External cover title: 一本救患按龍秘語 [yiben jiuhuan anlong miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices; Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 150 foli...
Title of the first text: 正戒師傅李勝員給付除煞秘典弟子李勝傳 [zhengjie shifu li shengyuan jifu chusha midian dizi li shengchuan]. External cover title: 壹本除煞秘語 [yichen chusha miyu ]. Instructions to dispel evil spirits or disaster. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios. Date(s) claimed...
External cover title: 一本婚姻啟 [yiben hunyin qi ]. Miscellaneous instructions about wedding, which guarantees the efficacy of the first ceremony and thus of the well-being of the couple and harmony of the marriage. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己丑年三月廿八日完. Calendar note: Stem-branches syst...
External cover title: 一本按龍科 [yiben anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲辛丑䆊八月二十一日巳時杝抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1901 / 1961. Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
Title of the first text: 醮送聖啟 [jiao songsheng qi]. External cover title: 送聖一本 [songsheng yiben ]. Offering flowers and wine, etc. several times and dispatching the gods sincerely at the end. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 34 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 宣懸(...
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: 大齋清醮秘蜜語壹本 [dazhai qingjiao mimiyu yiben]. External cover title: 清醮天機壹大齋共壹本 [qingjiao tianji yi dazhai gong yiben ]. 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 m...
Title of the first text: 解神煞秘密金語 [jie shensha mimi jinyu]. External cover title: 壹本解神煞秘密金語 [yiben jie shensha mimi jinyu ]. Instructions to dispel evil spirits or disaster, including some exorcistic talismans. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios. Date(s) claimed in ...
Title of the first text: 一本神目共一本 [yiben shenmu gongyiben]. External cover title: 正一?神目土府共一本 [zhengyi ? shenmu tufu gong yigen ]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己酉年六月二十三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two...