La Grande Encyclopédie du Taoïsme

Fengdu Kao Zhao Taoist - Cover

Fengdu Kao Zhao (酆都考召大法): How a Ghost Court Works

Paul Peng

Fengdu Kao Zhao turns the underworld into a court: a Taoist priest summons, examines, and records a spirit according to ritual law, not folklore alone.

Fengdu Kao Zhao (酆都考召大法): How a Ghost Court Works

Paul Peng

Fengdu Kao Zhao turns the underworld into a court: a Taoist priest summons, examines, and records a spirit according to ritual law, not folklore alone.

Marshal Yin Jiao Taoist - Cover

Marshal Yin Jiao (殷元帅): What the Song Record Says

Paul Peng

Marshal Yin Jiao is a Song-era ritual officer associated with the annual cycle and earth-bureau methods. This guide separates liturgical evidence from later myth and explains his place in Taoist...

Marshal Yin Jiao (殷元帅): What the Song Record Says

Paul Peng

Marshal Yin Jiao is a Song-era ritual officer associated with the annual cycle and earth-bureau methods. This guide separates liturgical evidence from later myth and explains his place in Taoist...

Marshal Wen Qiong Taoist - Cover

Marshal Wen Qiong (地祇温元帅大法): What the Song Reco...

Paul Peng

Marshal Wen Qiong is presented as an Eastern Peak officer whose authority depends on ritual hierarchy, breath transformation, and disciplined inner-alter practice rather than myth alone.

Marshal Wen Qiong (地祇温元帅大法): What the Song Reco...

Paul Peng

Marshal Wen Qiong is presented as an Eastern Peak officer whose authority depends on ritual hierarchy, breath transformation, and disciplined inner-alter practice rather than myth alone.

Dizhi Fa The Earth Method Taoist - Cover

Dizhi Fa, the Earth Method: What the Song Recor...

Paul Peng

Dizhi Fa, or the Earth Method, is a Song-era family of Taoist spirit rites associated with Wen Qiong. This article separates documented records from later ritual interpretation.

Dizhi Fa, the Earth Method: What the Song Recor...

Paul Peng

Dizhi Fa, or the Earth Method, is a Song-era family of Taoist spirit rites associated with Wen Qiong. This article separates documented records from later ritual interpretation.

Shenxiao Duan Wen Taoist - Cover

Shenxiao Duan Wen (神霄断瘟大法): What the Song Recor...

Paul Peng

Shenxiao Duan Wen distinguishes plague that is ritually sent away from affliction symbolically severed by thunder rites. This guide separates textual evidence from later interpretation, explains the ritual sequence, and...

Shenxiao Duan Wen (神霄断瘟大法): What the Song Recor...

Paul Peng

Shenxiao Duan Wen distinguishes plague that is ritually sent away from affliction symbolically severed by thunder rites. This guide separates textual evidence from later interpretation, explains the ritual sequence, and...

Zhang Xun Taoist - Cover

Zhang Xun: The Tang General Behind the Thunder ...

Paul Peng

Zhang Xun died defending Suiyang, then entered Taoist ritual as an iron thunder marshal. This guide separates Tang history from later talismanic practice and explains why his office centers on...

Zhang Xun: The Tang General Behind the Thunder ...

Paul Peng

Zhang Xun died defending Suiyang, then entered Taoist ritual as an iron thunder marshal. This guide separates Tang history from later talismanic practice and explains why his office centers on...