p.

17

in the midst of the Ta-lo Heaven, above the Yu:-c^>in (‘Jade Purity’) Heaven.

to the __ of mt. Yu:c^in

is located mt. __

front

Yu:an-c^in

right

Kuan-hsia

left

Hun-yin

rear

Wu-c^ien

18

to the south is mt. Hen

its __

is / are __

divinity

Ssu-t>ien Wan commanding 30,000 immortal officials & jade maidens

circumference

200 miles

Heir Apparents

mt. Huo & mt. C^>ien

Assistants

mt. T>ien-t.ai & mt. C^u:-c^>u:

1st (of 10 big Grotto-Heavens) is Yu:-wu Tun (‘Jade-Room Grotto’)

its __

is __

T>ien (‘Heaven’)

C^>in-hsu: (‘Clear Void’)

circumference

10,000 miles

supervisor

Wan Pao

earthly location

Lo-c^ou in Wan-wu district

the 3 "Superior Mashall Mountains" which are said to be divinities

mt.

is "True Lord __"

residing in __-c^ou

C^>in-c^>en

Hsi-i

S^u

T>ien-c^u

Marshal of Destinies in the 9 Heavens

S^u

Lu

Commissioner of the 9 Heavens

C^ian

Tun (‘Eastern’) c^en (‘area’) & Tun (‘Eastern’) hai (‘sea’)

c^en

hai

mt.

I

king

Tun-an

Kuan-te

c^ou

I

Lai

Lu (‘Lodges’)

__ Lu

S^ou-hsu:an (‘Behold the Mysterious’)

Hsu:n-hsu:an (‘Striving for the Mysterious’)

earthly location

mt. C^un-nan

C^ian-hsi

it is the __

house of Yin-hsi

belvedere of Wu Men

Grotto-Heavens

Grotto-Heaven

C^u-lin

Tsun-c^en

at mt. __

Hen

Hua

circumference

700 miles

300 miles

earthly location

Hen-c^ou in Hen-s^an district

Western Holy Mountain

19

mt. Ti-fei in area of mt. Mao

belvedere

Tzu-yan

house

Hsu: C^>an-s^ih

mt. Ho-min

element

metal

season

beginning winter

earthly location

30 miles northwest from An-chou in Tai-i district

site where __

Lao-c^u:n imparted registers to the Heavenly Master

site whence __

Hsu: Hsiao-tao, Ho Tan-yan, & C^>en-tzu arose to heaven

p.

S-t C^-n

quoting from __

quotation

31

2:4a

Ta-tun C^in

divinity T>ai-s^an Ta-tao C^u:n is hidden in the 8 caelestial sphaeres

34

3:18a

T>ai-i Ti-c^u:n Tun-c^en Hsu:an-c^in

concentration on __

sendeth breath to the __

sun

mouth

moon

navel

38

5:6b

Wu-lian C^in

month

accomplishment

1st

"lost hun-souls of earlier generations can be saved and led to the Palace of the South."

7th

"change in the heavenly registers which would get him out of the "register of death" ..."

42

8:10a

Hua-hu C^in

description of Lao-tzu

body

72 markers

hair

dark-red

eyen

green

rays emitted from eyen

purple

face

golden

rays emitted from face

in the 5 colors

8:24a

San-yu:an Yu:-c^ien San-yu:an Pu C^in

Yu:an-s^ih T>ien-wan (‘Original-Beginning Heavenly-King’) , who resideth in the Palace of Radiant Dawn, taught to the jade lads of the 3 Heavens the scripture San-yu:an Yu:-c^ien

TT 164

text

4a-4b

the divinities Kao-s^an C^iu-t>ien S^an-huanYu:an-c^u:n & C^iu-t.ien S^an-huan Lao-c^u:n "mounted altogether the jade-wheeled chariot of sun and moon and travelled" up to [caelestial shaere] Lo-fu – they roamed widely through the heaven Fan-t>ien & C^in-min Yu:-kuo (‘Golden-Radiance Jade-Country’)

