Title of the first text: 一本百解秘語全用 [yiben baijie miyu quanyong]. External cover title: 百解秘語 [baijie miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 118 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國二十七年六月初七日.
External cover title: 受戒秘語 [shoujie miyu ]. Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to the boy’ and ‘take off the clothes magic.’ Extent and format of original material: 1 volume...
External cover title and title of the first text: 大板邪秘語 [dabanxie miyu]. Various exorcists magics Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 72 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 咸豐九年五月朔一日抄完.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 送初絕亡故之法 [Songchujue wanggu zhifa]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist-healing ritual and moral instruction for the newly deceased. Extent and format of original materi...
Title of the first text: 一本神目科 [yiben shenmu ke]. External cover title: 神目科 [shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 44 folios.
This collection contains 23 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/38/1 to EAP1126/1/38/23. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Title of the first text: 重集設醮科 [chongji shejiao ke]. External cover title: 設醮科 [shejiao ke]. Ceremony to provide an offering to various gods, ensuring the longevity of the clients. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 44 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 送終三夜科 [songzhong sanye ke]. Instructions about the details of the ritual for the salvation of the deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 70 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒戊戌年冬月二十四日抄完.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 合婚書中卷 [Hehunshu zhongjuan]. Manual about the horoscope of humans and the fortune of married couples. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 108 folios. Date(...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [宿啟設醮科] [[suqi shejiao ke ]]. Suqi:The magic to make the deities to be born into this world (a magic book arranges their conception). The priest is the mother, he becomes T...