Diary of a Daoist Hermit

Many years ago I was initiated into Daoism by a teacher who came from China. I've spent many years learning since then and would like to introduce anyone interested into my odd little life trying to practice this ancient wisdom tradition in a modern urban setting.

Friday, October 19, 2018

Internal Alchemy for Everyone---Review of a Book by Chungtao Ho

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Sorry, that's the biggest size image I could find. In every religion, for every thoughtful person there comes a time when they have...

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Monday, August 6, 2018

Daoist China: Governance, Economics, Culture

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Livia Kohn, the noted Daoist scholar and practitioner has recently published a new book titled Daoist Livia Kohn, image c/o Boston Unive...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Mencius: How Much Do We Owe Our Fellow Citizen?

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Mencius, public domain image. C/o the Wiki Commons I've been working my way through the David Hinton translation of Mencius for q...

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Something About "Fate"

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Like most people, I am a little confused about the concept of "free will". Actually, that's not true. I've come to the con...

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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Book Review: Daoist "Cli-Fi"

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Last month I got an email from one of my regular readers asking if I'd be interested in reading a book he just published titled Voice...

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Friday, December 29, 2017

Scary Monsters and Crazy, Dangerous Worlds

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It's been a vacation time for me lately. Part of that has been some total sloth binge-watching Netflix. In particular, I've been i...

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The Cloudwalking Owl: Life is a strange journey sometimes. I was born into a small-town, farming family in Southern Ontario, in Canada. But I've always been attracted to oriental philosophy. I joined a taijiquan club when I was a young man and a strange Chinese immigrant initiated me into his Daoist lineage without my really understanding what I was getting into. That happened about thirty years ago. The man has since died and I have nothing to do with his temple. But the path he started me on has become my life as I work out what it means to be a Western Daoist in the 21st century.

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