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The Mysterious Gate: Yin and Yang in the Early Development of Acupuncture
Acupuncture is based upon the Pattern/Template system first explained in early texts such as the Daodejing and Yijing and then incorporated into the early medical texts. The Pattern/Templates were rediscovered by the pioneering psychologist, Carl Jung, who called them archetypes and made them the basis of his psychology. The idea of the Pattern/Templates stems from the Daodejing and other texts of early Daoism where Being emerges from Non-Being through an intermediary realm called Primal Chaos. Primal Chaos is comprised of certain tendencies that manifest in the world of form in different ways. These tendencies are the Pattern/Templates. They act like cosmic blueprints for the manifestation of material form. This book discusses, first, the ancient Chinese cosmology from which the Pattern/Template philosophy was developed and then how that cosmology is recapitulated within the human body through the structure and function of Mingmen/Dantian, the Center of Power within the human body. Detailed examination is also provided for the connection between this vital center and the function of the Triple Heater and Pericardium, which can then be understood and appreciated more deeply. Following chapters show how these ideas were developed into the various patterns that become the underlying basis for the theoretical foundation of acupuncture. These include Yin-Yang, the Eight Trigrams of the Yijing, the Five Phases, Numerology, and the Six Divisions.
This book discusses, first, the ancient Chinese cosmology from which the Pattern/Template philosophy was developed and then how that cosmology is recapitulated within the human body in the structure and function of Mingmen/Dantian, the Center of Power within the human body. Following chapters show how these ideas were developed into specific patterns that become the theoretical foundation of acupuncture. These include Yin-Yang, the Eight Trigrams of the Yijing, the Five Phases, Numerology, and the Six Divisions.
The goal of this book is to explain the underlying importance of logic and intuition in the practice of acupuncture for the Body, Mind, and Spirit with sufficient clarity to make them come alive in practice.
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Features
Table of Contents
Introduction 14
Part I: General Philosophical Background
Early Acupuncture Texts 14
Huangdi Neijing 14
General History 14
Suwen 18
Lingshu 18
Jiayijing 19
History 19
Pattern/Templates 19
Cosmology 20
World-views and Medical Paradigms 20
Mutual Resonance: Ganying 22
Watching For The Qi 24
Philosophical Cosmology 26
General 26
Daodejing 26
Huainanzi 27
The Pre-Polar State: Wuji 29
The Polarized State: Taiji 29
Definition 29
Xianntian 31
Polarization 31
The Taiji Diagram 33
Mythical Cosmology 36
General 36
Hundun 37
Pangu 39
Kunlun 42
Mixed Meanings 42
Axis Mundi 43
Cosmological Significance in Acupuncture 47
Heaven, Earth and Man 48
General Concept 48
Heaven 51
Definition 51
Heaven as Deity 52
Heaven as Non-Personal Force 53
Function 54
Earth 56
Definition 56
Deities of Earth 57
Separation of Heaven and Earth and the Myth of Chongli 58
Reunion of Heaven and Earth and the Myth of the Weaving Maiden and Cowherd Boy 60
The Center of Power: Qihai/Mingmen/Dantian 66
Prenatal Qi 66
Mingmen/Dantian: Location 71
Philosophical Location 71
Physical Location 72
The Navel 72
Between the Two Kidneys 73
The Eyes 74
The Dantian 74
General 74
Location 79
Qihai: The Sea of Qi 80
The Navel 80
Axial Convergence in the Development of Form From Being to Beginning 81
The Pole Star 83
Formation of the Chongmai 84
Mingmen and Kidney Fire 86
Root of the Inherited Constitution 86
Kidney Fire 86
Destiny in Chinese Astrology 95
The Contract with Heaven 95
Legends of the Stove God 97
The Stove God and the Triple Heater 100
Triple Heater and Ministerial Fire 101
Pericardium and Ministerial Fire 102
Triple Heater, Pericardium, Ministerial Fire, and the Yijing 103
Ministerial Fire and the Pulse Position 107
The Great Flood and the Loss of Original Nature 110
The Meaning of Right and Left 114
Physiological Transitions in the Development of the Triple Heater and Pericardium 119
Three Heaters/Three Huang 119
Prenatal Transitions: Separation of Primary and Secondary Fire 122
Part II: Yin-Yang
Yin-Yang 124
General Definition 124
Yin-Yang History 126
Middle and Late Zhou Dynasty 126
The Han Dynasty and Dong Zhongshu 127
The Formative Period of Yin-Yang Development 128
Early Terms 128
Interpenetration 136
Part III: Yijing
Yijing 138
History 138
General 138
Early Zhou and Late Shang 139
Confucian Influence 140
The Ten Wings 141
Two Forms, Four Images 142
The Eight Trigrams 143
Composition 143
Qian: The Enduring Heaven 155
Kun: The Receptive Earth 157
Zhen: The Arousing Thunder 158
Sun: The Gentle Wind 160
Kan: The Abysmal Water 162
Li: The Clinging Fire 165
Gen: The Still Mountain 167
Dui: The Joyous Lake 169
Hexagrams 170
Trigram Sequences 173
Magic Squares 177
Sacred Maps 179
The Former Heaven Sequence 183
Latter Heaven 185
The Five Phases: Wuxing 188
Terminology 188
History 190
The River Maps 194
Water 198
Fire 202
Wood 203
Metal 205
Soil 206
Five Phase Cycles 209
Part III: Numerology
General 213
Odd and Even 218
The One 222
The Two 224
The Three 224
The Four 225
The Five 225
The Six 227
The Seven 229
The Eight 233
The Nine 235
The Ten 239
Summary 242
Other Significant Numbers 244
Part IV: The Six Divisions
Pattern/Templates in the Meridian System 247
The Six Gates 251
Early Development of the Six Divisions: The Four Images 253
Neijing Character Types Based on the Four Pattern/Templates 254
The Taiyang/Fire 254
The Taiyin/Water 255
The Shaoyang/Wood 256
The Shaoyin/Metal 257
The Balanced/Soil 258
The Yangming and Jueyin 259
Yangming 259
Jueyin 263
Disruption of Qi 263
Reversion of Qi 263
Inversion of Qi 264
Blood and Qi Proportions 265
Six Division Polarities 268
Integration of the Four Systems 269
Derivation From the Yijing 271
The Hexagram Lines 273
Trigram Progressions 273
Stages of Pathogenic Qi 279
The Taiyang Stage: 280
The Yangming Stage: 280
The Shaoyang Stage: 280
The Taiyin Stage: 280
The Shaoyin Stage: 280
The Jueyin Stage: 280
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