Title of the first text: 煉度科 [liandu ke ]. External cover title: 一本煉度科 [yiben liandu ke ]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本南靈科 迓王科 [Yiben nanling ke yawang ke]. Compilation of two texts: Nanlinag and Yawang. Nanling:I nstructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names...
External cover title and title of the first text: 按龍科 [anlong ke]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 76 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 咸豐二年壬子歲夏月初八完筆.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本茭簡科 [Yiben jiaojian ke]. Instructions including sending the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the deceased and to let them know that the secondary death ritual...
Title of the first text: 一本斎亡金語 [yiben zhaiwang jinyu]. External cover title: 一本斎亡天機 [yiben zhaiwang tianji]. 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 ori...
External cover title and title of the first text: 茭簡破獄二科 [jiaojian poyu erke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaojian and Poyu. Jiaojian: Instructions to send messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place; Poyu: instructions ...
Title of the first text: 大南靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 大斎南靈 [dazhai nanling]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 120 folios. Date(s) claimed...
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 ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 諸敗法一本 [Zhubaifa yiben]. Magic to resolve problems caused by bad deaths. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios.
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...