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Authors: George A. Katchmer, James O'Leary (Editor), Thomas G. Gutheil
ISBN-13: 9780940871281, ISBN-10: 0940871289
Format: Paperback
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Date Published: March 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: George A. Katchmer

Book Synopsis

Synthesizes the energy paradigms of Taoism and psychoanalysts Jung, Reich, and Lowen.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Biography
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Pt. 1The Energy Paradigm in China1
1China: A Society Based on Energetics3
2Macrocosmic Qi21
3Human Qi and Chinese Medicine46
4Uses of Qi: Qigong74
5Uses of Qi: Alchemy89
Pt. 2The Energy Paradigm in the West107
6The West: The Avoidance of Change109
7Western Medical History126
8The Theory of Libido142
9Wilhelm Reich and Bio-Physics157
10Alexander Lowen - The Spirit in Reich's Body189
11Pictures of Energy - Jung Revisited203
Conclusion214
Bibliography219
Appendix A Translation of Chinese Terms224
Index226

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