5

C^in-min Yu:-kuo is a sphaere amidst all the heavens. It can be reached only by the Emperor Void of the 8 Poles. "There is a Gold-star Palace of the Floating Light of the Three Luminaries. A Residence of the Spontaneous Jade-scripts is located within its compound. It has 30,000 storeys." Its 4 sides of constituted of flying astral sphaeres. "This is also a resting place for the Jade-perfected and Gold-immortals"

p.

para-graph

58-66

1:2a-8a animal-incarnations

1:2a-4b circumstance in praesent life

animal- /incapacitated-incarnations as future lives

58

2

[(fn. 194) sore throat; eye-trouble (T>-s^ Y-p Y-y)]

(after 100 kalpa-s :) wild animal

3

[intestinal] worms; skin-disease

6 domestic animals

4

lose eyebrows

poisonous snake

5

stupid

6 domestic animals

6

blind & deaf

birds & wild animals

7

slave-servant

6 barbarian tribes

8

lame

swine or hounds

59

9

stinking

amidst dung [scarab?]

10

solitary & deserted

"in a toilet"

11

wind-maladies

swine

12

poverty

slave-servants or 6 domestic animals

13

rheumatism

swine or sheep

14

crazy

idiots

60

15

thirsty; hungry

tigres or poisonous snakes

16

struck by lightning

python

17

without clothes

hounds & poisonous snakes

18

skin-disease

in hells for 10,000 kalpa-s [(fn. 204) after that, double-headed poisonous snake or evil worms (T>-s^ Y-p Y-y)]

19

crazy fits

wild hounds

20

cangue; imprisonment

flies

21

the 3 catastrophes

wasps

61

22

choking

tigres

[61 fn. 206

(T>-s^ Y-p Y-y)

in Fen-tu (hell) for 10,000 kalpa-s; after that, as snake or lion]

61

23

short life; long prison-terms

6 domestic animals

24

illnesses

deers

25

madness; meet fire

"amidst heaps of dirt" [earthworm?]

26

stinking

amidst dung & dirt

27

ape

Huo-t>an (‘Pan-[and-]Soup [Hell]’)

64

1:6b

past life as animal-incarnation

54

swine, hounds, & 6 domestic animals

55

fishes, freshwater-turtles, shrimps, & frogs

56

poisonous worms

57

tadpoles

65

1:6b-8a

praesent life as animal-incarnation

59

1 of the 6 domestic animals

60

river-deer or deer

61

poisonous snake

62

tigre

63

"worm in a toilet"

64

shrimp or frog

65

fish or water-turtle

66

little worm or emmet

67

wild hound or wild pig

68

crow or sparrow

69

pigeon

66

70

hawk or vulture

77

cat

78

"coiling red worm"

79

jackal or wolf

80

fox or badger

81

rat or weasel

77

1:13b elements for construction of belvedere

tower for __

search for perfection

breathing-exercises

explaining perfection

inhaling luminous sphaeres

dispersing flowers

expecting the immortals

receiving sweet dew

the ‘9 Pures’

pavilion of __

‘Roaming Immortals’

‘Consolidated Magic Might’

‘Surmount-the-Clouds’

‘Luan-Birds’

‘Enhancing the Magic Might’

‘Welcome to the Wind’

storey of __

the ‘9 Immortals’

‘Extending Perfection’

‘Dancing Phoinix’

‘Travelling A-far’

‘Quiet Thoughts’

the ‘9 Perfecteds’

87

creation of icons

2:2b divinities

# of identity-marks

(2:2b-3a) clothing worn

Heavenly Worthies

5 kot.i-s

9-colored open-gaze gown, or 5-colored ‘clouds-&-vapors’ gown; golden or jade tasselled hat

