Title of the first text: 煉度科 [liandu ke]. External cover title: 一本煉度科 [yiben liandu ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. In the last part of this ceremony, they are rescued and can join th...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 迓王判亡科 [Yawang panwang ke]. Ceremony to provide an offering to the kings in the hell, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent...
External cover title and title of the first text: 度亡天機一本 [duwang tianji yiben]. 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. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and form...
Title of the first text: 一本黃泉秘語 [yiben huangquan miyu]. External cover title: 一本黃泉秘 [yiben huangquan mi]. Magic to organize a healing ceremony for the old people, who after many years start to get sick, tired, sleepy, etc. Aimed at tao man the Deities of the Elders. Three types of magic inside...
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: 壹本符吏敕壇宿啟設醮科 [yiben fuli chitan suqi shejiao ke.] Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world (a ma...
External cover title and title of the first text: 道教受戒秘語 [daojiao shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to the boy’ and ‘take off the clothes magic.’. Custodial ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 禮境三朝科一本 [Lijing sanchao ke yiben]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt. Custodial history: Private collection. Ex...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: ?境早朝科 [?jing zaochao ke]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and ...
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: 一本斎醮符吏會聖敕壇凈壇科 [yiben zhaijiao fuli huisheng chitan jingtan ke.] Magic to make the altar into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, live...
External cover title and title of the first text: 隔空亡秘語一本 [gekong wang miyu yiben]. 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. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and ...