Ancient Lovemaking Secrets -The Journey Toward Immortality [Paperback]

Dagmar E. Wanke (Editor), James W. McNeil (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 1998

Ancient Lovemaking Secrets -The Journey Toward Immortality. Ancient Chinese lovemaking wisdom was for many centuries kept secret from all but the very privileged few. James McNeil became the unexpected heir to this coveted knowledge which can be traced directly back to Huang-Ti the Yellow Emperor (2698 BC), when during his quest for advanced Kung-Fu training in Taiwan he was personally chosen and trained by the Taoist masters who were his teachers. Mr. McNeil will share his extraordinary experience and show how men and women can learn to fully engage and develop the senses with which they are endowed to make sex and life itself more beautiful and fulfilling than ever thought possible. Learn some simple and practical techniques that will enlighten you to discover new dimensions in sexual experience and enable you to harness sexual energy to improve overall health and immunity, increase longevity, reduce stress, improve physical and mental functioning and, of course, enhance pleasure for both you and your partner during lovemaking (without Viagra)

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About the Author

James McNeil is a California resident who specializes in and has trained extensively in Asian Internal Martial Arts including Hsing-I, Pa-Kua, and original Chen style Tai-Chi. Most of his training was done in Taiwan where he was fortunate enough to be chosen by his teachers to become the sole recipient and successor of a system of Taoist wisdom which includes teachings in the art of sex and love for health, longevity and enlightenment. He is the director and founder of the Little Nine Heaven Internal Kung- Fu Retreat Center where training is conducted in the spirit of the Shaolin temples of days gone by. Students come from all over the world to learn and perfect the skills he teaches in 3-12 week intensive sessions. It is the only training center of its kind in North America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: L9H Publications; 1 edition (September 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865681694
• ISBN-13: 978-0865681699
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,283,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars thin for the price, o.k. material, July 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ancient Lovemaking Secrets -The Journey Toward Immortality (Paperback)

I found this book by martial artist James McNeil to be only modestly helpful in its instruction of taoist sexual exercises. It is quite short (122 pages) and is rather expensive at $15.95. It is amateurishly written, and the sketchy autobiographical chapter stretches belief as the author reports on numerous repeated trips to Taiwan to study sexual Kung Fu. He tells of a series of young, beautiful chinese women, all with "perfect bodies", to instruct him sexually. Meanwhile, the while the master looks on and instructs him, at times shouting and slapping him on his naked rear-end if he gets too close to ejaculating or commits some other misdeed. It simply did not read as believable to me. What makes these always beautiful, always perfect, 20 year old Chinese women want to be sexual instructors for this American? If the author wished to write it as fiction illustrating the teaching, it would have been more digestible and useful.

I would recommend this bok only to people who are very interested in this subject, but the material (exercises and sexual positions) are covered much better in other books. The information was a bit sketchy, and would serve only as very introductory material for most. If the author has that much experience and knowledge, he would have done better to write a more comprehensive book.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of J. Mcneils Latest Book, April 13, 2000

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Collin Lomax (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ancient Lovemaking Secrets -The Journey Toward Immortality (Paperback)

Having had an interest in Taoist philosophy and longevity techniques for several years, I found this book to be ideal. Mcneil's understanding of the subject can be seen because whilst other books tend to make this subject overly complex and longwinded, leaving the layman with a lot of homework to do to get round the circumlative language, this book is 'esoteric jargon free'. Theories which I have spent years studying and trying to understand were explained and turned out to not be so complex after all. The sign of a true master of any discipline is in his/her capacity to explain the subject in a down to earth manner to the average person, this book achieve this aim.

A few more techniques may have been useful in the book, however, this is the first Taoist book I have read that has managed to also remain human. I have never given five stars to a book before but this one manages it. Excellent.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable true account, and very useful advice, February 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Ancient Lovemaking Secrets -The Journey Toward Immortality (Paperback)

Sifu ("Learned Teacher") James McNeil is one of the world's foremost experts not only in several types of KungFu, but in areas of traditional Chinese health practices such as massage, meditation, and the development of sexual vigor and energy. In traditional Chinese practice, sexual health and vigor was thought vital to overall health. For this reason the Chinese masters developed practices to strengthen sexual abilities and desire as well as to greatly increase the ability to provide pleasure for the partner.

While studying KungFu and other practices in Taiwan, Sifu McNeil was shown how to use simple practices to maintain his virility, provide more pleasure for his partner, and use normal sexual desire and acts to increase overall health and feeling of vigor.

The book gives an account of how McNeil learned these methods, a fascinating true firsthand account in itself. Sifu McNeil then explains how the reader can use these same methods for his or her own benefit and pleasure. McNeil, a down-to-Earth Westerner, is able to explain these simple methods to make them accessible to ordinary people.

I found the book fascinating and couldn't put it down, because it is such an engrossing account of his true experiences as well as being useful.

Quibbles? It is interesting and I wish it were longer. And I might have preferred photos to the illustrations. But all in all, it's an engrossing and useful read by someone who has been through it all firsthand and explains it to us so we can benefit.