This page groups esoteric texts by what kind of writing they actually are. Wikipedia notes that "the Corpus Hermeticum contains only a very small selection of extant Hermetic texts (texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, commonly known as Hermetica)." Browsing by literary form lets a visitor compare texts that share the same basic shape.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingChinese texts of the Daoist tradition read in its esoteric current, the Daode jing and the inner-alchemical and meditative literature that took it as a foundational scripture. 2 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 3 Learn More
Taoist esoteric texts
This small group holds an esoteric text of Taoism. The atlas classes here the Tao Te Ching, the foundational scripture attributed to Laozi, whose terse verses on the Way and its power underlie the tradition's later inner arts.
The browser will find the work the atlas gathers here. The entry describes its teaching and its place within the Taoist tradition.
Literary Form
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Encyclopedia of Taoism
3. Daoism Handbook
Livia Kohn (ed.), Brill, 2000introduction
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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