# Alex Anatole

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**Alex Anatole** (born in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [USSR](/source/Soviet_Union)) is a [Taoist](/source/Taoism) [priest](/source/Priest), teacher, and writer. He directs centers of Taoist studies in [Europe](/source/Europe), [Australia](/source/Australia) and the U.S.

## Life and career

Grandmaster Alex Anatole was born in Moscow, USSR. Immigrating to the [United States](/source/United_States) in 1976, he began teaching the physical elements of traditional Taoism, including internal/external [qigong](/source/Qigong) and meditation.

## Temple of Original Simplicity

In 1978 Grandmaster Alex Anatole founded the Center of Traditional Taoist Studies (originally The New England Center of Tao) [near Boston](/source/Greater_Boston). He established close ties to established temples in [Shanghai, China](/source/Shanghai).

The temple houses a wide collection of [Taoist Deities](/source/Shen_(Chinese_religion)), as well as, perhaps, the only Hall of Celestial Foxes (Chinese: [Huxian](/source/Huxian), Japanese: [kitsune](/source/Kitsune), Korean: [kumiho](/source/Kumiho)) in the United States.

The temple offers traditional Taoist teachings including the philosophical teachings of the *[Tao Te Ching](/source/Tao_Te_Ching)*, [meditation](/source/Meditation), [qigong](/source/Qigong), as well as the esoteric disciplines of The Celestial Fox Creed.

## Bibliography

- *The Truth of Tao* (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2005), an analysis and application of the Taoist philosophy to life in the western world.[1]
- *The Essence of Tao* (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2009) A lineage master's interpretation of the core chapters of the *Tao Te Ching*.
- *The Tao of Celestial Foxes-The Way to Immortality Vol. I, II, III* (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2015, 2016, 2017) A Fox Master's explanation of the Fox Creed.
- *A Synopsis of Taoist Teachings for the West* (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2019)

## References

1. Loreta Poškaitė (2013). ["Laozi's precepts for daily life in the contemporary world: two popular Western (American) interpretations"](http://www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle.fullcontentlink:pdfeventlink/$002fj$002fijas.2013.8.issue-1$002fijas-2013-0003$002fijas-2013-0003.pdf?t:ac=j$002fijas.2013.8.issue-1$002fijas-2013-0003$002fijas-2013-0003.xml). *International Journal of Area Studies*. **8** (1). DeGruyter. Retrieved June 12, 2016.

## Further reading

- ["Tracing the Contours of Daoism in North America"](http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2004.8.2.5?cookieSet=1&journalCode=nr) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120226185205/http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2004.8.2.5?cookieSet=1&journalCode=nr) 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine by Louis Komjathy **Nova Religion** November 2004, Vol. 8, No. 2, Pages 5–27 (university of California Press)

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.tao.org)
- [Profile](https://pluralism.org/center-traditional-taoist-studies) at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)'s Pluralism Project
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Taoism Brandon Toropov, Chadwick Hansen
- [List of Daoist teachers in North America](https://web.archive.org/web/20070203104458/http://www.daoistcenter.org/Articles/Articles_pdf/Teachers.pdf) compiled by Professor Louis Komjathy of [Pacific Lutheran University](/source/Pacific_Lutheran_University)

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