Five Spirits

Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing

By: Lorie Dechar

Narrated by: Susanna Jiang

The Five Spirits are the Taoist map of the human psyche. The system provides a view of the nervous system and forms the basis of Chinese medical psychology. It also describes precise and efficient technology for spiritual transformation, the process through which a human being rediscovers their essential wholeness and innate connection to the divine.

The Five Spirits themselves can be understood as the Taoist version of the chakra system of Vedic India. Like the chakras, the spirits exist as centers of consciousness in the subtle body, rather than as structures in the physical body. Just as each chakra relates to a particular level of consciousness, each spirit relates to a particular aspect of human awareness, a particular vibration or frequency of psychic energy.

An understanding of the Five Spirits is the key that opens the doorway to the mysteries of Taoist psycho-spiritual alchemy. By taking advantage of the discoveries of Western archetypal psychology and new discoveries about the mind and nervous system, we can decipher the Five Spirits and reorganize the system in a way that has proven to be clinically invaluable in treating psychosomatic, emotional, and psychospiritual distress.

©2021/2006 Lorie Eve Dechar (P)2022 Lantern Publishing & Media

Highly recommend

Good introduction to TCM, especially for those raised in western society. I enjoyed that it was a less patriarchal perspective too. Thanks!

Interesting content, boring narration

The content is fascinating, but hard to really absorb/listen to because it’s narrated very flatly, like a text book. I realize it is a text book of sorts for acupuncture students, but it’s not formatted like a text book (I have a hard copy too). It doesn’t have to be read like one.

Narrator Issues

I love the book! And, I am so sorry Susanna Jiang, your narration is not enjoyable at all. It is very hard to listen to your voice, especially when you pronounce Carl Jung's name. I had no idea at first who you were referring to by pronouncing the Swiss psychologist's name like you pronounce junk! It is pronounced 'yoong'. It became so annoying to hear jung that I stopped listening to the book completely. I am buying the paper book instead.