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Thomas Cleary – The Taoist Classics
The Manuals of Taoist Sexual Practise – Joining Yin and Yang 05

The ten signs of consummation are as follows.

• At the first consummation, coolness emerges.
• At the second consummation, a smell like charred bone appears.
• The third consummation is characterized by heat.
• At the fourth consummation, there is an oil-like secretion.
• At the fifth consummation, a cereal-like fragrance appears.
• At the sixth consummation, there is so much lubrication as to be slippery.
• At the seventh consummation, there is prolongation.
• At the eighth consummation, the woman's secretion is like grease.
• At the ninth consummation, her secretion is sticky.
• At the tenth consummation, there is weakening, weakening followed by a return of slipperiness and a renewal of coolness. This is called the final finish.

Signs of the final finish are the woman's nose running and lips becoming pale, hands and feet trembling, buttocks rising off the bed.

The man should stop now; it is harmful to wait until the erection disappears. At this time, the vulva is distended with energy, and the vital spirit enters the internal organs, where it produces an uncanny glow.