Section
Foundations
6 articles in this section of the archive.
Mo Pai: An Overview
What the tradition claims to be, stated plainly and without decoration.
Qi: The Word Everything Rests On
What the Chinese tradition means by qi, why "energy" is the wrong translation, and how Mo Pai uses the term more literally than almost anyone else.
The Three Treasures: Jing, Qi, Shen
One substance at three densities, and the ladder of refinements that every level of Mo Pai is a step on.
Taoism, and Where Mo Pai Sits in It
Two thousand years of philosophy, religion, liturgy and alchemy — and the odd, institutionally homeless corner of it that Mo Pai occupies.
Ethics, Access, and Yuanfen
The rules the tradition places on who may learn and what they may do.
Why Seventy-Two?
The number is a cultural signature, not a measurement.