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LASZLO LEGEZA
TAO
MAGIC
The Chinese Art of the Occult
211660
PANTHEON BOOKS
A Division of Random House
New York acing title pag
Talisman for seeking office. In the
performance ofall kinds of due, i wi
ombine peace with good fortune
(ao-tsang 608-3: 308)
Fist American Edition
Copyright © 1975 by Thames and Hudson Led
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a divi
sion of Random House, Inc., New York. Published in Great Britain as
Tao Magic: The Secret Language of Dia ligrphy by Thames
and Hudson Ltd., London
in Publica
Data
Library of Conge
Leger Ie
Tso Magic.
1. Magic, Chinese. 2. Calligraphy, Chinese.
3. Taoism, 1 Title
Brisaa.CsL43 7s 1334095
ISBN 0-395275125-5
sured in the United States of America Contents
Introduction
The Secret Sources
Eternal Change
Vital Breath
Bodily yin-yang and Alchemy
The Spirit World
The Magic Power of Calligraphy
The Mystic Graphic Arts
Making Talismans
Talismanic Language
The Taoist Vision
The Plates
The Figures
Meditational diagrams and talismans
Charms for summoning spirits
Preventive talismans
Protective talismans
Curative talismans
Implements of magic
Note on the Tao-tsang (Taoist canon)
Chronology
Bibliography
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