Great Clarity

p. 45 (Table 1) San-qin ("3 Clarities")

__-qin ("__ Clarity")

Yu ("Jade")

S^an ("Highest")

Tai ("Great")

__-tian ("__ Heaven")

Qin-wei ("Pure Tenuity")

Yu-yu ("Yu's leftovers")

Da-c^i ("Great Scarlet")

__ tian-zun ("__ Caelestial Worthy")

Yuan-s^i ("Original Commencement")

Lin-bao ("Numinous Treasure")

Dao-de ("Way [&] Virtue")

__-qi ("__ Pneuma")

s^i-qin ("Inaugural Red")

yuan-huan ("Original Yellow")

xuan-bai ("Mysterious White")

Don- ("Cavern __")

z^en ("Reality")

xuan ("Mystery")

s^en ("Spirit")

__ Bao-jun ("__ Treasure-Lord")

Tian ("Caelestial")

Lin ("Numinous")

S^en ("Divine")

textual corpus

S^an-qin

Lin-bao

San-huan

transcendent persons

s^en-ren ("saints")

z^en-ren ("perfecteds")

xian-ren ("immortals")

heavens

p. 46 Chart of the Ranks and Functions of Perfected Numinous Beings, by Tao Hon-jin (Chr.E. 456-536),

p. 48 Supreme Secret Essentials (Chr.E. 588), 34:88-100

#

domain

ruling-deity

#

domain

     

9th

Yu-jin

       

Jade Capital

     

8th

Jiu-tian

       

9 Heavens

1st

Yu-qin

Yuan-s^i tian-zun

7th

 
 

Jade Clarity

Original-Commencement Caelestial-Worthy

   
     

6th

Zi-wei

       

Purple Tenuity

2nd

S^an-qin

Tai-s^an Yu-c^en Xuan-huan Da Dao-jun

5th

 

Highest Clarity

Most-High Jade-Luminary Great Way-Lord

   
     

4th

Tai-wei

       

Great Tenuity

3rd

Tai-ji

Jin-que Di-jun

3rd

 

Great Ultimate

Golden-Portal Imperial-Lord

   

4th

Tai-qin

Tai-s^an Lao-jun & S^an-huan Tai-s^an Wu-s^an Da Dao-jun

2nd

 

Great Clarity

Most-High Old-Lord & Highest-Sovereign Most-High Supreme Great Way-Lord

   

5th

Jiu-gon

Jiu-gon S^an-s^u

1st

 

9 Palaces

9-Palaces Secretary

   

6th

Don-tian

Z^on Mao-jun

   

Cavern-Heavens

Middle Mao-Lord

   

7th

Fen-du

Bei-yi Da-di

   
   

Northern-Yin Great-Emperor

   

p. 48 Palace of Great Clarity, according to Supreme Secret Essentials 22:21a-b

Tai-su Gon ("Great Purity Palace") of

Tai-su Jun ("Great Purity Lord")

Tai-he Gon ("Great Harmony Palace") of

Tai-he Jun ("Great Harmony Lord")

Jin-hua Lou ("Golden Flower Tower") housing the

Xian-z^en Yu-lu ("Immortals' [&] Perfecteds' Jade Registers")

p. 49 the 3 major prae-cosmic eras, according to Supreme Secret Essentials

era (24:1a-b)

Lon-han

C^i-min

S^an-huan

 

Dragon Magnificence

Scarlet Light

Highest Sovereign

text, in (32:1a)

scripts

scriptures

writs

at heaven of

Jade Clarity

Highest Clarity

the 3 Sovereigns

corpus

S^an-qin

Lin-bao

San-huan

p. 49 qualities of scriptures, according to Supreme Secret Essentials 31:5b-6a (based on the Wondrous Scripture for the Salvation of Life of the early Lin-bao)

quality of scripture

class of scripture

world where belonging

when destroyed

superior

from the Caelestial Worthy of Original Commencement

above form

never

median

alchemical & fu-tu (talismanic charts) of the Great Clarity

form

end of great kalpa

Tai-pin Dao-jin ("Great Peace Way Scriptures")

inferior

yan-s^en ("nourishing life")

desire

end of small kalpa

pp. 85-85 the Wu-ji (5 Interdictions), according to the Scripture of the Nine Elixirs 20:1b & 5a-6a

#

__ ri (__ days)

specifically

prohibition on them

1st

Wu-s^i Di ("5 Stones' Death")

ren-c^en in spring;

gui-wei in summer;

bin-xu in autumn;

din-c^ou in winter

do no release hua (efflorescence)

