Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Magic - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/1
Title:: 一本受戒秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本受戒秘語 [Yiben 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,’ ‘gi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1848-1908
Extent:: 41 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/4
Title:: 滅債整花根秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 滅債整花根秘語 [miezhai zhenghuagen miyu]. External cover title: 一本小百解 [yiben xiaobaijie]. Magic to settle a dette. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁卯年六月二十一日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1867 / 1927. Extent and format of...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1867-1927
Extent:: 26 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/5
Title:: 一本受戒秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本受戒秘語 [yiben 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 12 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/9
Title:: 一本秘禁盆金語
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本秘禁盆金語 [yiben mi jinpen jinyu]. Magic to rescue the soul or Deities sent by hostile sorcerer to various areas (eg. Spirit-side, Deep Forest, Purgatory, River) Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁酉年正月十五日給付. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plau...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1837-1897
Extent:: 48 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/10
Title:: 補(捕)獵肉坑求財法
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 補(捕)獵肉坑求財法 [bulie roukeng qiucai fa]. External cover title: 補獵求財法 [bulie qiucai fa ]. Magic for the hunters. Shoot and fail, or animal doesn’t animal, or does not see animal Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 30 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 27 Feb 1855-5 Feb 1856
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/11
Title:: 一本大亡小亡天機秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 一本大亡小亡天機秘語 [yiben dawang xiaowang tianji miyu]. External cover title: 一本大亡小亡秘語 [yiben dawang xiaowang miyu ]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes some money for the dead so they do not make problems for the living. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 20 Aug 1852
Extent:: 23 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/13
Title:: 洪恩秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 洪恩秘語 [hong'en jinyu]. External cover title: 一本洪恩秘語 [yiben hong'en miyu]. Magic to clean the land and recreate a new world after the flood. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 戊辰年給付. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1808 / 186...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1808-1868
Extent:: 69 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/18
Title:: [關吿宿啟設醮飛章]
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [關吿宿啟設醮飛章] [[guangao suqi shejiao feizhang]]. Compilation of four texts: Guangao Suqi Shuojiao and Feizhang. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony； Suqi:Ceremony to announc...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 80 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/22
Title:: 一本宿啟科
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本宿啟科 [yiben suqi ke ]. 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 Tjong Zheang Gee the Mother of the All the Living Creatures. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 己未年六月. Calendar...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1859-1919
Extent:: 27 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/31/30
Title:: 清醮秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 清醮秘語 [Qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁酉年七月...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1897-1957
Extent:: 77 TIFF images

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