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...
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: 接聖科 [jiesheng ke.] Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Bring the money fro...
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: 大獻科. [daxian ke]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to Heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Custodial history: Pri...
Title of the first text: 迓王科一本 [yawang ke yiben]. External cover title: 迓王科 [yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Also a feast for the Ten Magistrates, the Keau Hu Man, the Tham Taeng, and the Yao Zhaeng. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 另養秘語 [Lingyang miyu]. Money, fruit, fruit trees, food, rice fields, gardens, houses, etc. for Tjaeng Daeh - deities in which the members of household belive - of the househ...
Title of the first text: 百解秘語壹本 [baijie miyu yiben]. External cover title: 一本主晃?金語 [yiben zhuhuang jinyu]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals . Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 41 folios. Chinese era name (regnal ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 玉皇經中卷 [Yuhuang jing zhongjuan]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of ori...
External cover title and title of the first text: 諸章格一本 [zhu zhangge yiben]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to the Heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 19 foli...
External cover title and title of the first text: 新恩開解二本 [xin’en kaijie erben]. Opening ceremony small altar sing tan for the ordination tjai sei. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本初真授戒科 [Yibenchuzhenshoujieke]. Initiation ceremony for the ordination of the young Daoist disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original...