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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/38/19
Title:: 一本齋亡秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本齋亡秘語 [Yiben zhaiwang 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 16 Dec 1895-14 Jan 1896
Extent:: 63 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/38/20
Title:: 一本伸斗科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 一本伸斗科 [yiben shendou ke ]. First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities of the Elders. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 72 folios. Date(s) claimed in the man...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 14 Jun 1908
Extent:: 37 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/38/21
Title:: 謝王化依科一本
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 謝王化依科一本 [xiewang huayi ke yiben]. Secondary death ritual combined with huayi ‘making clothes.’ Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 76 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒二十三年十二月十四日辰時終筆.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 6 Jun 1898
Extent:: 39 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/38/22
Title:: 按龍伸斗秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 按龍伸斗秘語 [anlong shendou miyu ]. External cover title: 按龍伸斗科 [anlong shendou ke ]. Anlong: Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Shendou: First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1856
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/38/23
Title:: 一本三宮科用
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 一本三宮科用 [yiben sangong ke yong]. External cover title: 一本三宮科通用 [yiben sangongke tongyong ]. Instructions to introduce the patient – exclusively for elder men – to the Deities of the Elders; also serve to arrange Life extension ceremonies. Date(s) claimed in the manuscr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1843-1903
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/39/1
Title:: 延生土府貢王救苦季烈兇路神目科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 延生土府貢王救苦季烈兇路神目科 [yansheng tufu gongwang jiuku jilie xionglu shenmu ke]. External cover title: 延生土府貢王目 [yansheng tufu gongwang mu]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 17 Jun 1901
Extent:: 39 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/39/2
Title:: 百解科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 百解科 [Baijie ke]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 94 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 48 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/39/7
Title:: 良緣天機
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 良緣天機 [liangyuan tianji]. External cover title: 大齋天機一卷 [dazhai tianji yijuan]. Magic to make the altars for the Nyok Kaeng Maeng Yang ceremony. Altars become gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. This magic recreates the whole Wo...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 22 Feb 1902
Extent:: 83 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/39/8
Title:: 一本集量天機
Scope & Content:: 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: 一本集量天機 [yiben jiliang tianji]. Book of divination of good or bad fortune for different rituals Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 152 fol...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 30 Jan 1843-17 Feb 1844
Extent:: 77 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/39/10
Title:: 一本小百解滅債共壺花秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 一本小百解滅債共壺花秘語 [yiben xiaobaijie miezhai gonghuhua miyu]. External cover title: 一本小百解秘語 [yiben xiaobaijie]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist healing rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 庚申歲正月二十七日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: T...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1860-1920
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

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