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: 壹本道意玉京盟真救苦貢王斎意 [yiben daoyi yujing mengzhen jiuku gongwang zhaiyi.] Ceremony to make a retreat with the gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Cust...
Title of the first text: 迓王科一本 [yawang ke yiben]. External cover title: 迓王科 重集旛戎在尾 [yawang ke chongji fanrong zaiwei]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 35 folios. Chine...
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本神目科 [yiben shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 vol...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍謝墓科 [Anlong xiemu ke]. Ceremony to allay various gods and ghosts (especially the dragon gods), ensuring the peace of the deceased resting in the cemetery and the fortune ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 諸聖斎醮一本神目科 [zhu sheng zhaijiao yiben shenmu ke]. The namelist of gods which relate to the retreat and the offering. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios. Chinese era name (regnal ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本開山科 [yiben kaishan ke]. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 129 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲?甲子年八月初八日酉時完.
External cover title and title of the first text: 盟真救苦演朝科 [mengzhen jiuku yanchao ke]. Ceremony to hold andiences with the gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 30 folios. Chinese era name (reg...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本初真科 [yiben chuzhen ke]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 11 foli...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 度亡秘語 [Duwang 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 l...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本道範科 [yiben daofan ke]. Basic book for the novice to study. The novice learns the magic in this book; he may really start studying in real life if he wants to become a ritual expert. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of...