TWIK005: Qi

If you want to find fortune and success, you must learn to harness your qi.

I was going to do an episode on different forms of “life energy” in different cultures, but the topic turned out to be far too massive for a single episode. Instead, I’ve broken it up, and this week we’re discussing the Chinese concept of qi.

Ghosts of Shaolin and Martial Arts

I did some research on qi for Ghosts of Shaolin, the fifth Galvanic Century book, but I was already familiar with the concept from the martial arts classes I’d taken a decade ago, which lead me down the long road to studying Taoism.

Not to give anything away, but Ghosts of Shaolin has several plot points that tie into different expressions of qi theory and manipulation.

I was researching a bit more, recently, while writing the next book, Steam and Samsara, though that book deals with prana more than qi. We’ll be talking about prana in a future episode.

Links

Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation
An Introduction to Chinese Herbs
The Patterns of Zang-fu Organs
National Qigong Association
Feng Shui for Dummies
An exhibition of qi in the martial arts (video)

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