Ceremonies to ensure the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
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: 師教受戒秘語 [shijiao shoujie miyu.] Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cle...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 授戒秘語道教 [Shoujie miyu daojiao]. Magic for the ordination of the disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eye...
External cover title and title of the first text: 演朝科 [yanchao ke]. Ceremony to hold andiences with the gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 22 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 民國五十二年癸卯歲七月十四日抄.
Title of the first text: 南靈科 [nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本大南靈科 [yiben da nanling ke]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original materia...
External cover title and title of the first text: 飛章科 [feizhang ke]. Instruction to build a road. A big dragon makes the road with his body in the spirit side to the Garden of the Ancestors to facilitate further working in the area. The dragon clean the path for the forthcoming works. Custodia...
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: 神目科 [shenmu ke.] Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Cus...
External cover title and title of the first text: 按龍科 [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 29 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 民國二十三年癸酉歲閏五月二十三日終筆.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 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. Custodial history: Private co...