Tao-c^u:n

72

Lao-c^u:n

32

Perfecteds

24

‘hibiscus-flower’ hat, or ‘flying-clouds’ hat

2:4a divinities

stature

grasping __

wearing

4 poles of the Diamond Heaven

1,200 c^an

sword; cudgel

Flying-Clouds hats

93

2:6a [in heaven,] "the documents of "Great-Purple"." [(p. 88, fn. 277) c^en-c^in ‘transcendent texts’ of pure purple = "the "spontaneous purple books" which the leaves of a forest in the mysterious country Ta fu-li kuo produce" (Wu-s^an Pi-yao 76, quoting Tun-hsu:an Lin-s^u)]

shape of written characters

square

size of written characters

1 c^an each side

heavenly location [of these written characters]

"hanging down on their eight corners in the void."

heavenly storage of books

"in "cloud" book-cases and shut away in the "Bureau of Badiance"."

134-6

4:5b-8a texts (amulets,registers of deities, etc.) received for ranking-entitlements in religious orders

rank

text conferred to the entitled

134

[1]

4:5b boy or girl (age 7 or 8)

register of 1 general

[2]

lu-s^en ‘novice’ (age 10)

register of 3 generals

[3]

ti-tzu ‘disciple’

register of 10 generals

[4]

male of female ‘officer of breaths’ (at 1 of 24 domains)

register of 75 generals

[5]

register of 150 generals

title

order

[6]

4:6a san-i ti-tzu (‘3-[in-]1 disciple’)

c^>ih-yan c^en-jen (‘red-yang perfected’)

yellow-&-red bond

bond of the yellow book

covenant & commands of the 8-fold life and of the 9 palaces

bond of the liu-c^ia of the perfected heavens

[7]

disciple

c^en-i (‘orthodox unity’) covenant of breaths (at 1 of 24 domains)

sigil ‘6 Heavens dispell illness & 9 Palaces expell dangers’

divine amulet of the 6 Palaces (barring breaths in 4 sectors of body)

134-5

great amulet (leading the 9 Heavens to cut off evil)

135

register of generals of the 3 origins

[8]

Yu:an-min (‘Original Fate’) adept

c^en-i covenant (of a specific domain [in this case, Yan-p>in])

tablet of might & control of the [, e.g.,] Yan-p>in domain

true amulet of the 9 Heavens

amulet of the soldiers of the 9 Heavens

invocation of superior magic forces

invocation of immortal magic forces

register of the 7 stars

register of the 28 zodiacal mansions

register of original fate

[9]

... Yu:an-min (‘Original Fate’) adept

... c^en-i covenant

register which expelleth daimones & spirits in heaven & on earth

secret register of the purple platform

register of immortals of the 8 records of diamond quality

register of steps flying onto the dipper [constellation]

4:6b register ‘compraehensive control of the heavens’

register of daimones of the size of 10,000 c^an

Lao-tzu’s register of the divinities of the 3 parts of the body

Hsiao-c^ao adept

Tun-yu:an S^en-c^u ta-tsun san-mei

s^en-c^u c^>u:an (‘spirit-formula bond’)

disciple

‘Lao-tzu’s green silk & gold button’ register

register ‘Lao-tzu’s gold button & green silk’

136

4:7a disciple

T>ai-s^an

register T>ai-i Pa-c^ieh Hsien-lu

register Tzu-kun I-tu Ta-lu

amulet Lao-c^u:n Liu-c^ia Mi-fu

stanzas Huan-s^en Yu"eh C^an

4:7b disciple

Tun-s^en

register C^in-kan T>un-tzu Lu

amulet C^u-s^ih Fu

amulet P>u-hsia Pan San-huan Nei-c^in Fu

amulet San-huan Nei-c6en Hui C^u-t>ien Fa-pin Fu

amulet T>ien-s^ui Fei-t>en Fu

disciple

T>ai-s^an Lin-pao Tun-hsu:an

jade register San-pu Pa-c^in Tzu-jan C^ih-c^en Yu:-lu

register T>ai-s^an Tun-hsu:an Lin-bao C^u-t>ien Nei-yin Lu

160-1

5:4a-5b charts on ritual garments

__ Ritual Master

__ cap

__ inner garb

__ coarse dress

__ gown with __ stripes

160

I

5:4a C^en-i

black

yellow

red

red 24

II

5:4b Kao-hsu:an

"

