The book combines a useful blend of history and philosophy to convey the general ideas behind Taoism. There are also some short sections on external and internal alchemy including some very basic information on Qigong.
This is far superior to "Simple Taoism" and would be a good starting point for someone who is curious about Taoism. The next step would be Wong's work and perhaps Schipper's "The Taoist Body". Grigg's "The Tao of Zen" has some great historical work as well.
Page VII: The Author states "Taoism predates christianity by 400-500 years.
Taoism goes back more than 5,000 years. Predating both Judaism, and the offshoot religion "christianity".
Page 4: "The legendary Yellow Emperor is regarded as a founding father of Chinese civilization, and is said to have lived between 2697 and 2597 BCE."
These dates are in error (about 200 years before the birth of the Yellow Emperor) The Yellow Emperors treatise on internal medicine was allegedly written in 2445 BCE.
Page 17: Mr. Wildish misnames one of the three treasures as Ching. The three treasures are Jing, Ch'i, and Shen.
Page 98: Mr. Wildish misnames the Conception, and Governing Qi vessels as the Directing and Tu meridians. Qi Vessels and meridians are NOT the same.
If you want to study Taoism; please see my Taoism listmania list, or even better; buy a copy of "The Shambhalla Guide To Taoism" by Eva Wong; Two Bears.
Wah doh Ogedoda (We give thanks Great Spirit)
