"The Eight Archivists"

pp. 82-84 Highest True names of Lin-bao

p.

time of year

Limitless Z^on

Z^en Ren

Perfect Z^on

one's radiance

one's longevity

p. 80

82

1st d spring

Sympathy V

Virtue

Sun Origin

azure & yellow

1

orchid f

 

vernal ae

Entering V

Reverence

Jian Gan

azure

2

 

83

1st d summer

Complete V

Regarding

Subtle E

azure, red, & yellow

3

gold f

 

summer s

Not Wasting Z

Profound

Moon E

cinnabar

4

happiness f

 

1st d autumn

Raise V

Clarity

Pillar Archivist

gold

5

treasure f

 

autumnal ae

Cultivating (p. 80) V

Treasure

Great Mystery

silver

6

flower f

84

1st d winter

One World V

Method

Lin Gan

"blue gold"

7

thunderbolt f

 

winter s

Practicing V

Kindness

Tian Jian

water

8

s^ou lin (fn. 178)

 

nodes

Ultimate Z

Worthy

8 E-s

azure, red, white, black, & yellow

 

treasure f (fn. 182)

 

nodes

Brahma Essence

Sagacity

8 Archivists

 

water-essence p

               
 

d[ay], ae[quinox], s[olstice]

V[igor], Z[eal]

 

E[ssence]

 

0,000s of kalpa-s

f[orest], p[alace]

p. 82, fn. 189 Daoist Z^on "Power" = Buddha; Daoist Z^en Ren "Perfected" = Bodhi-sattva

p. 80 [correlations]

direction

f[orest], p[alace]

__ vigor

 

Great Dao

south

happiness f.

no wasting

profound

moon-essence

west

flower f.

cultivate

treasure

great mystery

north

s^ou lin (fn. 178)

practice

kindness

Tian Gan (fn. 179)

northeast

orchid f.

sympathy

virtue

sun-origin

southeast

gold f.

complete

eye

sublime essence

southwest

treasure f.

raise

clarity

pillar archivist

northwest

thunderbolt

one world

method

Lin Gan

zenith

treasure f. (fn. 182)

ultimate

worthy

the 8 essences

nadir

water-essence p.

brahma

sagacity

the 8 Archivists

p. 86 on colored backgrounds, colored scripts

on __ rock

carve in __ the ascendent talisman

azure

vermilion

red

yellow

white

black

black

azure

yellow

white

pp. 88-89 the 24 names of "White Flower"

1

Blazing Repulsion

2

Blazing Clarity

3

Blazing Life

4

Blazing Grass

5

Blazing Earth

6

Communication with spirit-luminaries

7

Communication with Essences

8

Communication with Numinae

9

Jade Maiden

10

Home transcendent

11

Home Treasure

12

Home Mushroom

13

Extending Life

14

Grass of Long Life

15

Palace-Protector

16

12 Home-Protector Spirits

17

Night Caller

18

Night Singer

19

Summoning Essence

20

Yan Clarity

21

Yin Clarity

22

Red nettle

23

White flower

24

Earth Blocker

pp. 93-95 the 24 Lin-bao charts which are perfect pneuma-s of Heaven

#

in order to __

use the Chart of __

1

seek methods of the Dao

East

2

fix the 5 Thearchs & employ mountain-spirits

the 5 Marchmounts

3

emulate primary secrets of the 8 essences

true shape of the 8 Archivists

4

understand the 5 phases, summon travelling-feast

Spiritual communication of the 6 Jia

5

retain in mind the 5 sprouts

the 9 Palaces of the Purple Room

6

receive methods of the Dao

Great Purity

7

receive & follow the Dao

Chaos-Completion

8

penetrate the crux of the Dao

Western Ascension & Guarantor of the Registers

9

penetrate the transformations of the Dao

Numinous Transformations

10

tread the heavenly Dao

the 9 Heavens

11

cast off thy bodily form

9 Transformations

12

hide & maintain thy body spirits

Constant Maintenance

13

fix thy body so as to maintain the spiritual treasures

Uniting Effulgences

14

meditate on maintaining the One by meditating on the body

Nourishing the Body

15

nourishing thy will

Concentrated Sincerity of Maintaining Will

16

gather z^i flowers by clarity, stillness, and purity

Z^i Flowers Jade Maidens

17

betroth thyself to the 8 din

the 6 Yin Jade Maidens

18

summon the transcendent registers

9 times 9 Instructions of Transcendence

19

ingest the pneuma of Dao

Leading and Stretching

20

control Daoist arts

the August Treasure Within the Cavern

21

make transformations

Hidden Measures

22

approach the furnace & fix the 9 cinnabar-gold solutions

Great Unity

23

climb the 5 marchmounts seeking herbal (z^i) pharmacopoeia of spiritual transcendence

Opening the Mountains of Herbal Pharmacopoeia

24

protect thy body & distinguish the evil spirits and goblins

Mirror of Clarity

Gil Raz: Ritual and Cosmology. M.A. thesis, IN U., 1996.