The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

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Feijie Thunder (上清神烈飞捷五雷大法): The Swift Rite Nob...

Paul Peng

The Qingwei swift thunder method carries more than 170 talismans covering wind, rain, hail, plague, and dragons — and still calls itself swift. Here is why.

Feijie Thunder (上清神烈飞捷五雷大法): The Swift Rite Nob...

Paul Peng

The Qingwei swift thunder method carries more than 170 talismans covering wind, rain, hail, plague, and dragons — and still calls itself swift. Here is why.

Chongxuan Rite Taoist - Cover

Chongxuan Rite (上清西灵广圣崇玄内法): The Hidden Door No...

Paul Peng

The Guangsheng Chongxuan inner method uses sixty-one talismans to refine the practitioner's own spirit — not to strike outward. Here is what the Qingwei canon actually records.

Chongxuan Rite (上清西灵广圣崇玄内法): The Hidden Door No...

Paul Peng

The Guangsheng Chongxuan inner method uses sixty-one talismans to refine the practitioner's own spirit — not to strike outward. Here is what the Qingwei canon actually records.

Hongyuan Method Taoist - Cover

Hongyuan Method (上清西灵宏元大法): The Great Art Nobod...

Paul Peng

A Song-dynasty Qingwei household rite commanded by Marshal Zhao Gongming — one method that clears spirits, illness, and difficult births by targeting a single shared root: obstruction.

Hongyuan Method (上清西灵宏元大法): The Great Art Nobod...

Paul Peng

A Song-dynasty Qingwei household rite commanded by Marshal Zhao Gongming — one method that clears spirits, illness, and difficult births by targeting a single shared root: obstruction.

Chongwei Rite Taoist - Cover

Chongwei Rite (上清五元冲卫雷法): The Plague Wall Nobod...

Paul Peng

A Song-dynasty Qingwei rite built for plague season — fifteen talismans that raise a defensive wall around the living while the epidemic exhausts itself outside.

Chongwei Rite (上清五元冲卫雷法): The Plague Wall Nobod...

Paul Peng

A Song-dynasty Qingwei rite built for plague season — fifteen talismans that raise a defensive wall around the living while the epidemic exhausts itself outside.

Shangqing Sheshan Thunder Taoist - Cover

The Rite That Uproots What Ordinary Exorcism Ca...

Paul Peng

The Qingwei Sheshan Thunder rite does not move rock — it severs the spiritual root of entrenched curses and hostile forces using nine talismans and the Southern Fire Star decree.

The Rite That Uproots What Ordinary Exorcism Ca...

Paul Peng

The Qingwei Sheshan Thunder rite does not move rock — it severs the spiritual root of entrenched curses and hostile forces using nine talismans and the Southern Fire Star decree.

Taiyi Wu Lei Fa Taoist - Cover

Taiyi Wu Lei Fa (太乙五雷法): The Supreme One Five T...

Paul Peng

Taiyi Wu Lei Fa invokes the Supreme One directly, bypassing the nine-heaven structure. This article examines its classical basis, ritual logic, and why cultivation level determines whether the method succeeds...

Taiyi Wu Lei Fa (太乙五雷法): The Supreme One Five T...

Paul Peng

Taiyi Wu Lei Fa invokes the Supreme One directly, bypassing the nine-heaven structure. This article examines its classical basis, ritual logic, and why cultivation level determines whether the method succeeds...