The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Song Of The Plague Boat Taoist - Cover

Song of the Plague Boat (神霄遣瘟送船仪): What the Son...

Paul Peng

A Shenxiao liturgy lays a table for the plague spirits, sends them off on a paper boat, and burns it: hospitality turned into exorcism. What the Dao Fa Hui Yuan...

Song of the Plague Boat (神霄遣瘟送船仪): What the Son...

Paul Peng

A Shenxiao liturgy lays a table for the plague spirits, sends them off on a paper boat, and burns it: hospitality turned into exorcism. What the Dao Fa Hui Yuan...

Xiao Ming Shen Hu Taoist - Cover

Xiao Ming Shen Hu: What the Song Record Says (啸...

Paul Peng

Discover the esoteric Song dynasty rite of Xiao Ming Shen Hu, where Taoist masters stationed the Divine Tiger within their own viscera before uttering a single sacred summons.

Xiao Ming Shen Hu: What the Song Record Says (啸...

Paul Peng

Discover the esoteric Song dynasty rite of Xiao Ming Shen Hu, where Taoist masters stationed the Divine Tiger within their own viscera before uttering a single sacred summons.

Summoning The Soul Taoist - Cover

Summoning the Soul (召魂秘诀): What the Song Record...

Paul Peng

In the orthodox Song dynasty rite of summoning the soul, masters dispatch the Divine Tiger officers to call departed spirits before the sacred altar.

Summoning the Soul (召魂秘诀): What the Song Record...

Paul Peng

In the orthodox Song dynasty rite of summoning the soul, masters dispatch the Divine Tiger officers to call departed spirits before the sacred altar.

Yansheng Du E Rite Taoist - Cover

Yansheng Du E Rite (延生度厄法): What the Song Recor...

Paul Peng

Discover how the Song dynasty Yansheng Du E rite used lamp altars and dipper walking to dissolve impending calamities before they could manifest in physical life.

Yansheng Du E Rite (延生度厄法): What the Song Recor...

Paul Peng

Discover how the Song dynasty Yansheng Du E rite used lamp altars and dipper walking to dissolve impending calamities before they could manifest in physical life.

Zhao Gongming Taoist - Cover

Zhao Gongming: The Martial God of Wealth and Th...

Paul Peng

Explore the liturgical transformation of Zhao Gongming from an ancient underworld commander to the supreme Daoist Martial God of Wealth and head of the Five Roads of Prosperity.

Zhao Gongming: The Martial God of Wealth and Th...

Paul Peng

Explore the liturgical transformation of Zhao Gongming from an ancient underworld commander to the supreme Daoist Martial God of Wealth and head of the Five Roads of Prosperity.

Fire Bureau Transfer Taoist - Cover

Fire Bureau Transfer: What the Song Record Actu...

Paul Peng

A Song Dynasty Qingcheng Thunder rite shifts household calamity by rotating the cardinal directions in the priest's body rather than removing misfortune.

Fire Bureau Transfer: What the Song Record Actu...

Paul Peng

A Song Dynasty Qingcheng Thunder rite shifts household calamity by rotating the cardinal directions in the priest's body rather than removing misfortune.