A Magic Spell for the Far Journey 

enso, 2024

 

Master Lu-tsu said, Yu Ch'ing has left behind him a 

magic spell for the far journey:

 

Four words crystallize the spirit in the space of energy.

In the sixth month white snow is suddenly seen to fly.

At the third watch the sun's disk sends out blinding rays.

In the water blows the wind of the Gentle.

Wandering in heaven, one eats the spirit-energy of the Receptive.

And still the deeper secret of the secret:

The land that is nowhere, that is the true home... 

 

- The Secret of the Golden Flower, Richard Wilhelm, 1931

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