External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本說醮科書 [yiben shuojiao ke shu]. Instructions for presenting an offering for the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 97 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 光緒三十三年乙巳歲拾月十五日完筆.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 貢延洪恩秘語大全一本 [Gongyan hong'en miyu daquan yiben]. Compilation of two texts: Gong yan and Hong en. Gong yan: Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the ...
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: 一本授戒川光 [yiben shoujie chuanguang.] Initiation ceremony for the ordination of the young Daoist disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and...
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: 一本功蓸開山科 [yiben gongcao kaishan ke.] Compilation of two texts: Gong cao and Kai shan. Gong cao: Instructions to send the Four Messengers kong dow man to inf...
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: 壹本判座花娘科 [yiben panzuo huaniang ke.] A scenario about the request for reincarnation; new souls, namely ancestral souls that are identified as 'flowers' are ...
Title of the first text: 重集斎短蜜語 [chongji zhai duan miyu]. External cover title: 重集斎短亡秘語 [chongji zhai duanwang miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions for ceremonies used in the retreat for the sake of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 v...
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本說醮飛章科 [yiben shuojiao feizhang ke]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 迓王科 [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 44 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 咸豐二年壬子歲次四月十一日開筆.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 先主來請聖之法 [Xianzhu lai qingsheng zhi fa]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals, ceremony in Taoist rituals or funerals. Custodial history: Private col...
External cover title and title of the first text: 煉度科 [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 join the ancestors’ tabl...