This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本亡秘語 [Yiben wang 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 ...
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: 集秘. [jimi]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals . 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: 清醮宿啟科敕壇關告說醮在內 [Qingjiao suqi ke chitan guan'gao shuojiao zainei]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and foo...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本清醮秘語 [yiben qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 71 folios. C...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 大治亡/大亡秘語 [Dazhi wang/dawang miyu]. Magic for a healing ceremony. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 53 folios. Ch...
External cover title and title of the first text: 竪旛茭簡破獄科 [shufan jiaojian poyu ke]. Compilation of three texts: Lifan, Jiaojian and Poyu. Lifan: Preparations for the banner yui woung pang outside the house. Secondary death ritual. This represents the hand of the Jade Emperor who is helping to ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 受戒川光科 [Shoujie chuanguang ke]. Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 受戒師道千機金語 [Shoujie shidao qianji jinyu]. Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] th...
External cover title and title of the first text: 三夜喪家秘語 [sanye sangjia miyu]. Instructions about various details in the rituals for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Chinese era...
Title of the first text: 南昌科 [nanchang ke]. External cover title: 南昌大煉科 [nanchang dalian ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from Purgatory during the second death ritual. They are bathed with water. In the last part of this ceremony, the...