"

yellow

yellow 28

III

Tun-s^en

"

"

blue

yellow 32

IV

5:5a Tun-hsu:an

Hibiscus

"

yellow

purple 32;

160-1

V

Tun-c^en

Genuine Origin

blue

purple

outside : purple 24; inside : blue 15

161

VI

5:5b Ta-tun

" "

yellow

"

5-colored Cloud-&-Dawn

VII

San-tun

" "

red

yellow

9-colored gauze

5:6a ritual attendants

__ Ritual Master

__ each of __ in attendance

I

C^en-i

5 [spirit-]generals & stalwarts

II

Kao-hsu:an

2 divine lads & girls

III

Tun-s^en

3 caelestial men & caelestial women

IV

Tun-hsu:an

8 jade-lads & jade-girls

V

Tun-c^en

12 jade-lads & jade-girls

VI

Ta-tun

" " " "

VII

San-tun

" " " "

162

[5:6b] ritual garments of nuns

nun

hat : of dark silk

S^an-c^>in Ta-tun nun

hat : ‘Flying-Clouds-&-Phoinix-Breath’

5:7a-7b ritual garments of eremitic ritual-masters & of common Daoist priests & of nuns

erh-i (‘cap’)

inner garment

gown

5:7a eremitic ritual-master

‘Heaven-&-Earth’

yellow

with 36 stripes

common Daoist priest

flat

"

with 24 stripes

5:7b common nun

black

"

with 18 stripes

footwear

"Generally [while not performing rituals] priests and nuns wear sandals."

"Beneath their shoes there are dragon and tiger spirits crouched in hiding."

164-77

6:1a-12a daily rituals in temple

164-8

6:1a-4a regular-audience ritual

165

6:1a "The Taoist first purifies himself by washing and cleansing the mouth, then enters the hall, presents incense and speaks an ode ... to" Tun-fan Yu:-pao Huan-s^an T>ien-tsun ("East Jade-Treasures August-Supreme Heavenly-Worthy’)

166

Hsu:an-c^un Ta Fa-s^ih (‘Hsu:an-c^un Great Ritual-Master’) [= Buddha].

172-4

6:7a-9a midday-assembly ritual

172

6:7a prayer to Wu-s^an San-t>ien Hsu:an-yu:an S^ih-c^>i (‘[Most-Supreme] 3-Heavens Mysterious-Prime Initial-Breath’), who summoneth "the "palace guards" to come forth out of the body (of the officiant), the official (spirit) messengers of the left and right sides, the jade-lads who attend the incense, the jade-girls who transmit the words".

173

5th "The mighty magic forces altogether".

p.

S^-c^> S-ts P>-l

Ofuchi, pp. 46-55

TT

137

4:8a

1

22

2

352

3

?

4

1439

4:8b

5

318

138

6

671

7

97

8

457

9

177

11

1411

12

325

13

?

14

346

138-9

15

1

139

16

23

4:9a

17

369

18

456

19

1407

20

388

22

330

23

?

139-40

24

532

140

25

344

26

1114

27

1115

21

425

10

?

p.

TT 1125

TT

title

147

4:7b

1237 5a

tun-s^en fa-s^ih

147-8

4:7a

1237 5a-5b

kao-hsu:an ti-tzu

148

4:8a

1237 6a-6b

wu-s^an tun-hsu:an fa-s^ih

5:2b

1237 7a-8a

wu-s^an san-tun fa-s^ih

149

4:5a

1212

san-tun ti-tzu

4:6a

1244

c^en-i men-wei ti-tzu

150

4:7a

1241 1:1b

t>ai-s^an kao-hsu:an ta fa-s^ih

4:7b

445 3b

tun-s^en ti-tzu

p.

