Golden Elixir Press

{{Short description|Independent publisher on Taoism}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox publisher | image = File:Logo of Golden Elixir Press.jpg | image_size = 75x75px | founded = 2009 | country = United States | headquarters = Mountain View, California | publications = Books, PDF, Kindle ebooks, iBook ebooks | topics = Taoism and Neidan | url = {{URL|www.goldenelixir.com}} }}

'''Golden Elixir Press''' is an independent publisher of books and occasional papers on Taoism and Taoist Internal Alchemy (Neidan). The press was founded in 2009. As of March 2019, it had published about two dozen works, some of which are concerned with other traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sufism.<ref>[https://www.goldenelixir.com/goldenelixir_press.html Golden Elixir Press Catalogue.]</ref>

According to an interview with the press founder, originally published in the Silent Tao website, the intended audience of Golden Elixir Press is "everyone who is interested for any reason in the doctrines of the Way of the Golden Elixir".<ref>Excerpts of the interview are available in the [https://blog.goldenelixir.com/2012/01/interview-with-fabrizio-pregadio.html Golden Elixir Press blog.]</ref> Although the books published by the press are mainly addressed to the general public, they have also been well-received by the academic community.<ref>Barbara Hendrischke, [https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.12637 New Publications on Daoist Internal Alchemy: Golden Elixir Press]. ''Religious Studies Review'' 42 (2016): 235–40.</ref><ref>Dominic Steavu, [http://www.persee.fr/doc/asie_0766-1177_2008_num_17_1_1450_t2_0347_0000_1 Awakening to Reality: The "Regulated Verses" of the ''Wuzhen pian'', a Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy]. ''Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie'', 17 (2008): 47.</ref>

Publications of Golden Elixir Press include translations of some of the main texts of Taoist Internal Alchemy: the ''Cantong qi'' (Seal of the Unity of the Three),<ref>[https://www.goldenelixir.com/press/trl_02_ctq.html The Seal of the Unity of the Three.]</ref> the ''Wuzhen pian'' (Awakening to Reality),<ref>[https://www.goldenelixir.com/press/trl_01_wuzhenpian.html Awakening to Reality.]</ref> and the ''Yinfu jing'' (Book of the Hidden Agreement).<ref>[https://www.goldenelixir.com/press/trl_06_yinfu_jing.html The Book of the Hidden Agreement.]</ref>

The press is closely related to Fabrizio Pregadio, a scholar who, in addition to his academic research, publishes translations of original Chinese texts addressed to a wider audience.<ref>[http://www.fabriziopregadio.com Fabrizio Pregadio] website.</ref>

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== External links ==

* [http://goldenelixir.com Golden Elixir Press].

Category:Taoist texts Category:Chinese alchemy