Knowing how many people out there are searching for information about John Chang, the “Magus of Java”, and especially teachings that would reveal how John Chang became the way he is and how they might go about doing the same, I thought I would give my two cents on the subject. Many reviewers of the book “The Magus of Java” complained about how the book had no teachings. One even stated that “this book really gets your curiosity going as one amazing feat after the other is trotted out for the reader . . . But like an expensive restaurant bringing you a beautiful but tiny morsel on a huge plate, one is left desperately hungry. Kosta Danaos never tells you how to do any of this stuff.”

Are there really no teachings of practical value in the book “The Magus of Java”? Actually, I disagree with the reviewers. In my option, there are many practical teachings in the book, and they are of great value. In fact, levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 are completely spelled out for all to see! So why has no one noticed them yet?

The reason no one has noticed them is because they are unaware of a fundamental law by which the invisible energy of chi operates. What is this law? Well, it is that chi energy is controlled by our will. Just like you can directly move your arms, or eyes, or toes, simply by willing it to happen, you can also directly control the movement of chi by your will. I know this because of the thousands of hours I’ve spent moving chi through my body for purposes of emotional healing. I did it all entirely by use of my will.

Knowing this has a great impact on how we review the information in the book. While there are no moving exercises described in the book, the fact is that because of this law you do not need moving exercises. You can control the chi directly! Understanding this, gleaning the necessary data from the book is relatively simple. Kosta reveals to us exactly how level 1, 2, 3, and 4 are accomplished because he tells us exactly what is necessary to do with our chi, and because we can control chi with our will, this is all the information we need!

So what’s the meat? Here it is:

Level 1: The dantien is filled with yang chi. (Supporting pages in the book: 39, 82)

Level 2: The yang chi in the dantien is compressed into a hard ball in the belly. (82, 104-105)

Level 3: The hard ball in the belly becomes “mobile”, and is moved in an X pattern first, after which it can be moved all around. (105-106)

Level 4: The yang (presumably, the ball that is now mobile) is sent down to the hui-yin point (located midway between the anus and the genitals) where it gathers yin chi. After some time, the yin and yang concentrations (or balls) of energy rise in the body, and then are forced together into the dantien where they become combined, creating the electrical type energy. (39, 43, 82, 97-98, 108-109)

Now how do these levels look when we apply our understanding of will? They look like the following:

Level 1: In the same way that you move your arm or any other part of your body, will the yang chi that exists all around you (and comes from the light that surrounds us) directly into your dantien. Keep doing this until your dantien is full (which you will intuitively feel).

Level 2: In the same way that you move your arm or any other part of your body, will the energy in your filled-up dantien to compress tighter and tighter. Do this until a hard ball of energy is formed in your dantien that you can feel.

Level 3: In the same way that you move your arm or any other part of your body, will the hard ball in your dantien to start to move in the X pattern. Keep working at it until the ball can be moved anywhere.

Level 4: In the same way that you move your arm or any other part of your body, will the ball to move down to your hui-yin point and keep it there until the yin and yang energies naturally rise (which will probably take some time before happening). Then, when they have risen, use your will to fuse the two energies together into your dantien.

So there you have it! Exactly how to accomplish levels 1, 2, 3 and 4! Of course each of these steps, as laid out in the book, take quite a bit of time and persistence – something like a year or more on each. And in addition, I would add that the way I describe how to accomplish these steps might be a little different than the way John Chang actually teaches them, because the way I describe them affects the chi directly, rather than indirectly through exercises. Nevertheless, I am convinced that if the steps described in the book have any truth behind them, then using your will in the way outlined is one way to accomplish them. I am so convinced that I would be still attempting these steps today if I wasn’t working on something I believe to be even more powerful.

Finally, to all those who think that these steps should only be accomplished under the supervision of a qualified master, I will simply say that, according to “The Magus of Java”, John Chang’s master died before John Chang finished level 3, and he completed level 4 (presumably the most dangerous level of them all) with the use of a book his master gave him, and nothing else. (41-43) If John Chang can do it, then why can’t we!