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: 天師戒度科初真在頭開解在尾 [tianshi jiedu ke chuzhen zaitou kaijie zaiwei.] Instructions to cleansing the body of the novice (cleanse the past mistakes). A purification...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 煉度 [Liandu]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. Last part of this cer...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 燈延伸斗按龍解冤朝天諸蜜天機 [Dengyan shendou anlong jieyuan chaotian zhumi tianji]. First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man t...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 謝王化依科 [Xiewang huayi ke]. Secondary death ritual combined with huayi ‘making clothes.’. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 v...
External cover title and title of the first text: 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. Custodial history: Private...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 雜謝水符本境聖母雷王南朝科 [Zaxie shuifu benjing shengmu leiwang nanchao ke]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt. Healing cerem...
This manuscript has does not contain a formal title on either the outer cover of the manuscript or the internal cover of the first text. Text about admonishing people to be kind. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios. Chinese era...
This manuscript has does not contain a formal title on either the outer cover of the manuscript or the internal cover of the first text. Text about admonishing people to be kind. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 23 folios. Chinese era...
This manuscript has does not contain a formal title on either the outer cover of the manuscript or the internal cover of the first text. 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...
[Explanation of some important things about daily life]
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This manuscript has does not contain a formal title on either the outer cover of the manuscript or the internal cover of the first text. Explanation of some important things about daily life. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 28 folios....