Title of the first text: 萬靈全書喃靈科 [wanling quanshu nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本喃靈科 [yiben nanling ke]. 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 114 folio...
Title of the first text: 小南靈科 [xiao nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本小南靈科 [yiben xiaonanling ke]. Ceremony for seeing off the newly deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 壹本早晚治亡堂小百解在內秘語 [Yiben zaowan zhiwangtang xiao baijie]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 104 f...
Title of the first text: 小雜秘語 [xiaoza miyu]. External cover title: 一本小雜秘語 [yiben xiaoza miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions of magic which ensures the salvation of the female deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 28 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 壬戌年皇春月上旬十五日...
Title of the first text: 一本削門喪家秘語 [yiben xuemen sangjia miyu]. External cover title: 喪家秘語 [sangjia 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 origina...
Title of the first text: 一本新恩開經科 滿月開解在尾 [yiben xin'en kaijing ke manyue kaijie zaiwei] [Early summer 1849]. External cover title: 初真科 [chuzhen ke ] [Early summer 1849]. Opening ceremony small altar sing tan for the ordination tjai sei. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Ex...
Title of the first text: 靝師械(戒)度披簪科 開解在尾 [tianshi jiedu pizan ke kaijie zaiwei]. External cover title: 披簪科 [pizan ke]. Pizan: The instructions to teach the boy. The ritual expert translates this book for the boy from formal to vernacular. Moral rules to follow in order to behave like a gentlem...
Title of the first text: 玉皇小部 消災妙經 度人小部 救苦妙經 [yuhuang xiaobu xiaozai miaojing duren xiaobu jiuku miaojing ]. External cover title: 玉皇小部經 [yuhuang xiaobu jing]. Anthology of four scriptures: Yuhuangjing: Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Xiaozaijing: Mon...
Title of the first text: 高上玉皇本行集經上卷 [gaoshang yuhuang benxingji jingshangjuan]. External cover title: 玉皇上卷 [yuhuang shangjuan]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 高上玉皇本行集經中卷 [Gaoshang yuhuang ben xingji jingzhongjuan]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: ...