FRONT COVER -- TAI CHICHUAN AND THE CODE OF LIFE -- Contents -- Introduction -- Jung, Wilhelm, and the I Ching -- The I Ching and Life in Harmony -- Feng Shui and the Balance of Nature -- Science, DNA, and Tai Chi -- The Role of Change in the Universal Life Force -- The Dark and Light Sides of Tai Chi Chuan -- Chapter One: The Philosophy of Taoism, from a Western Perspective -- Chinese Thought and History -- The Number and Name of Creation -- Tending the Waters of the Unconscious -- Chapter Two: The History of Tai Chi Chuan -- An Ancient Way of War -- The Tai Chi Hermit -- The Spiral Dance of Chen Wang Ting -- Tai Chi Goes Underground -- Yang the Shadow-Boxer -- The Yang Family Style -- What the History of Tai Chi Tells Us -- Chapter Three: The Eight Pa Qua Trigrams -- Chinese Archetype: Chien-Heaven -- Chinese Archetype: Kun-The Receptive -- Chinese Archetype: Kan-The Abysmal, Danger -- Chinese Archetype: Li-The Clinging -- Chinese Archetype: Tui-The Joyous -- Chinese Archetype: Chen-The Arousing -- Chinese Archetype: Ken-Keeping Still -- Chinese Archetype: Sun-The Gentle -- Conclusion of the Pa Qua and Their Relationships -- Chapter Four: The Five Elements-Wu Hsing -- The Relationship with the Tai Chi Form, Movement, and Internal Organ Balance -- The Psychology of theWu Hsing -- The Four Elements in Greek Thought -- From Paracelsus to Quantum Physics -- Applications in Tai Chi -- Fire Element -- Earth Element -- Metal Element -- Water Element -- Wood Element -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five: The Science of the Inner Breath-Chi Kung -- Sexuality, Reproduction, and the Maintenance ofHealthy Chi Levels -- Forms of Chi Kung -- Chi Kung 1-Reverse Breathing -- Chi Kung 2-Microcosmic Orbit -- Chi Kung 3-Macrocosmic Breathing -- Chi Kung 4-Ball Breathing -- Chi Kung 5-Condensing Breath -- Chi Kung 6-Heaven and Earth Breathing.

Chi Kung 7-Meridian Breathing -- Chi Kung 8-Five Element Internal Organ Breathing -- Chi Kung 9-Eight Trigram Breathing -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.