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The Yang Shen · 陽神 · yang shen
Level 44: First Emergence
The yang shen leaves for the first time — briefly, and close by.
Description
The yang shen leaves for the first time — briefly, and close by. Texts warn it must not be allowed to wander before it is stable.
This entry is a reconstruction. The Mo Pai sources do not publish a curriculum for level 44, so what appears above is drawn from classical Taoist internal alchemy and from the shape the Mo Pai literature implies for the "The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
- Texts warn it must not be allowed to wander before it is stable.
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- Editorial reconstruction — Written by this archive from the classical material, where the lineage sources do not publish a curriculum.