The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Prodigy Suppression Taoist - Cover

Prodigy-Suppression (厌怪胜妖): The Conquest Nobody...

Paul Peng

Snakes with hands, howling fowls, self-opening doors — the Yutang Dafa catalogues the prodigies, then answers them all with one priest and a seal.

Prodigy-Suppression (厌怪胜妖): The Conquest Nobody...

Paul Peng

Snakes with hands, howling fowls, self-opening doors — the Yutang Dafa catalogues the prodigies, then answers them all with one priest and a seal.

Rat Repelling Art Taoist - Cover

Rat-Repelling Art (厌鼠法): The Buried Cage Nobody...

Paul Peng

The Tang source is exact: nine rats in a cage buried beneath nine hundred jin — and the five-elements earth recipes that starve the rat line from the inside out.

Rat-Repelling Art (厌鼠法): The Buried Cage Nobody...

Paul Peng

The Tang source is exact: nine rats in a cage buried beneath nine hundred jin — and the five-elements earth recipes that starve the rat line from the inside out.

Life Continuation Rite Taoist - Cover

Life-Continuation Rite (接寿): The Bridge Nobody ...

Paul Peng

To extend a life, the jiao built a star bridge across the sky — and the person walked out wearing garment, rice, red, ruler, mirror, and candle.

Life-Continuation Rite (接寿): The Bridge Nobody ...

Paul Peng

To extend a life, the jiao built a star bridge across the sky — and the person walked out wearing garment, rice, red, ruler, mirror, and candle.

White Tiger Farewell Taoist - Cover

White Tiger Farewell (遣送白虎): The Sendoff Nobody...

Paul Peng

In Taoist liturgy, the White Tiger is not evil — it is misplaced. The rite calls each baleful form by name, offers three cups, and walks it home. This article...

White Tiger Farewell (遣送白虎): The Sendoff Nobody...

Paul Peng

In Taoist liturgy, the White Tiger is not evil — it is misplaced. The rite calls each baleful form by name, offers three cups, and walks it home. This article...

Pass And Bane Rite Taoist - Cover

Pass-and-Bane Rite (禳关度煞): The Crossing Nobody ...

Paul Peng

Children's illnesses were mapped as passes and bales — thirty-six of one, seventy-two of the other — and the jiao liturgy prayed each gate open by name.

Pass-and-Bane Rite (禳关度煞): The Crossing Nobody ...

Paul Peng

Children's illnesses were mapped as passes and bales — thirty-six of one, seventy-two of the other — and the jiao liturgy prayed each gate open by name.

Apparition Demon Control Taoist - Cover

Apparition Demon Control (制妖魔): The Allure Nobo...

Paul Peng

Fox-spirits, stone essences, and beautiful singers haunted the mountain practitioner — but the classical rite steadied the will, burned the Five Emperors' talismans, and fed the tempter into retreat.

Apparition Demon Control (制妖魔): The Allure Nobo...

Paul Peng

Fox-spirits, stone essences, and beautiful singers haunted the mountain practitioner — but the classical rite steadied the will, burned the Five Emperors' talismans, and fed the tempter into retreat.