Opening the Dragon Gate is the authorized biography of the contemporary Taoist expert Wang Liping, the 18th generation transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism. Heir to a tradition of esoteric knowledge and practice accumulated and refined over eleven centuries, Wang Liping was chosen for his role by three elderly masters when he was a child. This compelling book tells the story of his fifteen-year apprenticeship in Taoist wizardry, during which time he enters an ancient realm and learns the true source of healing, health and long life.