Electric Sekhmet

Thanks, never had Reiki on my radar, tho a friend of mine did it for some time

I really like cats, and a wrathful lioness-goddess just seems really cool. saddly there arent many accounts of her

thanks lol, its a mixture of electric wizard and my favorite egyptian goddess

thanks, guys, some really helpful answers. just another question, as initiation is quite important in other occult and magic practices: how is this handled in taoism/chinese folk religion? is it worth also looking for a teacher or should I just practices the basics on my own?

thanks guys!

Hey guys, I hope this is an apropriate question for this forum, if not I apologize. A few months back my interest in taoism started, probably due to the need of seeking something new. I was always interested in esotericism and more "occult" traditions for a lack of better terms. Doing some basic google search and the classic texts (dao de jing and zhuangzi) came up, but what I associated with taoism (and hoped to find out more about) were actual practices like qigong and neidan. At the same time, what seems to be more up my alley was the discovery of chinese folk religion. Now already there is so much material (books, videos, articles) that I managed to loose oversight, I dont even know if I am looking for the right things in the right spots. Sorry for this weird rambling, the important question is: where should I start in the many schools and offshots of taoism if I want to learn more about "magical" practices and is the familiarisation with philosophical taoism (and reading the important texts) necessary?

hi there, new person in the forum. I joined mostly because my newfound interest in taoism and chinese folk religion. so I guess im here to see what it is all about. My biggest interest is qigong and to hopefully find a teacher soemday