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Taoism
Allegiance to the Universe
Artists and the Ta Chuan
Autoimmune Disease of the Spiritual Kind
Avatar of a Taobabe
Axiom: Self-evident Truth
Axiom of the Tao
Be Brave
Beauty Is Man-Made
Because of the Rain
Being Short Kinda Sucks
Blonde Noncontentions
Breathe, Baby, Breathe…
Creating Something Out of Almost Nothing
Butterflies and Freedom
Dream of the Butterflies
Dark and Light Elements, Revisited
Data Stream of Consciousness
Dead Fish
Do NOT Do Unto Others
Enigma of Lao Tzu
Enigma of Lao Tzu 2: Damn Stubborn Water Buffalo!
Who says water buffalo herding is hard work?
Enigma of Lao Tzu 3: The Trauma of Being Different
Enigma of Lao Tzu 4: The Temple of an Immortal
Enigma of Lao Tzu 5: My Poor Beloved Old Dude
Fortune Favors the Babe
Following the NASA Money Trail
Happier than God
I’m a New Soul
Karma 1: Karma Is so Passé
Karma 2: Human Fruits, the Karmic Harvest of Nhân Quả
Karma 3: Karmic Monetary Funds
Living Universe
Manga Party Girl
My First Step onto the Taoist Path
Nonsensical Words of a Wordsmith
Prayers, Mantras, and the Collective Action
Raison D’être pour Cheveux
Re-branding the Asian-American Image
Secret Behind the Power of the Mantra
Skepticism Is Going to Get You Reincarnated
Space-Time versus Time-Space
Sympathetic Consideration for Demons
Tai Chi Haute Couture
Taobabe Water
Taobabe.rocks
Taoist Priestess
The Cost of Staying Alive
The End of the Blonde Taobabe
Taobabe’s Temple Pilgrimage
What Is a Tao Babe?
What is a Tao Babe, Revisited
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…
美
I Ching
What Do the Words I-Ching Mean?
3D Yin Yang
Change: The Three Faces of Change
Change: The Change of Nonchange
Change (Part 4): Cyclic Change
Change (Part 5): Sequent Change
Change (Part 6): The Cyclic/Sequent Connection
Chu Dynasty I Ching
Dịch Kinh Linh Thể
Destroyer of Books
DNA and the I Ching: The Connection
DNA and the I Ching: The Integration
K’un – The Receptive: Follow the Leader
Gentlemen’s Philosophy
I am Sincere, truly I am!
I Ching Sphere 1: Suck at Math
I Ching Sphere 2: Zeroes and Ones
I Ching Sphere 3: The Bellows in Between
I Ching Sphere 4: Where there’s Smoke, there is Fire
I Ching Sphere 5: Eye of the Maelstrom
I Ching Sphere 6: Levels 4, 5, 6
I Ching Sphere 7: Putting It All Together
I Ching: Made in Vietnam 1
I Ching: Made in Vietnam 2
I Ching: Made in Vietnam 3
I Ching: Made in Vietnam 4
Nôm Na Là Cha Mách Qué
Pissed I tell you. Pissed!!!
Relative Nature of the World
Round Heaven, Square Earth
Round Heaven, Square Earth: Part 2
The Great Square Has No Corners
Sex and the Tao Babe!
Sisters of an Ancient Bloodline
The Copper-Nickel Alloy Oracle
The Tao of Babe
The Tao of Man
Them Sticks
Science
Ancient Archaeology
A 48,000-year-old Bracelet
Alien Skulls in Mexico
Ancient Drowned Cities of the World
Ancient Việt Archaeolgoy
Babes in Space
Đông Sơn Drums
Easter Egg and Mr. Tangata Manu
Guardian of the Badlands
Te-Pito-o-Te-Henua
Genetics
DNA & Spontaneous Evolution
DNA and Evolution: Super Humans
Dragon Bloodline
Dragon Genetics
2030 And The New Me
2040 And The New Me
144 Billion Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Biophotons and the Magic Wavelength
Crystal Memories
The Great Flood of 9,700 BC
Boogie-man Gas
The Long View
Starving Plant Life
Ice, Ice, Baby
The Case for No Tomatoes
The Heat is On—Barely
Ocean Heat—Hot Surfer Dudes vs. Scientists
She Blows Hot and Cold
Runaway Laughter
Bottom’s Up! It’s 2023!
C# Vectors and the Goddess of Frequency
Driving Bering Strait
Earth’s Motion Through Space
Free Books!!!
Goddess of Frequency
Goddess of Frequency 3: Life Magik
Goddess of Frequency 4: We’re a Movin’ on Up!
Goddess of Frequency 5: Force Shield
Goddess of Frequency 6: Sonic Weapons
Happy Dark Rift Day!!!
Holographic Nature of Our Existence
Holographic Everything
Holographic Nature of Our Brain
Holy Cow!
