The "Live" classes will be recorded but they have to be accessed online, they will be available any time for all current members of the Daoist Shamanism class.

The class will only be six months long and will end in August 2024.

Classes will be held in California on Thursdays from 6pm-8pm Pacific Standard Time.

All energetic and magical systems are made up of similar components of study and training but the depth of study in Daoism is specific to it being from a religious, spiritual, and magical background. (i.e., Talisman construction, Star Stepping, etc.).

Yes, the class will be recorded for all current members of the course to have access to at any time.

We understand that life is still happening all around us each and every day, and that you cannot always be present for the classes because that's just the way life is.  

Try to attend as many live classes as you can and when you can't, we are recording the classes so that the information will be available at any time to all current members of the Daoist Mysticism class, this ensures that no one misses out.  Just be aware that you are still responsible for knowing the information that has been shared with the class.

Yes, you will need to purchase several of the books in order to do the reading homework for the class. These books can be purchased on Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson's website at: https://bookstore.qigongmedicine.com/collections/books

The first book that we will be studying from is the "Daoist Magical Incantations, Hand Seals and Star Stepping". We will also be teaching training from several other of Dr. Johnson's books alternately to include: "Daoist Internal Alchemy: Neigong and Weigong Training", "Daoist Magical Talismans", "Magical Tools and the Daoist Altar", as well as "The Secret Teachings of Chinese Energetic Medicine volumes 1-3.

Yes, in order for you to be tested you will be required to attend one of the in-person seminars to have the physical postures in the exercises and trainings evaluated and your knowledge in the application of the teachings tested and demonstrated to ensure that you are able to perform them properly.

No, there are no prerequisites for the course.  Anyone can learn to be a Daoist Practitioner, we will be starting from the ground on day one and building the foundation of the system from the bottom up.

The Daoist system is quite extensive and will take at least three to five years or more to develop any kind of proficiency in this work, just as it would take you many years to become a brain surgeon, there is much information and understanding you must have in order to embody the training as well as the physical skill and emotional and spiritual maturity that is involved in doing this work.

No, it is not mandatory to show up for the last seminar after each class to get certified, you misunderstand. There is no certification involved, the certificates are "Certificates of Completion" and they verify that you have completed the training in that particular subject and have been tested on it in-person by a qualified representative of the Temple of the Celestial Fire.

Unfortunately, the seminars will not be recorded, so any information that is shared during the teaching of the seminars will only be available to those who attended.

Each class will progress at the speed that the teacher sets when covering the specific subject matter, just as it would in any university or college class that you would attend.  The progress that is made individually is dependent upon each student's personal work ethic and study routine at home in their personal training.

The seminars will be offered at a strategic time to maximize the greatest amount of participation from all members of the class in order to promote a sense of community and support for each other, ideally we want that to be at the same time.

Anywhere from a couple of pages to an entire chapter, it depends on the subject that we are covering, some sections are longer than other sections. Sometimes the homework will include meditations that I will expect you to do daily until the next class, and they can last from several minutes to 30 minutes or more it just depends on where we are in the training and exercises.

What is your definition of mastery?  How much effort you put into your training is dependent upon the goals that you have set for yourself in obtaining mastery in your craft. Some of you have similar training that you have already received as far as energetic cultivation is concerned, so your training may need to be modified to include what you will learn or it may already encompass some of the things you will be taught, so it could blend seamlessly.

I will be teaching everyone about workout routines and regimens, and how to structure them to get the most out of the time that you have without repeating trainings that are redundant in their application and energetic goals.