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Time in Late Taoist Texts - Paul Ferguson - 03-22-2025
Pavel D. LENKOV
Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
"We note that although in Taoism, as in religious exoteric practice, the calendar plays an important role, at the same time, the concept of “reversibility of time” also emerged and became established in Taoist esotericism. This concept, which has its roots in the philosophy of “Dao De Jing”, played a key role in Taoist esoteric practices (inner alchemy, nei dan)). In addition, in internal alchemy there was a specific terminology describing the dimensionality of alchemical practices, which actively used the “signs” (trigrams and hexagrams) of the “Yi jing”."
Page 21 of downloadable conference proceedings:
https://iphras.ru/uplfile/orient/asian_philosophies_confs/2024_10_28_30/eng/APH2024_book_eng.pdf