Pivot Court Ultimate Way Rituals 上清天枢院回车毕道正法

Author unknown.

Judging from its content, it is presumably a Taoist text from the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty.

Comprising three volumes, it is included in the Methods category of the Dongxuan Section of the Daozang.

Pivot Court Ultimate Way Rituals

This text elaborates on various Taoist methods for subduing demons, warding off evil spirits, cultivating the body, and curing illnesses. The first volume expounds the way of subduing demons using divine seals, talismans, and incantatory formulas. It records six types of divine seals and ten kinds of talismans with incantatory formulas, along with explanations of their usage. The middle volume details techniques for expelling evil spirits and treating diseases, including the Qi Emission Method, Incantation Water Method, Method for Extracting Pathogenic Worms, Method for Removing Swellings and Toxins, Plague Treatment Method, Ghost and Evil Spirit Dispelling Method, Herbal Elixir Formula for Treating Mental and Blood Disorders, Practice for Treating Insanity, Esoteric Method for Severing Ghosts, Method for Identifying Ghosts and Evil Spirits, Esoteric Practice for Entering the Big Dipper to Protect the Body, Ghost-Slaying Method, and Mental Method for Remotely Treating Insanity. Various talismans and incantatory formulas are attached to this volume. The third volume describes the method of submitting petitions to ward off ghosts and evil spirits, including the Empirical Petition Format for Investigating Kitchens, Petition Format, and Method for Verifying Petitions.