External cover title and title of the first text: 謝境科 [xiejing ke]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 17 folios. Chinese era name (regnal yea...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 集件天機 [Jijian tianji]. Magic to make the altars for the Nyok Kaeng Maeng Yang ceremony. Altars become gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, an...
External cover title and title of the first text: 下堂煉度科壹本 [xiatang liandu ke yiben]. 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 ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join t...
External cover title and title of the first text: 怗簡符吏 開啟會聖 凈壇解穢三科共一冊 [zhanjian fuli kaiqi huisheng jingtan jiehui sanke gong yice]. Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place.Text to open the ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 蛟龍 竪旛 從人 讃材樓科 [jiaolong shufan congren zancailou ke]. Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place. Secondary death ritual.Cong ren: Instructions...
[Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals]
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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. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals . Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 31 folio...
[Instructions to invite every spirit to join the ceremony]
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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. Instructions to invite every spirit to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Custodial history: Pri...
[Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day]
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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. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
[Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day]
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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. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
[Instructions to feed the novice for the first time after being born]
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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. Instructions to feed the novice for the first time after being born: Water, rice, pork meat. This part includes protection for the case that the boy is expose...