Book review: Internal Alchemy for Everyone

Internal Alchemy for Everyone by Chungtao Ho:

is an inspiring introduction to China’s most powerful spiritual technology. For beginners, it organizes this complex process into simple steps that greatly elucidates its usual obscurity. It’s clear language, good writing, and simple explanations will encourage the curious to explore this path. For those already engaged, it offers the best survey of Chinese alchemical literature I’ve ever seen, with dozens of useful quotes from classic texts. It distinguishes between cultivating post-natal and pre-natal qi, which separates neidan gong from most qigong, and is essential in birthing the immortal embryo. Chungtao Ho knows inner alchemy is an experimental path, with many Ways, so his approach may not exactly match one’s own. This book will still be an invaluable resource in highlighting the key principles and practical steps required. I’m recommending it to all my students. – — Michael Winn  (coming soon from Three Pines Press);