External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大齋良緣秘語 [yiben dazhai liangyuan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about different kinds of rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲壬子年夷則月壬午腨甲戌旬越至癸未日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1912 /...
External cover title: 諸百解金語全 [zhu baijie jinyu quan ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 106 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 齋関告科 [zhai guangao ke]. Text with instructions to open the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬午年七月十三日酉時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1882 / 1942. Extent and format of original mater...
Title of the first text: 一本小道範科 [yiben xiao daofan ke]. External cover title: 一本道範科 [yibe 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. Date(s) claimed in the manuscri...
Title of the first text: 大喃靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 大部喃靈科 [dabu nanling ke]. 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 92 folios. Date(s) claime...
External cover title and title of the first text: 伸斗科 [shendou ke ]. Ceremony for the ‘old people’. Basic ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 64 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 三六年中華(太歲丁亥年九月初五日辰時).
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本貢王救苦設醮科 [yiben gongwang jiuku shejiao ke]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子太歲戊寅年七月癸丑腨甲寅旬越至癸亥日. Calendar note: Stem-branche...
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: 壹本帝母盤古小橋台科 [yiben dimu pangu xiaoqiaotai ke ]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and i...
Title of the first text: 一本茭簡破獄科 [yiben jiaojian poyu ke]. External cover title: 交簡破獄科 [jiaojian poyu ke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaojian and Poyu. Jiaojian: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本神目科 [yiben shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己酉年六月二十六日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1909 / 1969. Extent and format of or...