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: 新集遠棺科二十四孝全本 [xinji yuanguan ke ershisixiao quanben ]. Instructions about 24 models of filial affection and the details of the ritual for the salvation of t...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大南靈 [yiben dananling ]. 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 106 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscrip...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本関告會聖敕壇科 [yiben guangao huisheng chitan ke]. Guangao and Huisheng:Text to open the ceremony. Chitan: Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 癸卯年三月. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: ...
Title of the first text: 一本神目科 [yiben shenmu ke ]. External cover title: 神目科 [shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios. Date(...
Title of the first text: 玉京草時科 [yujing caoshi ke]. External cover title: 玉京神目草時一本科 [yujing shenmu caoshi yiben ke]. Compilation of two texts Danshi and Shenmu. Danshi: ceremony to hold a solo audience with the gods from the heavens, ensuring the longevity and other fortunes of the host; Shenmu...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本小百解 [Yiben xiaobaijie]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 108 folios.
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...
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...
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.
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...