No book in the world has been translated as much as the "Tao Te Ching". This small treatise, consisting of five thousand Chinese ideograms, is the work of a Chinese sage who lived in the 6th century BC, making him older than Confucius (551-479 BC), and who is known to us by the name Lao Tzu. For people who recognize the sanctity of nature and envision the triumph of the spirit over the dark flood of materialism, here lies a treasury in which among the intricate jewels are precious pearls and rare jades. Folk tradition, occult sciences, cosmology, meditation, poetry, philosophy of quietism, and ecstatic mysticism - all can be found in this treasure of wisdom.