Stephen T. Chang, M.D., is a Taoist master and physician who has trained in both Chinese and Western medicine. His many books include “The Great Tao,” “The Complete System of Self Healing,” “Internal ...

It was a drizzly day in early April when I caught a high-speed train from Shanghai to the nearby city of Suzhou to participate in the sixth “Seven-Day Ritual of Ascension” for Kristofer Schipper, the ...