TT 1125

TT

#

totals

151

5:1a

6

1

p. 154 "these thirty-four chapters all are texts of the spheres Jade Clarity, Purple Clarity, and Greatest Clarity." [counting, however, the first 30 as 34 (!)]

1378

2

1323

3

637

4

1376

5

?

6

1203

7

33

8

151-2

1373

9

152

639

10

1332

11

5:1b

1315

12

1327

13

354

14

?

15

1359

16

1331

17

153

426

18

1317

19

1382

20

1329

21

1344

22

1372

23

83; 1351

24

84; 1391

25

154

5:2a

56

26

1393

27

1379

28

1380

29

129

30

154-5

1357

31

155

1337

32

1333

33

331

34

?

35

p. 155 "seven chapters" [counting, however, the 4 from 31st to 34th as 7 (!)]

?

36

?

37

?

38

5:2b

?

39

421

40

1016

41

?

42

156

1364

43

1a-4a the 3 Worthies

p.

182

183

183-4

TT 164

1a-1b

2a-3a

3a-4a

deity

S^an-hsu:an C^en-min Tao-c^u:n

Kao-s^an C^iu-t>ien T>ai-s^an C^en-wan

C^in-min C^>i-c^en

body

"extremely tall and transcendent"

"divine"

"huge. Its golden transcendence shines throughout all the spheres."

garb

garment & cap emitting "superb light"

?

"Cap and garment are cosmic equipments, the belt carries ... sun and moon."

seat

"a "five-coloured lion-throne" ... placed on the shining "Milky Way of the Three Heavens"."

"a "nine-coloured lion-throne", again with most fantastic surroundings."

?

sphaere

S^an-c^>in (‘Highest/Supreme Clarity/Purity’)

ditto (S^an-c^>in)

S^an-c^in (‘Upper Radiant’)

house

C^in-hsian Kun (‘Gold-Marks Palace’)

?

Tan-lin S^an-kun (‘Cinnabar-Force Upper-Palace’)

hamlet

C^en-li (‘True-Hamlet’)

T>un-c^en Li (‘Communication-True Hamlet

C^in-lun Li ("Golden-Wheel Hamlet’)

dist.

Pa-min Hsian (‘8-Luminaries District’)

K>ai-min Hsian (‘Opening-Luminaries District’)

C^in-hsian Tun-min Yu:-kuo

praef.

C^>iun-t>ien Fu (‘Jewel-Heaven Praefecture’)

T>ai-c^i Fu (‘Extreme-Pole Praefecture’)

K>ai-c^>in S^en-fu (‘Opening-Clarity Spirit-Praefecture’)

4a-7a heavenly abodes visited by these 3 Worthies travelling together in the "jade-wheeled carriage of sun and moon"

p.

TT 164

locality

description

184

4b-5a

C^in-min Yu:-kuo (‘Golden-Radiance Jade-Country’), travelled to only by "Divine Lords of Emptiness from the Eight Poles"

Tzu-jan Yu:-wen Pao-kun (‘Spontaneous Jade-Texts Pretious-Palace’) of Hsu:-huan C^u:n (‘Empty-Sovereign Lord’) for the "jade-perfected and gold-immortals".

185

5a-6a

Lin-tu (‘Magic City’) in C^u-t>ien (‘Red Heaven’)

"upper city" of deity Yu:an-hsu: Huan Ta-tao C^u:n (‘Original-Void August Great-Way Lord’), with caves San-yu:an & T>ien-s^an

186

6b-7a

Yu:-pao C^>an-min C^ih Tan (‘Jade-Treasure Extensive-Shining Altar’)

This altar, exceedingly high & shining, consisteth of 9 layers of coagulated jewels. {cf. the souls "under the altar", and the 12 jewel-layers of heavenly Nea Hiero-solume}

trinities of gods

186

7b

experienced by a person having "gold bones and jade intestines"

C^iu-t>ien C^en-huan (‘9-Heavens Real/True-August/Sovereign’)

Wu-s^an San-t>ien C^en-wan (‘Most-Supreme 3-Heavens True-King’)

Yu:an-s^ih Wu-lao (‘Original-Prime 5-Oldsters’)

188

10b

revelators of the San-tsun P>u-lu Yu:-c^in (‘3-Worthies Chronicle Jade-Scripture’)

T>ai-wu Yu:-t>ien Kao-tsu Hsu:-huan Tao-c^u:n

Wu-s^an Yu:-c^>in Hsu:-wu C^en-jen

Wu-s^an C^iu-t>ien C^an-jen

jade-lads / lads of the golden-dawn

p.

