Appropriating the Dao

<b>Assembling original contributions this book is a pioneering attempt to address the</b><b>Euro-American esoteric reception and appropriation of China.</b><br/><b><br/></b>Positioned between eighteenth-century's mesmerism and intersections with the modern martial arts current the contributions specifically centre on nineteenth and early twentieth-century occult appraisals and representations. This book opens up an under-explored area of research in<br/>the field of East-West interactions and the global history of religions.