Off the Charts!
Human CCC 1: On the Confluence of Crows and Monkeys
Human CCC 2: The Science Behind the Human CCC Tower
Human CCC 3: Old Dude Strikes Again
Human CCC 4: How to be a Human CCC Tower
How to Influence Others Taofully
Immortals: gods or Non-gods?
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t, Got You No Warp Drive?
Intergalactic Voyage Extraordinaire
Through the Endless Void
Mémoire of the Denizens of Spacefarers
Lab Coats (Not) Optional
Lumpy Bumpy Humpty Dumpty
Magic Carpet Ride
Mandelbrot Bed Bugs
Midnight Ranting of a Tired and Grouchy Taobabe
Mushroom Magic
My Arms Are Short Because I Am Vertically Challenged
Navels of the World
Of Gods and Garlic
Omnivores Rule! The Case for K2
Old Dude’s Rice Innuendo
Old Dude’s Rice Innuendo 2: Vietica Rice
Organic Alchemistry 1: Seven Day Rule
Organic Alchemistry 2: Wave Genetics
Organic Alchemistry 3: Ancient DNA Upgrade
Organic Alchemistry 4: Nephilim of Altai
Organic Alchemistry 5: Flower of Life
Organic Alchemistry 6: Lulus of the World
Organic Alchemistry 7: Garden of Eden
Organic Alchemistry 8: Super-genes and the Modern-day CRISPR Babies
Orion’s Fall
Perfectly Centered
Quantum Wizardry
Recipe for Scrying Machine
Red Queen Rising
Solid State of Sound
Something Very Dark Out There
The Moon Does Not Lie
Spacetime, Timespace, & Motionenergy
Star Wars, the Force, and the Third Eye
Sunny to the Max
The Body (Piezo) Electric
The Forest, Regardless of the Trees
The Great Flood of 9,700 BC
The Prison of Eden
The Signature of a Rock Star
The Sun’s About to Flip!
There’s a Black Spot on the Sun Today
The Voice of Mother Earth
This is NOT a Test of the Emergency Broadcast System
Topology of Nothing
Whatchamacallit Wanderer
Winter in July
Divination
Divination Method for the Witchy Tao Babe
Hexagram 7: I Ching Advice for COVID 19
Hexagram 18 – Poisonous Dark Sorcery
Hexagram 22: Grace and the Tao Babe
Hexagram 26 – Hang In There
Hexagram 30 – The Clinging Fire
Hexagram 54 — The Marrying Maiden
Hexagram 56: Of Butterflies and Freedom
Hexagram 59: Dispersion and a Discussion of Crossing the Great Water
Taoist Sorcery
Cổ Trùng – Dark Sorcery 1
Cổ Trùng – Dark Sorcery 2
Cổ Trùng – Dark Sorcery 3
Cổ Trùng – Dark Sorcery 3
Black Sorcery Ngải
Black Sorcery and Ngải Plant (cont…)
Ngải Plant for Sale
Black Sorcery and Demonic Cat Bùa Ngải
Black Sorcery and Other Horrifying Bùa Ngải
Black Sorcery and Fetal Bùa Quỷ Linh Nhi
Black Sorcery and the Maiden Bùa Thiên Linh Cái
Daemonic World
Daemonic World 2: Cosmospolitanic View
Daemonic World 3: Ma, Quỉ, Thánh, Thần
Hồn Vía (Part 2): The Selling and Bartering of Souls
Hungry Ghosts 1: Vu Lan Season
Hungry Ghosts 2: Cầu Siêu Ritual
Hungry Ghosts 3: Sermons for the Dead
Hungry Ghosts 4: Temple for Spirit Imprisonment
Hungry Ghosts 5: Yes, China’s Hungry Ghosts Have Been Roaming
Lên Đồng 1: Ancient Ceremonial Spiritual Possession Ritual
Lên Đồng 2: Mounting the Medium
Lên Đồng 3: Mother Goddess
Lên Đồng 4: The Royal Court
Lên Đồng 5: Possession of the Frightful Kind
Methodology of Exorcisms
Secret Sect of the Big Dipper 1
Magic Spells, Deconstructed
Beauty Spell
Demons, Souls, and Vietnamese Taoist Magic
Hồn Vía (Part 3): The Fracturing of Souls
Hồn Vía (Part 4): Bán Khoán – The Selling of a Child’s Soul
Diet Spell
Fortune Spell
Love Spell
Levitation 101
Louche 1: Feed Stock for Energy Beings
Louche 2: Quantum Tunneling
Louche Part 3: Third Density Barrier
Mả Lạng 1: Saigon Massacre
Mả Lạng 2: The Underbelly of Saigon
The Demon of Thất Diệu Mountain
The Demon of Thất Diệu Mountain 2
