title: Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
author:  Thomas Cleary 
description: Text: English (translation)<br> Original Language: Chinese
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  © 1984 by Mantak & Maneewan Chia All Rights Reserved
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photo-graphic or
  electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording, nor may it be
  stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, translated into another language,
  or otherwise copied for public or private use, excepting brief passages quoted
  for purposes of review, without the permission of the publisher.
  
  
  ISBN: 0-943358-19-1
  
  
  LC #84-71453
  
  
  A publication of
  
  
  Aurora Press
  
  
  P O Box 573
  
  
  Santa Fe, NM 87504
  
  
  USA
  
  
  Also by Mantak Chia
  
  
  Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao
  
  
  The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power Printed in the United States
  of America
  
  
  XCII
  
  
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
  
  This book has been over a decade in the making. I thank foremost those Taoist
  Masters who were kind enough to share their knowledge with me, but never
  imagined it would be taught to westerners.
  
  
  Such is the Tao.
  
  
  I acknowledge a specia