The Alchemist's Tao Te Ching: Transforming Your Lead Into Gold - Paperback

by Andrew L. McCart Phd (Author)

The Alchemist's Tao Te Ching: Transforming Your Lead into Gold The Tao Te Ching has been around for over 2500 years and has been translated into Western languages over 250 times. The practice of Internal Alchemy has been around longer with even more variety in its methods. This text provides the reader with a fresh approach to the Tao Te Ching, focusing on Leadership, interpersonal relationships, and of course, how to find peace in modern, everyday life. To accompany the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching, Andrew included 81 practices from a path of Taoist Internal Alchemy. These practices are accompanied by 81 haiku writings, describing the practices in simple terms. Each practice is illustrated in photographs that take the reader from the navel to the edge of the galaxy and back again in a process of embodying nature's spiritual forces in the human body. Enjoy the journey!

Author Biography

Andrew McCart, PhD grew up in Orleans, Indiana, "a town of 2,000 friendly folks." He is a Senior Instructor with the Healing Tao Instructor Association of the Americas. In academia, he completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health at the University of Louisville, and Master's and Bachelor's degrees of Business Administration at Indiana University. Andrew is currently a Continuing Lecturer of Organizational Leadership and Industrial Engineering Technology at Purdue University. He holds three black belts in martial arts and studies various healing modalities, including Chi Nei Tsang, Reiki, Acupressure, Cosmic Healing Chi Kung, and Medical Chi Kung. His hobbies include Crossfit, coffee, and travel. He lives in the Louisville, Kentucky area with his wife Deven and their Siberian Husky "Sugar."