LASZLO LEGEZA TAO MAGIC The Chinese Art of the Occult 211660 PANTHEON BOOKS A Division of Random House New Yorkacing title pag Talisman for seeking office. In the performance ofall kinds of due, i wi ombine peace with good fortune (ao-tsang 608-3: 308) Fist American Edition Copyright © 1975 by Thames and Hudson Led All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a divi sion of Random House, Inc., New York. Published in Great Britain as Tao Magic: The Secret Language of Dia ligrphy by Thames and Hudson Ltd., London in Publica Data Library of Conge Leger Ie Tso Magic. 1. Magic, Chinese. 2. Calligraphy, Chinese. 3. Taoism, 1 Title Brisaa.CsL43 7s 1334095 ISBN 0-395275125-5 sured in the United States of AmericaContents Introduction The Secret Sources Eternal Change Vital Breath Bodily yin-yang and Alchemy The Spirit World The Magic Power of Calligraphy The Mystic Graphic Arts Making Talismans Talismanic Language The Taoist Vision The Plates The Figures Meditational diagrams and talismans Charms for summoning spirits Preventive talismans Protective talismans Curative talismans Implements of magic Note on the Tao-tsang (Taoist canon) Chronology Bibliography 31