Locust-Expelling Rite (驱蝗): The Field Nobody Feeds
The swarm arrives like a dispatched army. The Qingwei lineage answered with talismans planted in fields, thunder-office generals, and a memorial to the Jade Emperor — a full chain of...
Locust-Expelling Rite (驱蝗): The Field Nobody Feeds
The swarm arrives like a dispatched army. The Qingwei lineage answered with talismans planted in fields, thunder-office generals, and a memorial to the Jade Emperor — a full chain of...
Shrine-Breaking Rite (伐邪破庙): The Ruin Nobody Sp...
A shrine without a license, a grove of old trees — the rite summoned the city god and nailed four boards to revoke
Shrine-Breaking Rite (伐邪破庙): The Ruin Nobody Sp...
A shrine without a license, a grove of old trees — the rite summoned the city god and nailed four boards to revoke
Attacking the Sorcerer: The Reversal Rite That ...
Curses, buried gu, a family turned against itself — the rite burned the talisman, memorialized the crimes, and prayed the sorcerer's own work turn back on its source.
Attacking the Sorcerer: The Reversal Rite That ...
Curses, buried gu, a family turned against itself — the rite burned the talisman, memorialized the crimes, and prayed the sorcerer's own work turn back on its source.
Mole-Cricket Averting (禳蝼蚁): The Rite That Reco...
When ants and mound-insects undermined a house or a grave, the Taoist tradition read it as a grievance — and only a formal reconciliation rite could settle the debt.
Mole-Cricket Averting (禳蝼蚁): The Rite That Reco...
When ants and mound-insects undermined a house or a grave, the Taoist tradition read it as a grievance — and only a formal reconciliation rite could settle the debt.
Well-Overflow Averting (禳井溢法): The Rite Nobody ...
When a household well began to run over without reason, a Taoist ritualist was called. He pressed the dipper mudra, commanded the dragon-spirit of the well, and burned a talisman...
Well-Overflow Averting (禳井溢法): The Rite Nobody ...
When a household well began to run over without reason, a Taoist ritualist was called. He pressed the dipper mudra, commanded the dragon-spirit of the well, and burned a talisman...
Seedling Protection (保苗): The Harvest Nobody Wi...
The seedling-protection rite (保苗) prays for favorable wind and timely rain before the crop needs saving. Its complete liturgies survive only in the Guangcheng Rites of Mount Qingcheng.
Seedling Protection (保苗): The Harvest Nobody Wi...
The seedling-protection rite (保苗) prays for favorable wind and timely rain before the crop needs saving. Its complete liturgies survive only in the Guangcheng Rites of Mount Qingcheng.