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The Way of Highest Clarity

Coming in August 2008

The Way of Higher Clarity
by James Miller

Journal of Daoist Studies

Facilitators:
Russell Kirkland, Livia Kohn, Ronnie Littlejohn

Editorial Board:
Shawn Arthur, Stephan-Peter Bumbacher, Yi Hsiang Chang, Shinyi Chao, Chen Xia, Donald Davis, Catherine Despeux, Jeffrey Dippmann, Ute Engelhardt, Stephen Eskildsen, Norman Girardot, Jonathan Herman, Adeline Herrou, Jiang Sheng, Paul Katz, Sung-Hae Kim, Russell Kirkland, Louis Komjathy, Xichen, Victor Mair, Mei Li, James Miller, David Palmer, Fabrizio Pregadio, Michael Puett, Robert Santee, Elijah Siegler, Julius Tsai, Robin Wang, Michael Winn, Yang Lizhi, Zhang Guangbao

Structure:
JDS has three main parts: Academic Articles; Forum on Contemporary Practice; and News of the Field. Articles should be about 6-8,000 words, Forum notes about 800 words; News items brief and to the point. Chinese characters should be embedded in the text. For a model file with editorial guidelines, contact us at daojournal@gmail.com.

Submissions:
To submit an article, a note on contemporary practice, or a news item for publication in JDS, please send it as e-mail attachment to daojournal@gmail.com. Articles will be reviewed by two anonymous readers and accepted after approval.

Timing:
JDS should come out once a year. In 2008, we expect a publication in June. After that, we hope to have it ready by February.

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Volume 1 (2008)

Table of Contents

Articles
Friederike Assandri, "Laozi?s Eclipse and Comeback: The Narrative Frame of the Benji jing"

Stephen Eskildsen, "Do Immortals Kill? The Controversy Surrounding L? Dongbin"

Louis Komjathy, "Mapping the Daoist Body (1): The Neijing tu in History"

Robert Santee, "Stress Management and the Zhuangzi"

James D. Sellmann, "Establishing the Altar: The Realized Writ of the Suqi Rite in the Grand Jiao"

Forum on Contemporary Practice
Xun Liu, ?Profile of a Quanzhen Doctor: Abbot Huang Zongsheng at Wuhan?s Monastery of Eternal Spring?

Robin Wang, ?Daoists on the Southern Marchmount?

Livia Kohn, ?Grand Offering in Hong Kong?

Elijiah Siegler, ?Field Notes: Taoist Tai Chi Society & Fung Loy Kok Temple?

Scott Phillips, ?Portrait of an American Daoist: Liu Ming?

Michael Rinaldini, ?How I Became A Daoist Priest?

Michael Winn, ?Daoist Neidan: Lineage and Secrecy Challenges for Western Adepts?

News of the Field
Publications, Dissertations, Conferences, Web Resources, Foundations

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