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"The Prison of Fire for Demons by Florian C. Reiter presents a study of Taoist exorcist devices that in Heavenly Masters Taoism in the past and even today are dispensable for exorcist rituals. It focusses on exorcism that mainly was performed for the individual client. Sometimes large-scale liturgies were required, but often less-demanding ritual efforts sufficed. The study relies on the collections A Corpus of Taoist Rituals and Pearls Inherited from the Sea of Rituals in the Ming Taoist Canon. Reiter presents an exorcist tradition of Thunder Magic Rituals from Hunan-province and another one from Sichuan province. The leading Thunder divinity in the latter tradition is Marshal T´ien-p´eng who is associated with the God-Emperor of the North and has a background in Shang-ch´ing Taoism. Reiter selects exorcist devices such as the Prison of Fire for Demons and various other types of demon-prisons. He also discusses the abundant amulets and seals for exorcist rituals, and presents the Divine Stick of T´ien-p´eng which is a small wooden ritual tool that today is still in use. The practice of submitting formal applications to the spirit Thunder administration to get the divine approval and backing for any specific exorcism is introduced as well. Reiter displays the historic frame for applying the exorcist devices and defines these practices as constituent elements of Heavenly Masters Taoism. All those methods and devices serve the salvation of individual clients and support society as a whole."--

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S13A/0200 --- S13A/0403 --- S13A/0402 --- S15/0306 --- #SML: Paul Serruys --- China: Religion--General works --- China: Religion--Rites, magic, festivals --- China: Religion--Mythology (incl. pantheon, ghosts, myths and legends) --- China: Language--Oracle bones: special studies

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Rites and ceremonies --- Chinese --- Rites et cérémonies --- Rites and ceremonies. --- S11/0500 --- S11/0600 --- S13A/0403 --- Ethnology --- China: Social sciences--Daily life: general --- China: Social sciences--Customs, etiquette --- China: Religion--Rites, magic, festivals

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Over twenty-seven meters long, the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) is an important Ming Dynasty Daoist artifact from the San Diego Museum of Art's collection. It is a record of the imperial ordination of Empress Zhang (1470-1541), consort of the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488-1505), by Zhang Xuanqing (d. 1509), the forty-seventh Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi institution. This book builds a history of imperial ordinations through a detailed examination of the scroll's transcriptions and meticulously painted images of celestial beings, and it examines the influences of the Daoist leaders known as the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters.

Taoist painting --- Painting, Taoist --- Painting --- Zhang huang hou, --- Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang. --- S13A/0401 --- S13A/0403 --- S05/0213 --- China: Religion--Popular religion: Taoism --- China: Religion--Rites, magic, festivals --- China: Biographies and memoirs--Ming

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Eastern Religions --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- S13A/0200 --- S13A/0400 --- S04/0650 --- S13A/0403 --- S13A/0460 --- S13A/0410 --- China: Religion--General works --- China: Religion--Popular religion: general --- China: History--Song, Liao, Jin: 960 - 1278 --- China: Religion--Rites, magic, festivals --- China: Religion--Shamanism --- China: Religion--Death, funeral, ancestral worship --- China --- Religious life and customs. --- History --- China - Religious life and customs. --- China - History - Sung dynasty, 960-1279.