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Perhaps they have priests with costumes, and I am not aware of any alchemy, but are these "shortcomings" in any sort of fundamental, materially important way?
by mistermann 5y ago
Perhaps they have priests with costumes, and I am not aware of any alchemy, but are these "shortcomings" in any sort of fundamental, materially important way?
- teddyh 5y agoI mean, alchemy is not a really an advantage for a religion to include these days. Most religions have dropped their medical claims long ago.
- mistermann 5y agoSure, but I am more interested in this idea of whether alchemy is a fundamental and substantial part of Taoism, and then also the question of whatever negatives may come with that (if it is actually true), is Taoism in the aggregate net beneficial to humanity, or not. I'm curious if you have any thoughts on the matter.
- dorchadas 5y agoIt's worth noting that modern Daoist alchemy is internal alchemy [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neidan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neidan
- dorchadas 5y agoIt's 'internal alchemy' [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neidan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neidan
- mistermann 5y agoAh, thanks for that. These seem fairly harmless to me but I'm not so knowledgeable, what do you think?
- dorchadas 5y agoI think they're things best practiced with a guide, and not something to go attempt yourself. Whether there's any actual effect from it or not, who knows. But it's always better safe than sorry.