are provided here as a supplemental download.

Appendix B was a reference guide for non-Chinese practitioners who wish to incorporate Chinese characters into glyph designs for their sigils. For the uninitiated, some of the Chinese characters may be difficult to write at first, so tracing is recommended to help you establish the form. Use in conjunction with the explanatory text in the book. Appendix I covers nine exercises for the novice practitioner that instructs step by step on the crafting of a basic portfolio of Fu talismans to have in your personal magical arsenal.

You may even want to write entries in your own Book of Methods or Book of Shadows, grimoire equivalent to memorialize your crafted sigils. These image files can then be incorporated into your own magical records. Be sure to read pages — Figures I.