External cover title and title of the first text: 道教受戒秘語 [daojiao 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.’. Custodial ...
Title of the first text: 南昌科 [nanchang ke]. External cover title: 南昌大煉科 [nanchang dalian ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from Purgatory during the second death ritual; last part. They are bathed with water. In the last part of this ce...
Title of the first text: 早晚救患燈延安龍伸斗解冤壹部 [zaowan jiuhuan dengyan anlong shendou jieyuan yibu]. External cover title: 救患按龍秘語 [jiuhuan anlong miyu]. A book for baby naming ceremony which includes the ceremonies to ‘fix the flowers’ thus to reinforce the health and strengthen the baby, and to ‘kil...
This manuscript has does not contain a formal title on either the outer cover of the manuscript or the internal cover of the first text. Miscellaneous instructions aboutexorcistic healing rituals . Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 f...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 禮境三朝科一本 [Lijing sanchao ke yiben]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt. Custodial history: Private collection. Ex...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 南靈科大部 [Nanlingkedabu]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Custodial history: Private ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本按龍科 [yiben anlong ke]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 54 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 道光二十九年五月初六抄完.
This collection contains 27 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/21/1 to EAP791/1/21/27. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 雜謝?水符科 [Zaxieshuifuke]. Healing ceremony for diseases caused by the Deities of the River aimed to those who feel depression (“cry near the River or want to die”) or have al...
[Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals]
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This manuscript has does not contain a formal title on either the outer cover of the manuscript or the internal cover of the first text. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals . Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 46 ...