Book Summary: The Secret of the Golden Flower — A Chinese Book of Life
By Richard Wilhelm with Commentary by Carl Jung
Before reading this article, grab a fresh coffee or tea. Find a comfortable place to sit and do your best to digest the timeless wisdom in The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life.
It's the book I find worth keeping close to your heart and reading more than once.
The Secret of the Golden Flower is a Chinese spiritual text written by an anonymous author and later translated by Richard Wilhelm. The book provides a commentary by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung on the spiritual and psychological teachings of the text.
The book's main theme is the path to spiritual transformation and self-realization through the cultivation of inner energy.
The text describes a spiritual practice called "The Secret of the Golden Flower," which is meant to help the reader achieve a state of inner balance and harmony.
The practice involves visualizing a golden flower at the center of the body and using this visualization as a focus for meditation. Through this practice, the reader can access more profound levels of consciousness and achieve spiritual growth.
