<style id="elementor-post-41310">.elementor-41310 .elementor-element.elementor-element-05ef22e{--display:flex;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;}.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color:var( --e-global-color-text );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap, .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-default .elementor-drop-cap{color:var( --e-global-color-primary );border-color:var( --e-global-color-primary );}.elementor-41310 .elementor-element.elementor-element-eac7175{--display:flex;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;}.elementor-41310 .elementor-element.elementor-element-1307477{--display:flex;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;}@media(max-width:1024px){.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );}}@media(max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-text-editor{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );}}</style>{"id":41310,"date":"2025-09-10T11:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/the-tao-series-at-the-embassy-of-the-free-mind-academy-a-look-behind-the-veil-of-taoist-mysticism-and-alchemy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:26:30","slug":"the-tao-series-at-the-embassy-of-the-free-mind-academy-a-look-behind-the-veil-of-taoist-mysticism-and-alchemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/the-tao-series-at-the-embassy-of-the-free-mind-academy-a-look-behind-the-veil-of-taoist-mysticism-and-alchemy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tao Series at the Embassy of the Free Mind Academy: A Look Behind the Veil of Taoist Mysticism and Alchemy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"41310\" class=\"elementor elementor-41310 elementor-41298\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05ef22e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05ef22e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc18cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efc18cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Dr. Dan KJ Vercammen (translated from English by the editors)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eac7175 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eac7175\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e559fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e559fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p class=\"login-prompt members-only-prompt\">This content is for members only. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vnc-china.nl\/en\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vnc-china.nl%2Fen%2Fthe-tao-series-at-the-embassy-of-the-free-mind-academy-a-look-behind-the-veil-of-taoist-mysticism-and-alchemy%2F\">log in<\/a> to view.<\/p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1307477 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1307477\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466adcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"466adcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><b>Dr. Dan KJ Vercammen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  is an anthropologist and sinologist, specializing in Taoist culture and practices. Trained as a Taoist doctor, alchemist and master of martial arts, he has been teaching and researching Taoism since the early 1980s, and has published some 40 books and articles on Taoist culture. More information:  <\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taoist-lifestyle.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.taoist-lifestyle.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taoiststudies.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.taoiststudies.org<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dr. Dan KJ Vercammen (translated from English by the editors) Dr. Dan KJ Vercammen is an anthropologist and sinologist, specializing in Taoist culture and practices. 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