They focus more on the religious community rather than self-focus like philological and vitalizing Taoism. Many of the practices were adopted from ancient Chinese persons’ rather than being experimented are manmade practices. As Huston Smith states, “The Taoist priesthood made cosmic life-power available for ordinary villagers,” this emphasizes that this was a way for the people of Taoism to come to the church and gain knowledge from tangible objects such as, books and rituals in order to understand the religion of Taoism (205). The main focus in this approach is on collecting and expanding Tao, using magic and hypnotism beyond in order to get the most power and effect from this
They focus more on the religious community rather than self-focus like philological and vitalizing Taoism. Many of the practices were adopted from ancient Chinese persons’ rather than being experimented are manmade practices. As Huston Smith states, “The Taoist priesthood made cosmic life-power available for ordinary villagers,” this emphasizes that this was a way for the people of Taoism to come to the church and gain knowledge from tangible objects such as, books and rituals in order to understand the religion of Taoism (205). The main focus in this approach is on collecting and expanding Tao, using magic and hypnotism beyond in order to get the most power and effect from this