Review of Jingyue Chuanshu Part II by Allen Tsaur
I had the pleasure of reading the forthcoming second installment of the Jingyue Quanshu by Allen Tsaur. This text struck a chord with me on three primary fronts: 1) as […]
Author Archives: Dr. Justin Penoyer DACM, LAc
What’s to Fear? Qu Yuan & the Tian Wen
“Thunder and lightning at twilight—Return! Why worry?If we do not even maintain our prestige,what can we expect from the Lord of the Sky? If I hide in a cave,what then […]
Huangdi as Engineer & Commander
“King Hui of Liang asked Wei Liao-zi ‘The Yellow Emperor possessed “Recision” and “Accretion” and could win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. Is it true?” Wei Liao-zi replied, […]
On the Independent Investigation of Truth
One of my favorite passages from Abdu’l-Baha, one I consider to be foundational to the Baha’i paradigm: seeking Truth as an individual and then manifesting such virtues in our heart. […]
“The Propensity of Things” by Francois Jullien
Finished “The Propensity of Things” by Francois Jullien. I found it to be a valuable and enlightening work on Chinese philosophy; having studied Greek and Chinese philosophy in my undergrad […]
Snake moxa with ginger poultice
Dr. Justin demonstrates the treatment process known as “long-snake moxibustion therapy.”
Chuci Chapter 11, “On the Owl”
by Jia Yi, June 174 BCEConsidered to be one of the finest expressions of early Han DaoismTranslated by Burton Watson The owl breathed a sighRaised its head, and beat its […]
A Systems Science for Modern Complexity
Editorial by Justin Penoyer & Joshua Park The Lantern Volume: XVII, Issue: 3 We live in extraordinary times. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has put healthcare systems and political […]
Moxibustion by Midwestern Amerindians
Lead plant, A. canescens, is listed as one of the various species used for moxibustion by Amerindians. The Omaha of Nebraska and western Iowa used the stems of lead plant […]
Tian-di-ren in the foundational naturalism of the Heguanzi
Foundational naturalism holds true that Nature creates mathematics (not the other way around), and that the physical world must act in accordance with the normatively prior dictates of its mathematical […]
Notes from Prof. Paul Unschuld lecture on the Ben Cao Gang Mu
Personal notes of interest from Dr. Paul Unschuld’s lecture on the Ben Cao Gang Mu, 6-20-21. See below for generous discount codes on Dictionary of the BCGM volume 1, along […]
Notes from Prof. Paul Unschuld’s lecture on the Ben Cao Gang Mu
During Dr. Unschuld’s lecture in Maryland University of Integrative Health in October 2019 he spoke of his admiration for Li Shizhen and how he views his Ben Cao Gang Mu […]
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