DAOISM HANDBOOK by Livia Kohn, Table of Contents

In addition to the “Smart Books on Tao” post made yesterday with an updated list of begininer reference books, I see that the Daoism Handbook is now available on Amazon for $79. new/$72. used.
This is not for beginners, but is the best reference work on Daoism currently available – the focus of 28 scholar-specialists. I highly recommend it for those who have chosen Tao/Dao as their path.

Amazon does not have this table of contents, so I post it here. I will probably eventually carry this title on my site as well of some of Livia’s other books.

DAOISM HANDBOOK
EDITED BY LIVIA KOHN
CONTENTS
Preface vii
00. Introduction, Russell Kirkland, T. H. Barett, Livia Kohn xi
01. The Daode jing and Its Tradition, Alan Chan 1
02. The Zhuangzi and Its Impact, Victor Mair 30
03. Han Cosmology and Mantic Practices, Marc Csikszentmihalyi 53
04. Longevity Techniques and Chinese Medicine, Ute Engelhardt 74
05. Immortality and Transcendence, Benjamin Penny 109
06. Early Daoist Movements, Barbara Hendrischke 134
07. Elixirs and Alchemy, Fabrizio Pregadio 165
08. Shangqing—Highest Clarity, Isabelle Robinet 196
09. The Lingbao School, Yamada Toshiaki 225

10. The Southern Celestial Masters, Peter Nickerson 256
11. The Northern Celestial Masters, Livia Kohn 283
12. Daoist Ordination and Zhai Rituals, Charles Benn 309
13. Daoism in the Tang (618-906), Livia Kohn and R. Kirkland 339
14. Women in Daoism, Catherine Despeux 384
15. Ritual Movements, Deity Cults, and the Transformation of 413
Daoism in Song and Yuan Times, Lowell Skar
16. Inner Alchemy (Neidan), Lowell Skar and Fabrizio Pregadio 464
17. Talismans and Sacred Diagrams, Catherine Despeux 498
18. Divination as Daoist Practice, Sakade Yoshinobu 541
19. Quanzhen—Complete Perfection, Ted Yao 567

20. Daoism in the Ming (1368-1644), Pierre-Henry DeBruyn 594
21. Daoism in the Qing (1644-1911), Monica Esposito 623
22. Daoist Ritual Today, Kenneth Dean 659
23. Daoist Sacred Sites, Thomas Hahn 683
24. Daoist Art, Stephen Little 708
25. Daoist Ritual Music, Takimoto Yuzo and Liu Hong 747
26. The Study of Daoism in China Today, Ding Huang 765
27. Daoism in Korea, Jung Jae-Seo 792
28. Daoism in Japan, Masuo Shin’ichir_ 821

Index 843
Index

Index of Names
n persons, emperors, immortals, deities

Index of Places
n cities, provinces, mountains, temples, institutions

Index of Titles
n texts, collections, liturgies

Index of Subjects
— schools, dynasties, topics, technical terms