About the Book
The "Alchemical Teachings" series consists of the four books: "Practical Alchemy", "The Techniques of Taoists", "The Disciple and the Path" and "All About Alchemy". These books describe the four stages of Great Work or creation of the alchemical, inner gold, the most of all the second stage, called Albedo and various techniques of purification of the mind, the heart, and the body which should be performed regularly at this stage."The Techniques of Taoists" offers a detailed and consequent description of the breathing techniques of Taoists, which are meant for the regaining of wasted sexual energy, its transformation and sublimation in the three alchemical cauldrons and the creation of the precious pearl in the lower Dahn-t'yen. Sexual energy which has been transformed and sublimated allows man to open his or her higher inner centres.
Table of Contents:
List of illustrations, xi; Foreword by the author, xii; 1. How the Dutch alchemists-aspirants follow the Path of inner development, 1; 2. Marciano's meeting with Master G, 4; 3. The Path through the eyes of the disciple, 5; 4. About the foxes, 11; 5. For what purpose a neophyte needs his or her sexual energy, 14; 6. The influence the School's Ray has on disciples who are filled with 'rough' energy, 15; 7. The effect of the correction of the Master on negligent disciples, 16; 8. Russian diesel-crew, 17; 9. The exposure of the dark trio: kundabufer, jammer and uroboros in the disciples, 18; 10. From the history of Tao tradition, 22; 11. Getting into the zone of activity of the School Ray,23; 12. Studying the various spiritual traditions in the School, 25; 13. The starting point of the spiritual Path, 26; 14. Tao alchemy, 27; 15. The neophyte's soul entering the Ship of Fools, 27; 16. What is the School temperature, 28; 17. What the School teaches, 30; 18. Theory and practice, 30; 19. The choice between being a theology student or a Taoist, 31; 20. Work on themselves by the Dutch students, 31; 21. The methods of transformation of sexual energy in other traditions, 33; 22. The microcosmic orbit and the transformation of energy in the alchemical cauldrons, 34; 23. On the similar points regarding European alchemy and the Tao tradition, 37; 24. A suitable moment for the sublimation of sexual energy, 38; 25. The purification of the 8 main channels, 40; 26. The rotation of the wheel of the law, 44; 27. The filters of perception, 45; 28. The ideas of the Dutch department of the Ship of Fools regarding the spiritual Path, 46; 29. In search of truth, 48; 30. How Taigers tried to follow the Path, 50; 31. The difference between the soul and the spirit, 53; 32. The foetus breathing, 53. 33. The consequences of wasting the life power Chi and the male energy Yang, 54; 34. The restoration of the life power Chi and the positive energy Yang according to the Tao system, 56; 35. The purpose of regaining the life power and the energy Yang, 58; 36. Observation of the consumption of the different sorts of subtle energy, 59; 37. What one can do if one's beloved will not follow the Path of development, 61; 38. The necessary condition of opening man's higher centres, 61; 39. My first experience with Tao practices, 62; 40. The affect of the sublimated energy on the surrounding of a disciple, 63; 41. What affect has the birth of a child on the energy of his parents. The loss of the point of the spirit, 63; 42. The necessity of the Master's regular push, 65; 43. The family tree and the power of realisation, 65; 44. Loss of the connection with eternity and with immortality, 67; 45. The locations of the alchemical cauldrons. The principal points of the microcosmic orbit, 68; 46. The transformation of energy in the alchemical cauldrons, 69; 47. The 'gold reserves' of our soul, 72; 48. The dark side of a disciple, 73; 49. The love of our essence and the passions of our dark side, 73; 50. The golden furnace, 74; 51. The way of kindling the golden furnace; the starting point of Tao techniques, 75; 52. The methods of preventing the loss of the sublimated energy, 76; 53. The necessity of the Tao technique lectures, 77; 54. The harm that kundabufer and jammer cause to us, 78; 55. Regaining wasted sexual energy by using the crane technique, 81; 57. Regaining wasted sexual energy by concentration on the cavity of spirit, 83; 58. Regaining wasted sexual energy by concentration on the lower Dahn-Tyen, 84; 59. Regaining wasted sexual energy by concentration on the point of death, 85; 60. Moving up of the sexual energy along the points A, B, C, D of the channel of action and moving it down into the lower Dahn-Tyen along the points H, I, J, K of the channel of conception, 85; 61. The value of the sublimation of sexual energy for a loving couple, 90. 62. The effect of the Tao techniques on women, 92; 63. The effect of Tao techniques on our dragons, 92; 64. The technique of filling the first cauldron with the help of quick and slow breathing, 94; 65. How to choose a proper partner for the sake of sublimation of sexual energy, 96; 66. The duration of exercising Tao techniques for the creation of the precious pearl, 97; 67. How to take back the semen which is about to be lost, 98; 68. How the watery Yin energy extinguishes the male fire Yang, 99; 69. The techniques of purification of sexual energy by pronouncing mantra Om and storing energy in the second cauldron. Transformation of negativity, 101; 70. The answers to the questions about the Tao techniques, 105; 71. Where its possible to exercise Tao techniques, 107; 72. G and Kasyan in the roles of teacher and benefactor, 108; 73. The technique of moving energy into the precious cauldron with the help of rotating the eyes, 116; 74. The techniques of the quick and slow fire, 118; 75. Why it's necessary to practise the Tao techniques, 119; 76. The technique of freezing of fire or preservation of the sublimated energy in the lower Dahn-T'yen, 