Subject: Magic / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/6
Title:: 無上靈寶大斎說醮一冊
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 無上靈寶大斎說醮一冊 [wushang lingbao dazhai shuojiao yice]. 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 vo...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1811
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/7
Title:: 無上東獄解冤中壇科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 無上東獄解冤中壇科 [wushang dongyu jieyuan zhongtan ke]. Magic to build a house for the deities with three levels outside of the house. In the magic kill the Jade Emperor and substitute him with the second in charge. Organize feast, money, and girls for ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 34 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/12
Title:: 授戒諸川光科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 授戒諸川光科 [shoujie zhu chuanguang ke]. External cover title: 川光科 [chuanguang ke]. Magic for the ordination of the disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘giv...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1835
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/13
Title:: 特賀盤皇科壹本
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 特賀盤皇科壹本 [tehe panhuang ke yiben]. Magic to rescue the soul sent by a hostile sorcerer to various areas (eg. Spirit-side, Deep Forest, Purgatory, River). Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1877
Extent:: 25 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/39
Title:: 按龍秘語受戒二本
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍秘語受戒二本 [Anlong miyu shoujie erben]. Compilation of two texts: An long and Shou jie. An long:Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 58 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/42
Title:: 破新山治亡秘語一本
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 破新山治亡秘語一本 [poxinshan zhiwang miyu yiben]. External cover title: 破新山開嶺?秘語一本 [poxinshan kailing miyu yiben]. Magic for a healing ceremony. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 17 folios. Chinese era name (regnal ye...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1884
Extent:: 19 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/46
Title:: 一本亡秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本亡秘語 [Yiben wang 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 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/23/48
Title:: 集件天機
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 集件天機 [Jijian tianji]. Magic to make the altars for the Nyok Kaeng Maeng Yang ceremony. Altars become gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 29 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/24
Title:: Anonymous Collector 24
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 46 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/24/1 to EAP791/1/24/46. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1807-1977
Extent:: 1888 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/24/3
Title:: 洪恩大會科壹本
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 洪恩大會科壹本 [hong'en dahui ke yiben]. 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 95 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲下元乙未年九...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 96 TIFF images

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