This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 初真書受戒用 [Chuzhen shu shoujie yong]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Custodial history...
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 [Gongyan hong'enmi]. Compilation of two texts: Gong yan and Hong en. Gong yan: Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the Tjeang Daeh. The alt...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 度人道場科 [Duren daochang ke]. Instructions to cleansing the body of the novice (cleanse the past mistakes). A purification ritual so he can start the ritual ‘cleansed.’. Cust...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本血湖經 [Yiben xuehu jing]. Money for the Deities in the River to resolve the mistakes of all the female ancestors and the dead whose blood (menstrual, birth…) had polluted t...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 化依沐浴科 [Huayi muyu ke]. Instructions for bathing the deceased and making the paper clothes for them. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original m...
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. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of...
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: 洪恩紅樓秘語 [hong'en honglou miyu.] Compilation of two texts: Hong en and Hong lou. Hong en: Magic to recreate a new World after the Flood: A full and fruitful ...
Title of the first text: 清醮秘語 [qingjiao miyu]. External cover title: 清醮秘語一本 [qingjiao miyu yiben]. 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...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本上元合婚書 [yiben shangyuan hehun shu]. Manual about the horoscope of humans and the fortune of married couples. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 29 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year)...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一論進表法 [Yilun jinbiao fa]. Text to open the ceremony; it contains intructions on ritual procedures. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original ma...