120; 77. The effect of Tao techniques on uroboros, 123; 78. The keys to the Tao techniques and the sequence of their performing, 126; 79. Some subtleties in the way of performing Tao techniques, 129; 80. The importance of the daily work on oneself, 132; 81. The necessary conditions of the teaching situation, 133; 82. The simplified Tao techniques, 135; 83. The required state of the lower Dahn-T'yen for a disciple, 136; 84. Other methods of uniting the energy of the first and of the second cauldron, 138; 85. On the possibility of enlightenment in the cold current, 139; 86. Conditions of a possible love between a knight of the dark current and a beautiful lady of the light current, 140; 87. The love of a disciple for a horizontal good-looker, 141; 88. A method to stop inner dialogue, 142; 89. The technique of moving the fine energy from the precious cauldron into the area of essence, 142; 90. The technique of regaining wasted energy after sexual intercourse, 146; 91. What is the best moment to regain the wasted sexual energy, 146; 92. The method of preserving one's sexual energy during sleep, 149. 93. The state of the ethereal lines of a man and woman after they've been in intimacy, 150; 94. The meaning of initiation, 151; 95. The influence of the dark trio: kundabuffer, jammer and uroboros on humanity, 152; 96. The advanced stages of the Tao alchemy. The immortality, 155; 97. The immortal breathing, 158; 98. The precious pearl can arise only in a state of the highest serenity, 159; 99. Cultivating the immortal foetus, 160; 100. The mechanical communication leads to the degradation of the disciple, 162; 101. The basic fuel for achieving enlightenment, 162; 102. How to achieve the state of inner light, 164; 103. Why we need to regain our wasted sexual energy, 165; 104. What is self-observation and self-remembrance, 167; 105. On the transformation of one's negative emotions by one's observation of them, 169; 106. The three levels of one's work on oneself, 170; 107. Why we need to regain and purify our wasted energy, 171; 108. Performing the Tao techniques with the use of energy which has been regained from the past, 173; 110. The inner circle, 178; 111. The method of storing energy in the area of essence, 179; 112. Another method for the transformation of negative energy, 179; 113. How to preserve the sublimated energy, 180; 114. The consequences of drawing out ethereal filaments from one's beloved, 180; 115. The starting point of reconsideration, 181; 116. Returning to the past and correcting the mistaken patterns of behaviour, 182; 117. Why we need Initiation, 184; 118. The necessity to change the strategy of one's behaviour, 185; 119. Infra-sexual manifestations, 187; 120. What you can do if reconsideration doesn't help you to draw all your ethereal lines from your sexual partner, 188; 121. What are the hidden consequences of a sexual relationship, 189; 122. What a disciple ought to preserve, 190; 123. The simplest Tao technique of working on oneself, 191.
About the Author :
The writer and mystic Konstantin Serebrov was born and grew up in the Northern Caucasus. From a young age he took a keen interest in Hindu mysticism and the concept of enlightenment and cosmic consciousness. In the Caucasus he studied the works of Hindu gurus and practiced various techniques to develop consciousness under the guidance of the Russian mystic, Alexey Zhoukovski, who was a member of an esoteric group inspired by the teachings of the Masters of Seven Rays, and he sought contact with the Masters El Moria, Kuthoumi and Saint Germain. When in his thirties, Serebrov became interested in the traditions of Western and Eastern alchemy and studied and practiced the alchemical doctrines for many years. Serebrov is a mathematician and computer programmer by profession, and he attempted to discover in the various and often contradictory alchemical teachings, a hidden system and logic which would guide man to the awakening and development of his consciousness. Serebrov presents the results of years of investigation, in the form of several novels about the teaching of Master-alchemist G and the adventures of his numerous disciples: Kasyan, Gouri, Stargazer and others. In the books Serebrov creates a series of collective characters, using all the mystics known to him as prototypes, and installs in these characters all the knowledge he discovered through the diligent study of mystical treaties, and also through his meditations. These books were published in Russia as well in the West, and enjoy the interest of those seeking spirituality. Serebrov has become a member of the Union of Moscow Writers through these works. When Serebrov reached maturity, he turned to the message of Jesus Christ and studied the works and the methods of holy fathers. The knowledge that he found in their treaties and through personal contacts with Christian mystics and ascetics, has now been put between covers in the form of a novel, entitled 'The Path of the Monk'. In this novel Serebrov creates an interesting character of staretz Nicodemus, who follows the path of a Christian ascetic in the modern society of the 21st century. Staretz literally means in Russian 'a venerable old man', but traditionally it is used to indicate a spiritual mentor. Before Serebrov became a professional writer he had various occupations: he was a research officer, a lighting designer in the theatre, a painter and decorator in film production, and a methodologist in several crisis management teams. It was, according to him, a conscious choice which gave him the opportunity to develop the different facets of his soul, to travel, and as he once put it, 'to collect the grains of mystical knowledge scattered over the people and their cities.' Now he gladly shares his knowledge with all those interested, through his books. He lives in Moscow and is working on a book about Arcanology.
