Vitality, Energy, Spirit is an extraordinarily rich and diverse collection of Taoist writings from the fifth century BCE to modern times. The Secret of the Golden Flower is a practical guide to the integration of personality. Immortal Sisters contains the writings of six distinguished Taoist women adepts between the fourth and twelfth centuries and Awakening to the Tao, by Liu I-ming, is a collection of 142 of the master’s essays on living according to the Tao.