External cover title and title of the first text: 說醮科一本 [shuojiao ke yiben]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國千子年庚寅歲七...
External cover title: 一本亡秘語/老君金語 [yiben wang miyu/laojun jinyu]. 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: 乙亥年立簿. Calendar note: Stem-branche...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一冊洪恩大會金語 [Yice hong'en dahui jinyu]. Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the Tjeang Daeh. The altars are transformed into wealth, fruitful lands, ...
External cover title and 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. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 194 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(...
Title of the first text: [受戒秘語] [[shoujie miyu]]. External cover title: [?輾黍粥案...] [[?nian shuzhou an (can not clarify the exact meanings)]]. Magic for the ordination disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ...
Title of the first text: 受戒金語 [shoujie jinyu]. External cover title: 受戒天機秘語 [shoujie tianji miyu]. Magic for the ordination disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 清醮秘語一本 [qingjiao miyu yiben]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙巳歲七月初九抄畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 讚才樓科 [Zan cailou ke]. Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. This spirit-house is brought out of the village ...
Title of the first text: 隔冤亡秘一本 [geyuan wangmi yiben]. External cover title: 隔大亡秘語 [ge dawang 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 mat...