Subject: Magic / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9/3
Title:: 雜百解諸件小秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 雜百解諸件小秘語 [za baijie zhujian xiao miyu]. External cover title: 治煞秘 [zhisha mi]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist-healing rituals, visualization practice for the host's fortune and other magic. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1892
Extent:: 118 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9/4
Title:: 重集斎短亡秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 重集斎短亡秘語 [chongji zhai duanwang miyu]. External cover title: 重集斎短蜜語 [chongji zhaiduan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about the magic used in the ritual for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 f...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 45 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/1
Title:: 按龍秘語天機法伸斗解冤
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍秘語天機法伸斗解冤 [Anlong miyu tianji fa shendou jieyuan]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors.First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Bas...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/12
Title:: 清醮秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 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 volume of 18 folios. Chinese e...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1897
Extent:: 110 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/18
Title:: 貢王救苦延生宿啟科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 貢王救苦延生宿啟科 [gongwang jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎恩宿啟 [zhai'en suqi]. 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 decease...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/20
Title:: 一本求財秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本求財秘語 [Yiben qiucai miyu]. Instructions about the magic, especially for fortune in monetary matters. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1889
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/2
Title:: 救苦延生宿啟科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 救苦延生宿啟科 [jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎宿啟科 [zhai 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.The magic...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 48 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/4
Title:: 貢延洪恩秘語大全一本
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 99 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/21
Title:: 大斎清醮授戒同一本秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 大斎清醮授戒同一本秘語 [dazhai qingjiao shoujie tongyibenmiyu]. External cover title: 大斎清醮初真授戒同一本秘語 [dazhai qingjiao chuzhen shoujie tongyibenmiyu]. Instructions about ceremony in the ritual for the deceased, including the retreat, the offering and the ritual of receiving Ch...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1980
Extent:: 99 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/31
Title:: 斎醮宿啟科一本
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 斎醮宿啟科一本 [Zhaijiao suqi ke yiben]. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world. The priest is the mother; he becomes Tjong Zheang Gee the Mother of the All the ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1842
Extent:: 25 TIFF images

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