Vol 4, Issue 2/2001

Light and Shadow on the Summits of the Holy Mountains
The Current State of Religious Daoism in China.
By Luc Theler

In China one can still find remote places where Daoists dedicate themselves fully to the cultivation of life. Luc Theler visited many such organic centres of development of the Chinese arts of life and discovered their great fascination and inspirational effect as well as massive problems due to environmental pressures, tourism, state control and difficulties in maintaining monasteries and temples.

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