Peter:

> Makes sense. I just wonder how the tantric practices avoid harming the
> body. Mantak Chia, the famous tantric teacher, will be giving a talk in
> Los Angeles at the of next month. I will try to attend it and if I do,
> I will report back with his answer to this question.


Mantak Chia has written books about Taoist methods. Roughly speaking,
he uses the "Grand Aspiration" to -well- aspire the energy generated
in the sexual area, and redirects that energy in the Conception Vessel
and the Governing Vessel (the path of the small circulation in
meditation). Thus, there is no loss of Chi; instead, the body is "fed"
with the Chi that would normally go to the woman; the "valley orgasm"
(or something like that) is much deeper than the usual one, and can
last several minutes.

But what is the relation with raw food (except that there is probably
an overlapping between "Chivorous" and "Breatharian" in Tom's
nomenclature)?

Best wishes,

Jean-Louis