The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress: Secrets of the Female Taoist Masters
Taoist researcher and lecturer Hsi Lai (which means "Westerner"  and is quite possibly a pseudonym) claims to summarize the  contents of a 1748 manual for "White Tigresses," an ancient,  secret Taoist-Tantra tradition of women who undertake  disciplined sexual and spiritual practices to retain youth and  beauty, realize feminine potential, and become "immortal" able  to retain consciousness after death. In this tradition, a woman  rejuvenates herself physically and spiritually by absorbing  energies and essences from sexual stimulation and from fellatio  of many men. The exercises, practices, and quotations from the  manual are fascinating, if likely to appeal to relatively few.  Hsi Lai reports that the manual also includes the full texts of  several lost Taoist sex manuals (documented in other Chinese  sexology works). Fortunately, he plans to publish further books  based on the 1748 manual. Unfortunately, his attempted  justifications of White Tigress practices in terms of modern  biology and medicine are questionable and not backed up by  references. This volume supplements the many male- and  couple-oriented Taoist and Tantra sexuality works already on the  market and is recommended for academic collections in Asian  studies, sexology, anthropology, and the occult. Martha Cornog,  PhiladelphiaCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.