This video introduces a Taoist secret breathwork practice known as the Lesser Mandala of Heaven, or Xiao Zhou Tian 小周天. Rooted in classic Taoist inner alchemy (內丹, neidan), it teaches you to unlock a hidden energy circuit that runs through your body, up the spinal Du 督 meridian and down the frontal Ren 任 meridian, … Continue reading A Taoist Secret to Cultivating Personal Power| benebell wen
Essential oils get a really bad rep these days, and for good reason. Beyond the scams and pyramid schemes, its contemporary New Age associations with “this can cure cancer” claims and p…| benebell wen
“And so [Anna] turned [Mary’s] bedroom into a sanctuary. . .”(Infancy Gospel of James 6:4) There are gospels that aren’t part of our Bible, what we call apocryphal books. These include the gospels of Mary, Judas, Thomas, etc. The story of Mary’s presentation in the Temple, which we celebrate on November 21, comes from the gospel of […] The post Create a private sanctuary—but don’t just stay there appeared first on U.S. Catholic.| U.S. Catholic
Back in 2021 after completing SKT the Third, I shared a scan of my personal art study notes here, “Download My Art Study Journal.” I converted the handwritten notes from pages 25 –…| benebell wen
I’ve written about my self-taught art journey during the pandemic here. I found a bunch of MFA art program syllabuses online and aggregated them together into my own curriculum, then scoured the interwebs for online courses, video lectures, tutorials, books, blogs, anything and everything I could get my hands on to learn composition and the core … Continue reading Critiquing Your Own Art (Handbook)| benebell wen
This is a wonderful sequel to Jack Chanek’s Tarot for Real Life, a down-to-earth primer that de-mystifies the tarot, whereas here in Tarot for the Magically Inclined: Spells and Spirits to Stack the Deck in Your Favor, we delve straight into the mysteries of the tarot. Chanek guides us in the exploration of tarot and magic, … Continue reading Tarot for the Magically Inclined by Jack Chanek| benebell wen
If you got here through the QR code on the box of Fu talismans at ConVocation 2025 that promised to explain what the talismans were, hello! Since this will be a publicly accessible blog post, if yo…| benebell wen