Title of the first text: 壹冊小百解秘語 [yice xiao baijie miyu ]. External cover title: 小百解秘 [xiao baijie mi ]. Instructions about various magic for protection against disasters threatening the local community, and other exorcistic healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 師教受戒秘語 [Shijiao shoujie miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions of initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 vol...
Title of the first text: 大齋秘語 老君金語 [dazhai miyu laojun jinyu ]. External cover title: 大齋清醮秘語一部 [dazhai qingjiao miyu yibu ]. Magic to transform the altars into ritual payments which are aimed to the deities invited to occupy seats in the altars. Extent and format of original material: 1 volum...
External cover title: 黃泉秘語 [huangquan miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals and some for the salvation of the deceased. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丁未年七月初八抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1907 / 1967. Exten...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 各家香火名 [Gejia xianghuo ming]. The name list of Daoist priests among a local village in Laos. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 22 folios.
Title of the first text: 度亡天機一夜 送終三夜 秘語共一本 [duwang tianji yiye songzhong sanye miyu gongyiben]. External cover title: 度亡天機一夜 送終三夜共一本秘語 [duwang tianji yiye songzhong sanye gongyiben miyu ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Exte...
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. External cover title: 論整花根之法 [lun zheng huagen zhifa ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original mater...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本南相科 [Yiben nanxiang ke]. Ceremony to hold an audience with the gods. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 78 folios.
External cover title: 一本伸斗科 [yiben shendou ke ]. Ceremony for the ‘old people’. Basic ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙丑年三月初八日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1925 / 1985. Extent and fo...
External cover title: 壹本道範科 [yiben daofan ke ]. Basic book for the novice to study. He may really start studying in real life if he wants to become a ritual expert. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲癸巳年四月廿五日辰時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1...