The title for this journal is taken from the 17th chapter of the “Book of the Master Who Embraces Simplicity,” an alchemist’s notebook written by Master Ge Hong during China’s ‘Warring States’ period, circa 320AD. The choice to adopt this name rests with the primary message of the chapter.  Master Ge tells us, “All those cultivating the divine process, or preparing elixirs, as well as those escaping political disorder, or living as hermits, go into the mountains.” For Ge Hong the ‘mountain’ is a refuge in difficult times.

The image, being both literal and metaphoric, is illustrated as both place and process. Similar to the meta-myth in Joseph Campbell’s ‘Hero’s Journey,’ the practitioner journeys into seclusion, “into mountains, over streams,” in a process of creating a new life.  It is the our position that Qigong and Taiji are undergoing a worldwide renaissance; and that we are witnessing the creation of the first global community of practitioners, all of whom are going "into mountains, over streams."

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