Taoist Master Chuang
Michael R. Saso
Sacred Mountain Press
Until his death in 1976 Master Chuang, a descendant of 35  generations of Taoist Priests, carried out his ancient rituals for the  benefit of a small band of believers in Taiwan.  His family, who  claimed to have come from Hua Shan, the Taoist mountain in western  China, followed the observances of the Dragon-Tiger Mountain sect in  southeastern China.  Although there are many conflicting Taoist  schools, the antiquity and authenticity of Master Chuang's traditions  cannot be doubted.    Michael Saso, a Western disciple of Master Chuang, recounts the  teachings of Taoist Master Chuang, including Taoist history as Master  Chuang understood it, the role of Taoist Priests in modern Chinese  society, and Master Chuang's own rituals of Taoist black magic,  meditation, and rarely discussed exorcistic thunder magic.