External cover title and title of the first text: 新恩初真授戒秘語 [xin'en chuzhen shoujie miyu]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁弓(丑?)年五月初三. Calendar note: Stem-branches system ...
External cover title: 大亡天娘齋醮亡秘語 [dawang tianniang zhaijiao 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 the living. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本小百解 [yiben xiao baijie]. External cover title: 一本黃泉 [yiben huangquan]. 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. Date(...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [百解秘語] [[baijie miyu]]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 106 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本洪恩貢延天機秘語 [yiben hong'en gongyan tianji miyu]. External cover title: 洪恩秘語貢延紅樓同用 [hong'en miyu gongyan honglou tongyong]. Compilation of three texts: Gong yan, Hong en Hong lou. Gong yan: Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the Tjeang Daeh. Th...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本受戒秘語 [Yiben 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,’ ‘gi...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 解諸神煞秘語 [Jie zhushensha miyu]. Instructions about some exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manu...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本辛年金朝收什秘語 [yiben xinnian jinzhao shoushi miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲申年十月十一日啟. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1884 / 1944...
Title of the first text: 滅債整花根秘語 [miezhai zhenghuagen miyu]. External cover title: 一本小百解 [yiben xiaobaijie]. Magic to settle a dette. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁卯年六月二十一日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1867 / 1927. Extent and format of...
External cover title: 一本受戒秘語 [yiben 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.’ Extent and format of original material: 1...