The Demon of Thất Diệu Mountain 3
The Demon of Thất Diệu Mountain 4
The Third Eye
White Sorcery
Viet Culture
Ancient Áo Dài
Au Revoir, Kitchen God
Au Revoir, Kitchen God 2
Black Teeth Beauty
Cô Đôi Thượng Ngàn
Chữ Nôm (𡨸喃)
Nôm Characters Dictionary
Con Nhà Nho Giáo – Children of the Grapes
Echoing Strains of Tỳ Bà
Firewood, Rice, Oil, Salt, Soy Sauce, Tea
Following the Ancient Scent of Trầm Hương 1
Following the Ancient Scent of Trầm Hương 2
Ghost Repellent Rock
Grandfather and the Waterhens of Spring
Lý Qua Đèo
Lý Qua Đèo: Princess Huyền Trân
Nàng Thơm Chợ Đào (The Virgin Thơm of the Red Market)
Secret Sect of the Big Dipper 1
Star Chart Stone Shrine of Hội An
The Tao of Tea
Tam Tự Kinh: Three-Word Book
Tam Tự Kinh: Three-Word Book: 1:1
Tam Tự Kinh: Three-Word Book: 1:2
Tát Nước Đầu Đình
Tết Nguyên Đán
travel
Hidden Path to Hòn Bà Island
Three-Boats Island
Vietnamese Toes
Viet Recipes
Drinks of the gods: Bitter Melon
Drinks of the gods: La Hán Quả ~ Monk Fruit
The Tao of Tea
I am a Coffee Snob
My Precioussss Cuppa Java
Gỏi Gà Recipe
Pink Salt from the Himalayan Foothills
The Moon in the Cake is the Best Part
Moon Cakes (Part 1): Something Sweet
Moon Cakes (Part 2): Molds
Soak Them Eggs!
Ancient Vietnam
Ancient Việt 1: Cradle of Asian Civilization
Ancient Việt 2: Sunken Paradise
Ancient Việt 3: Following the Genetic Trail
Ancient Việt 4: Ancient ties between Taiwanese and Vietnamese
Ancient Việt 05: Văn Khoa Đẩu
Ancient Việt 6: Lạc Việt Writing in Guangxi
Ancient Việt 07: Lý Giang Nam
Ancient Việt 8: Bách Việt
Ancient Việt 9: Bách Việt Barbarians
Ancient Việt 10: Bách Việt Barbarian Woodworkers
Ancient Việt 13: My Ancient Ancestral Grandpa
Ancient Việt 14: Matriarchy and the Female Lineage
Ancient Việt 15: Ancient ties between Taiwanese and Vietnamese
Âu Cơ (嫗姬) Royal Mother
Dragons (Part 3): The Descent
Hsi Wang Mu, Ultimate Tao Babe (王母娘娘)
Huyền Vũ 1: The Black Tortoise
Hi Jean, or Whoever You Are!
Huyền Vũ 2: The King, the Dark Warrior, and the Demon of Thất Diệu Mountain
You! Oi!
Mountain God vs Water God
Ten Conditions for Beauty in Ancient Vietnam 1
Ten Conditions for Beauty in Ancient Vietnam 2
Lunar Calendar
The Original Asian Zodiac
The Original Asian Zodiac 2: The Moon Calendar
The Original Asian Zodiac 3: The Math…It’s Always the Math
The Original Asian Zodiac 4: The Lunisolar Calendar
The Original Asian Zodiac 5: The Twelve Earth Branches
The Original Asian Zodiac 6: The Ten Heavenly Stems
Year of the Cat
Year of the Cat 2023
The Trưng Sisters (Part 1)
The Trưng Sisters (Part 2)
The Trưng Sisters (Part 3)
The Trưng Sisters (Part 4)
Dreams
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Dreams (…continued)
4D: Metropolis Dreamscape
4D (Part 3): The Topology of Pastries
4D (Part 4): Lights & Shadows
Traveling the Dreamstate Multiverse
Bands of Gold
Bird Dreams
Blue Roses
Dreamstate: Holographic & Multidimensional
Eight Visits
Evacuation
Hello Out There!
Hole in the Wall
L.M. Churchill
Linh Chi Dan Dreams
Man with Tall White Hat
Meteors, Tents, and Axes
Nightmareish Dream
Old Dude’s Old Books
Paper Bullets
Rainbow Connection
Remembering Lucid Dreams
Response from Time-Space
School Kinda Sucks 1: Benadryl® Dreams
School Kinda Sucks 2: A Little
School Kinda Sucks 3: Classroom Drama
School Kinda Sucks 4: The Game of Life
School Kinda Sucks 5: Pauper Prince
School Kinda Sucks 6: Dream within a Dream
Silk Egg
The Difference Between Truth and Faith
Too Damn Tall
White Cat in Time-space
Window Panes
Wisdom of the Soul
Zhuangzi and the Butterfly
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