Title of the first text: 洪恩金語一冊 [hongenjinyuyice]. External cover title: 一本洪恩秘語 [yiben hong'en miyu]. Magic to cleanse the land and recreate a new world after the flood; the flood-myth is recreated in order to cleanse and renew the universe. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 清醮秘語一本 [Qingjiao miyu yiben]. Magic to transform the altars into ritual payments of gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. These pay...
Title of the first text: 延生救苦宿啟 [yansheng jiuku suqi]. External cover title: 延生救苦宿啟科 [yansheng jiuku suqi ke]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony to ensure the salvation of the newly deceased....
External cover title and title of the first text: 受戒秘語 [shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to the boy’ and ‘take off 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: 大斎治亡秘語 [dazhai zhiwang miyu]. Magic for a healing ceremony. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 22...
Title of the first text: 洪恩秘語 [hong'en miyu]. External cover title: 洪恩秘 [hong'en mi]. Magic to clean the land and recreate a new world after the flood. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 29 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 中華民國三...
Title of the first text: 救病師教天機 [jiubing shijiao tianji]. External cover title: 救病师天机 [jiubing shi tianji]. Miscellaneous descriptions of visualization practices and other magic in the rituals. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 30 foli...
Title of the first text: 大斎良綠秘語 [dazhailianglvmiyu]. External cover title: 大斎語 [dazhai yu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. This magic recreates the whole world after the flood. Custodial history: Private collection....
Title of the first text: 度亡天機秘語 [duwangtianjimiyu]. External cover title: 喪家秘 [sangjia mi]. 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. Custodial history: Private collection. Ex...
Title of the first text: 一本清醮秘語 [yiben qingjiao miyu]. External cover title: 清醮秘語 [qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 vol...