Description:
Opening the Vermillion Spirit, the sequel and companion to Way of the Living Ghost, moves from the nigredo, the dark waters of shadow work, to focus on the human. What makes us human, humane? In a dialogue between "Baby's Breath" and "Brittle Bones," Anderson unpacks a new meditation on the Daoist approach to humanity.
Brief description: John Anderson received his Master of Sciences degree from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine in 2009 and his Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2012 from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. He has taught all aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine in schools across the country. He has written on many topics including: Eastern philosophy, Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, and disability studies. He has been studying and working with the Yijing for nearly twenty years, both as a divinatory system and as a shorthand for understanding the Earth and the broader cosmos around and within each of us. In his spare time, he can be found smoking cigars, talking with ghosts of various sorts, and peering into the future, though he rarely tells anyone what he sees. He currently resides in Florida.
Review Quotes:
"John is creating a body of work that slips through the cracks, and bursts into being like mycelial fruit in a dark hollow: or like a vermillion bird
that rises from the depths of the Northern waters to ascend unto the heights of the Southern reaches. We are reminded that the Sage always
faces South in the classical Chinese worldview, and in this new text, John makes the critical turn from the path of the living ghost, to the communion, communication, and consanguinity with the Heart Spirit: the Shen. Taking the ontological turn, paradoxically is the path of return. Opening to the multiple, returns one to the unity within that multiplicity."
-Brandt Stickley, L.Ac
Assistant Professor
College of Classical Chinese Medicine
National University of Natural Medicine
Po rtland, Oregon