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: 三夜喪家秘語 [sanye sangjia miyu]. Instructions about various details in the rituals for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 23 folios. Chinese era...
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 the exorcist healing rituals . Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume o...
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...
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.
Title of the first text: 一本黃泉秘語 [yiben huangquan miyu]. External cover title: 一本黃泉秘 [yiben huangquan mi]. 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...
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: 壹本符吏敕壇宿啟設醮科 [yiben fuli chitan suqi shejiao ke.] Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world (a ma...
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 ...
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: 天師戒度科初真在頭開解在尾 [Tianshi jiedu ke chuzhen zaitou kaijie zaiwei]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of...