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Fragmentary levels

A remark in passing, or a single student account.

7 of the seventy-two levels are described this way.

Band All The FoundationConsolidation and SealingThe Yin Shen and SeparationPurification of the VesselThe Yang ShenDominionAscension
Source All DocumentedAttestedFragmentaryReconstructed

Consolidation and Sealing 5–12

The first band beyond public knowledge. The literature says two things about it and no more: that healing and perception at a distance appear here, and that the practitioner must begin withdrawing from ordinary life beca…

7 The Quiet Body Reported reduction in the body's ordinary requirements. fragmentary 8 Sealing the Leaks The store becomes self-sustaining rather than requiring constant topping-up. fragmentary 9 Distance Effects at range rather than at arm's length. fragmentary 10 The Threshold of the Spirit Work turns from the energetic body to the spirit. fragmentary 12 Gestation of the Yin Shen 結胎 · jie tai The "spirit embryo" begins to form. fragmentary

The Yin Shen and Separation 13–24

The band in which the sources place the formation and projection of the yin shen — a "spirit body" that can travel and perceive but cannot act on matter. Danaos is explicit that this is a lesser achievement than the yang…

24 Full Projection of the Yin Shen 陰神出竅 · yin shen chu qiao The spirit body separates and travels — but cannot touch the world. fragmentary

The Yang Shen 37–48

The immortal spirit-body proper: in classical terms, a second self that is both conscious and capable of acting on the physical world, and that survives the death of the flesh. This is the goal that makes the whole syste…

48 Birth of the Yang Shen 陽神 · yang shen A second self that is conscious, independent, and able to act on matter. fragmentary