OPENING OF THE NINTH ANNUAL TAOIST GATHERING
Friday Classes held at Zhi Dao Guan, The Taoist Center at 3824 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619
Friday, October 26th from 1:00 to 5:00 pm
PRECONFERENCE SPECIAL SEMINAR
ENERGY DIRECTION AND TRANSFORMATION
Dr. Hirsh Diamant PhD
Professor, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
This is a very special workshop with a talented, dedicated scholar of Chinese Arts and Daoism. Dr. Diamant’s focus will be on the classical text of the Song of 13 movements, 十三式, Shi San Shi. The class will explore the five moving forces, Wu Xing, and eight energies, Ba Gua. $75 Early Bird registration
Friday, October 26th from 7:00–9:00 pm
TAOISM CLASS AND MEDITATION
followed by tea and cookies
Dr. Alex Feng LAc, PhD, OMD
Founder, Zhi Dao Guan, The Taoist Center
Mikey Kidd on the Tibetan crystal bowls
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Samuel Merritt University – Health Education Center
next to Summit Alta Bates Hospital
400 Hawthorne Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
8:30 AM
Registration opens in the Atrium of the Health Education Center
All General Sessions are held in the Fontaine Auditorium
9:00AM
Faculty Processional
Guzheng by Chelsea Wirth
9:10–9:30 AM
Opening: Introductions, Overview
Dr. Charlene Ossler RN, PhD
Vice President, Zhi Dao Guan, The Taoist Center
9:30-9:50 AM
Welcome, Overview
Dr. Alex Feng, LAc, PhD, OMD
Founder, Zhi Dao Guan, The Taoist Center
9:50–10:50 AM
Acceptance of the Unknowability of the Divine: Embracing Monism and Henotheism in Daoist Practice Keynote by GrandMaster Zhang Yuanming
Mt. Qingcheng Center, the Palace of the Heavenly Dragon, China
With translation by Dr. Steve Jackowicz
10:50–11:05 AM
Break
11:05 AM – 11:55
The Daoist Sacred Feminine - Our Lady Bixia Yuanjun
Visualizing Transcendence: Femininity and Transformation in Daoism
Dr. Hirsh Diamant PhD
Professor, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
11:55 -1:30 PM – Lunch
Return by 1:30 for Concurrent Sessions
1:30 PM-1:45 PM
Gong Fu Demonstration
Zhi Do Guan Wu Shu
MASTER YAN-HUA YANG and Students
1:50-3:00 Concurrent Sessions:
PHILOSOPHIC
Xi Wang Mu and the Horse Riders contribution to Chinese Language
Johann Sasynuik
HEALTH AND HEALING
TCM Spiritual Herbs
Anita Chen Marshall,DAOM, Pharm.D., L.Ac.
Founder and Director, Sequoia Healing Center for Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine, Alameda, CA
RITUALS AND PRACTICE
Zhang San Fong –The Legendary Taiji Orginator
David Wei, Founder, Wu Dang West
Return to the Fontaine Auditorium for General Sessions
3:00-3:15
Break
3:15 PM-4:00
Cross Cultural Understanding of Deities
Chris Tompkins
4:00-4:45 PM
The Eight Immortals
Dr. Thomas McCombs
4:45-5:00
Closing Meditation
Dr. Alex Feng and Mikey Kidd
Zhi Dao Guan
Reception will follow in the Bechtel Room (HEC 102) across the hall from the Fontaine Auditorium
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Samuel Merritt University – Health Education Center
next to Summit Alta Bates Hospital
400 Hawthorne Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
8 AM
Welcome
tea/coffee service in the Atrium
All General Sessions held in the Bechtel Room (HEC 102)
8:30 AM
The Five Animal Play Qi Gong Movements
Zhi Dao Guan Qi Gong class
9:15-10:00
“Deities as Intermediaries of Dao: The Celestial Court of the Jade Emperor”
the synthesis of Daoism and Buddhist Tantricism in China’s Middle Ages
Liu Ming
Founder, Da Yuan Circle Oakland CA
10-11:30
Panel discussion
The Significance of Deities in Daoism
Moderator: Dr. Brady Chin PhD, Lac, Yo San University
Panelists: Liu Ming, Boyd, Zhang Yuanming, Steve Jackowicz, Hirsh Diamant, and Ted Cibik
11:30-11:45
Break
11:45-12:30
Daoist Deities in Chinese Medicine History
Dr. Brady Chin PhD, Lac, Yo San University
Lunch 12:30-1:45 - Buffet
Please return by 1:45 PM for the Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions: 1:45-2:45 PM
HEALTH AND HEALING
Selecting and Playing the Gong
Mike Kidd
Zhi Dao Guan
RITUALS AND PRACTICE
Play with Chinese Ink
Dr. Hirsh Diamant
PHILOSOPHIC
Seeking the Divine Indwelling: Historical Approaches and Modern Practices of Communion with Daoist Deities Dr. Steve Jackowicz
2:45-3:00
Break – Atrium
Return to the Bechtel Room (HEC 102)
3:00 -3:45
Scientific Measurement of the Divine Light Within Us
Dr. Beverly Rubik
3:45-4:30
The Altar for Personal Cultivation
Ted J. Cibik, Ph.D., ND, DMQ (China), CHFS Zhong Yi 中醫
Executive Director of Inner Strength, Inc, Leachburg, PA
4:30
Closure with Meditation
The Chant of the Three Chakras
Dr. Alex Feng, LAc, PhD, OMD
Founder,Zhi Dao Guan-The Taoist Center,
In the Atrium
Zhi Dao Guan Store – books and Dvds, CDs from the speakers
The Taoist Store – Melanie Feng Kolda, John Murphy, Alice Eubanks
Ongoing: Tea Ceremony – during openings, breaks, lunchtime and at closure
Dorothy Miao Zhi Dao Guan The Taoist Center