Biography:Alex Anatole
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Alex Anatole (born in Moscow, Russia, USSR) is a Taoist priest, teacher, and writer. He directs centers of Taoist studies in Russia and the United States.
Life and career
Anatole was born in Moscow, Russia. Immigrating to the United States in 1976, he began teaching the physical elements of traditional Taoism, including internal/external qi quong and meditation.
With the collapse of communism in 1991 Grandmaster Anatole returned to Russia to help open Taoist temples in Moscow, and continues to return to lecture and teach.
Temple of Original Simplicity
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In 1978 Grandmaster Anatole founded the Center of Traditional Taoist Studies (originally The New England Center of Tao) near Boston. He established close ties to established temples in Shanghai.
The temple houses a wide collection of Taoist Deities, as well as, perhaps, the only Hall of Fox Immortals (Chinese: Huxian, Japanese:kitsune, Korean: kumiho) in the United States.
The temple offers traditional Taoist teachings including the philosophical teachings of the Tao Te Ching, meditation, Qi Gong, as well as the esoteric disciplines of The Fox Creed.
The Center of Traditional Taoist Studies also offers Lin Hun Therapy and Taoist Divine Guidance, which were officially recognized by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2019. (Reg#: 5,945,459 and 6,974,275)
Publications
- The Truth of Tao (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2005), an analysis and application of the Taoist philosophy to life in the western world.[1]
- The Essence of Tao (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2009) A lineage master's interpretation of the core chapters of the Tao Te Ching.
- The Tao of Celestial Foxes-The Way to Immortality Vol. I, II, III (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2015, 2016, 2017) A Fox Master's explanation of the Fox Creed.
- A Synopsis of Taoist Teachings for the West (Center for Traditional Taoist Studies, Weston, Massachusetts, 2019)
References
- ↑ Loreta Poškaitė (2013). "Laozi's precepts for daily life in the contemporary world: two popular Western (American) interpretations". International Journal of Area Studies (DeGruyter) 8 (1). http://www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle.fullcontentlink:pdfeventlink/$002fj$002fijas.2013.8.issue-1$002fijas-2013-0003$002fijas-2013-0003.pdf?t:ac=j$002fijas.2013.8.issue-1$002fijas-2013-0003$002fijas-2013-0003.xml. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
Further reading
- "Tracing the Contours of Daoism in North America" by Louis Komjathy Nova Religion November 2004, Vol. 8, No. 2, Pages 5–27 (university of California Press)
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Harvard University's Pluralism Project
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Taoism Brandon Toropov, Chadwick Hansen
- List of Daoist teachers in North America compiled by Professor Louis Komjathy of Pacific Lutheran University
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