182

188

TT 164

1a-1b

10b

11b

"There are jade-lads and ladies in attendance all around, numbering 30,000. They steadily burn incense and disperse flowers, lining celestial alleys. They also have a peculiar shining outfit and their own seats of "naturally magic flowers"."

"Heavenly jade-lads, burning incense and dispersing flowers[,] protect" the San-tsun P>u-lu Yu:-c^in.

Beware lest "the "lads of the gold-morning" who attend the scripture file a report about the offense in the heavens".

TT 1132

in the Ta-yu Palace/Room are stored the scriptures :-

2:8b

Wu-ti S^en-c^u:eh

2:10b-11a

Ta-yu Miao-c^in

3:12a

Ta-tun C^en-c^in

3:14a

Lin-pao Tzu-wen

p.

TT 674

generality

detail

192-3

1a-3a

expose’e

divinity Wu-s^an S^an-s^an Yu:an-s^ih T>ai-s^an Yu:-huan Wu-c^i T>ai-tao C^u:n descended onto mt. K>un-lun at Ts>en-c^>en S^an-kun (‘Storeyed-City Upper-Palace’) to huge entourage of saints

194

3b-4a

Magic Register

C^>in-wei heaven, [Wu-s^a n Yu:an] ‘Most Supreme Prime’, Office of the Jade-Manuals of the Orthodox Methods, hath a magic gemeral commanding 36,000 soldiers; 2 more generals each also command 36,000

4b

Wu-s^an S^an-s^an Yu:an-s^ih T>ai-s^an Yu:-huan Wu-c^i T>ai-tao C^u:n ordereth these 3 generals to protect lodge of ta-tao c^>in-c^en c^en-fa ti-tzu (‘great-way pure-true orthodox-methods disciple’)

195

5a

the register sealed into lodge the spirits of a family’s ancestry

5b-7b

Middle & Lower 2 Primes

Hsia-yu:an (‘Lower-Prime’) is the Ta-c^>ih heaven, likewise featured

197

17b

visualization

The three generals of the upper group are 3,600 c^an tall, diamond-bodied, holding magic talismans -- "Mounting poisonous dragons they soar into the void".

p.

TT 1388

generality

detail

198

1a

1st expose’e

1st : divinity T>ai-s^an Yu:-c^>en C^u:n transmitted the register S^an-yu:an Lin-lu

198-9

2nd expose’e

2nd : divinity Kao-s^an T>ien-pao Yu:-huan transmitted the categorization of the ranks of the kuan-c^ian in this register --

199

"oral instructions" from the divinity Kao-s^an T>ien-pao Yu:-huan "give advice as to the "generals" and their heavenly officials of the 365 detachments in this "register"". {cf. Basilidean 365}

1b

emergence

"of these perfected and transcendent personalities ... came about by the workings of the magic and subtle breaths in heavenly spheres. Respoding to spontaneity and its brightness those perfected men were formed. Soaring in the heavens they wear garments which are feather clothes, naturally tincted with the five colours." Their "diamond bodies" are more than 3,000 c^an in stature. "The lower charges of these officers in the 365 detachments wear ... "the naturally three-coloured clothes ..." ... They permanently guard the Nine Heavens and the Three Primes, in order to support the 36 "True August Domains"."

2a

methods

"In the middle sphere here on earth these generals and officers regulate and guard ... "the heavenly people", who are the accomplished Taoists. "365" is the number of their joints and intestines."

