38
The Yang Shen · 陽神 · yang shen
Level 38: Nourishing the Embryo
A long gestation described in classical texts as ten months of "fire phasing".
Description
A long gestation described in classical texts as ten months of "fire phasing". The most technically elaborate stage in the entire neidan corpus.
This entry is a reconstruction. The Mo Pai sources do not publish a curriculum for level 38, so what appears above is drawn from classical Taoist internal alchemy and from the shape the Mo Pai literature implies for the "The Yang Shen" 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
- The most technically elaborate stage in the entire neidan corpus.
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- Editorial reconstruction — Written by this archive from the classical material, where the lineage sources do not publish a curriculum.