External cover title: 一本道範科 [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: 丁酉年九月立披. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1777 / 18...
External cover title and title of the first text: 伸斗按龍解冤救患秘語一本 [shendou anlong jieyuan jiuhuan miyu yiben ]. Compilation of three texts: An long, Shen dou and Jie yuan. An long: Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors; Shen dou: First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their f...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本清醮秘語 [Yiben qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Extent and format of original ma...
External cover title and title of the first text: 兇路斎亡秘語 [xionglu zhaiwang 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. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 辛亥年十一月十九日未時抄完. Ca...
External cover title: 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: 壬申年五月十九日立. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1872 / 1932. Ext...
External cover title and title of the first text: 新恩初真授戒秘語 [xin'en chuzhen shoujie miyu]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁弓(丑?)年五月初三. Calendar note: Stem-branches system ...
External cover title: 大亡天娘齋醮亡秘語 [dawang tianniang zhaijiao wang 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. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本小百解 [yiben xiao baijie]. External cover title: 一本黃泉 [yiben huangquan]. Magic to organize a healing ceremony for the old people, who after many years start to get sick, tired, sleepy, etc. Aimed at tao man the Deities of the Elders. Three types of magic inside. Date(...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [百解秘語] [[baijie miyu]]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 106 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本洪恩貢延天機秘語 [yiben hong'en gongyan tianji miyu]. External cover title: 洪恩秘語貢延紅樓同用 [hong'en miyu gongyan honglou tongyong]. Compilation of three texts: Gong yan, Hong en Hong lou. Gong yan: Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the Tjeang Daeh. Th...