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The Yin Shen and Separation · 陰神 · yin shen
Level 20: First Separation
Brief, uncontrolled departures of the spirit from the body.
Description
Brief, uncontrolled departures of the spirit from the body. Described in classical sources as frightening and easily mistaken for pathology.
This entry is a reconstruction. The Mo Pai sources do not publish a curriculum for level 20, so what appears above is drawn from classical Taoist internal alchemy and from the shape the Mo Pai literature implies for the "The Yin Shen and Separation" band. It is a map of the territory the tradition describes, written by this archive rather than taken from the lineage.
Practice
- Reconstructed. The lineage method for this level is not published.
Signs and effects
- Described in classical sources as frightening and easily mistaken for pathology.
How it is tested
Not published. Teacher-verified, as at every level below.
Obstacles
- Unknown.
Sources for this entry
- The classical neidan corpus — Zhong-Lü texts, Wuzhen pian, Longmen commentaries, and the wider internal alchemy literature — the actual technical parent of Mo Pai's methods.
- Editorial reconstruction — Written by this archive from the classical material, where the lineage sources do not publish a curriculum.