Alex Anatole Explained

Alex Anatole
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union (now in Russia)
Occupation:Taoist priest, teacher, and writer

Alex Anatole (born in Moscow, USSR) is a Taoist priest, teacher, and writer. He directs centers of Taoist studies in Europe, Australia and the U.S.

Life and career

Grandmaster Alex Anatole was born in Moscow, USSR. Immigrating to the United States in 1976, he began teaching the physical elements of traditional Taoism, including internal/external qigong and meditation.

Temple of Original Simplicity

In 1978 Grandmaster Alex Anatole founded the Center of Traditional Taoist Studies (originally The New England Center of Tao) near Boston. He established close ties to established temples in Shanghai, China.

The temple houses a wide collection of Taoist Deities, as well as, perhaps, the only Hall of Celestial Foxes (Chinese: Huxian, Japanese:kitsune, Korean: kumiho) in the United States.

The temple offers traditional Taoist teachings including the philosophical teachings of the Tao Te Ching, meditation, qigong, as well as the esoteric disciplines of The Celestial Fox Creed.

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Notes and References

  1. International Journal of Area Studies. 8. 1. Laozi's precepts for daily life in the contemporary world: two popular Western (American) interpretations. DeGruyter. Loreta Poškaitė. 2013. June 12, 2016.