199-200

2b

"Amidst great radiance they initiate the heavenly people and offer help ... by establishing the "bridge of good fortune". In the "sea of bitterness" they ... ward off any disaster, employing "this heavenly register"."

200

In a future epoch which shall be called Lin-lun (‘Magic Dragon’), an adequate Daoist system and methods shall flourish : "the "heavenly plan", which then will become effective, and the "great vehicle"[, which] will be widely in operation".

3a

frame for register

"There are three more divinities, which are ... the "left" and "right" sides and the "centre", representing specified breaths for which ... numbers are given." Thus, "on the left" the perfected Liu-min Yu:-t>ien C^em-jen repraesenteth "the 99,999 layers of the "heavenly breaths of pure perfectness"." {cf. Duruz "left" & "right"; Vaidik 9,999}

201

3b

S^an-yu:an C^iu-t>ien C^en-lin pai-pa-s^ih-san pu hsu:an-lu (‘Supreme-Primes 9-Heavens True-Magic 183 detachments mysterious-register’) of C^en-tao (the ‘Orthodox Way’)

3b-4a

along with 7 ancestors, evade "wind knives" {cf. Aztec ‘wind-knives" in world of the souls of the dead}

202-3

4a-5b

18 entries, sets of 10 generals each

whereof the 1st is : "The ten generals Original-Fate, the True Magic Forces of the Nine Heavens and Superior Primes of Great Non-being, their officers and warriors. There are 10,000 of each category."

203

6a-6b

respective amulets

written in red ink

6b-11a

2nd part of register

"to complete the circle of the 365 detachments" : 182 detachments of S^an-lin (‘Superior Magic’) of the Supreme-Primes 9-Heavens

p.

text

208

"All the creatures of born "like worms" and leave behind traces ..."

210

anterior to T>ai-yu:an (‘Great Origin’), there existed Yu:an-s^ih T>ien-tsun (‘Origin-Prime Heavenly-Worthy’).

Yu:an-s^ih T>ien-tsun resideth "in the Jade-Capital ... in the Chiung-ang (mulberry) fields".

kalpa-s, which are caelestial reign-titles, were designated:-

Yen->.an

C^>ih-min

Lun-han

K>ai-huan

"The scriptures ... are ... endowed with the breath of the Original one (Yu:an-i). They naturally exist by themselves and were not created. Thus they are always there, together with the Heavenly Worthy."

211

At the command of Yu:an-s^ih T>ien-tsun, T>ien-c6en Huan-jen passed on the heavenly sounds "to be mutually transmitted from the heavenly perfected [T>ien-c^en] down to the immortals."

212

At the 3-layered altar for c^ai-fasting, "The participants are led one after the other inside the screened area, lined up in a row and with their faces veiled they confess their misdeeds and ask the divinities for absolution."

"Astral constellations, the sun and moon are carved [onto sigils]. Inhaling and retaining the breath the Taoist takes the seal in order to "seal the illness"."

"Also there are those who climb the dagger (ladders), walk into fire and ... They do not let the sharp edges cut them and the fire burn them."

213

‘Han-times ... bibliographic category Masters/Philosophers had 37 names in the Taoist group of books in the imperial library."

214

During the Wei dynasty, K>ou C^>ien-c^ih dwelt at mt. Sun. He met the perfected C^>en Kun-hsin, and afterwards T>ai-s^an Lao-c^u:n who installed him as t>ien-s^ih (‘heavenly master’). T>ai-s^an Lao-c^u:n sent jade-maidens who transmitted to K>ou C^>ien-c^ih new breathing-methods & gymnastics.

Later, K>ou C^>ien-c^ih met the divine Li P>u-wen, who introduced himself as heavenly grandson of Lao-c^u:n. He gave to K>ou C^>ien-c^ih lu-t>u c^en-c^in ("charts, registers and true scriptures"), which enabled him to summon all the divinities; with methods to concoct "gold-elixir", "cloud-flowers", the "8-minerals", and the "jade-paste".