2nd

Wu-xie S^en ("5 Evils Life")

ren-yin in spring;

gui-si in summer;

ren-s^en in autumn;

gui-hai in winter

not buy elixir ingredients, nor teach, nor enter a mountain

3rd

Wu-yue S^an-jue ("5 Peaks Extinction")

gen-yin in spring;

gui-wei in summer;

bin-s^en in autumn;

din-c^ou in winter

compounding elixirs & seeking their ingredients are both forbidden

4th

Tian-kai Di-po ("Heaven-Opening [&] Earth-Cracking")

bin-xu & -s^en in spring;

xin-wei & -c^ou in summer;

ren-c^en & -xu in autumn;

gui-wei & -c^ou in winter

making the crucible is forbidden

5th

 

3rd d. & jia-yin of 7th month

for men

 

7th d. & gen-s^en of 1st month

for women

p. 86 further prohibitions, according to the Scripture of the Nine Elixirs

2nd Taboo (20:6a) -- forget to utter name & cognomen of the S^a-zei ("Killer Bandit"): they are S^i-con Zi & Hun Ni-xi, respectively

4th Calamity (20:6b) -- the odor of the burned skin of chicken or of hound

2nd Adversity (20:7a) -- hearing the huan hun-po s^en ("summoning sound of the hun and the po"

p. 88 the 17 ingredients for the Pellet for Expelling Daimones, according to the Commentary on the Scripture of Great Clarity 14a

cinnabar

realgar

orpiment

tortoise-shell

black-veratrum root

peach kernels

aconite tuber collected in spring

aconite tuber collected in autumn

pinellia tuberifera bulb

poison-ivy

sulphur

croton seed

rhinoceros horn

umbrellaleaf

musk

spindle-tree seed-wings

dried centipedes

p. 97 offering in the Caerimony of the 9 Elixirs, according to the Commentary on the Scripture of the Nine Elixirs 20:3a-b

millet

dried meat of ox & of sheep

boiled carp

cooked eggs

jujubes

pears

oranges

p. 153 the Si-fu ("4 Supplements") to the Daoist Canon, according to the Pivot of Meaning of the Daoist Teaching 2:11b-12a (based on the Codes and Praecepts from the Scriptures and Charts of Correct Unity)

"__ Supplement"

to the "Cavern of __"

is concerned with __

who obtain their status through __

Great Clarity

Spirit

pin ("ranks") of Immortals

the Golden Elixir

Great Peace

Mystery

ye ("training") of the Perfecteds

the 10 Sections

Great Mystery

Reality

training of the Saints

the 5000 Characters

Normative Scripts of Correct Unity

"all"

[Caelestial Masters]

 

Scripture of the Nine Elixirs

#

elixir

animal product

plant-food

effect

deities arriving

1st

flower

p. 169 7 worms

p. 169 mulberry-dew

p. 170 transcend

 

2nd

tally

p. 171 carp gall

p. 171 mulberry-dew

p. 177 destroy San-s^i (3 Corpses) & Jiu-c^on (9 Worms)

 

3rd

elixir

p. 177 oyster shells

 

p. 179 keep away weapons

p. 179 Jade Men, Jade Lads

4th

reverted

p. 181 dried meat of ox or mutton

p. 181 honey; dates & chestnuts

p. 181 the Bai-gui ("100 daimones") flee

 

5th

pellet

p. 182 blood of a chick

p. 182 aconite

p. 182 "you will rise to heaven"

p. 182 Fen-bo ("Wind-Count"), Yu-s^i ("Rain-Master")

6th

refined

p. 288, n. 9 liver of a yellow hound

p. 184 "abstain from cereals"

p. 184 "cease sexual relations"

 

7th

soft

 

p. 184 wild raspberries

p. 184 be rejuvenated

 

8th

fixed

 

p. 186 bamboo

p. 186 Z^on-jin ("myriad sprites") not dare come

 

9th

cold

p. 187 gall of a yellow hound

 

p. 187 "disppear"

p. 187 Si-min ("Director of Destinies")

Scripture of the Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles

p. 197 effects of ingesting it --

Thou wilt be able to:-

dissolve thy form, becoming invisible, and

to fly soaring to Tai-xu ("the Great Void").

An envoy of Tai-ji ("the Great Ultimate") will welcome thee with

Jin-dan ("the Golden Elixir") and Yu-lun ("the Winged-Wheel").

Thou wilt multiply thy form and transform thy shadow,

making them into thousands of white cranes.

Thou wilt rise to [the heaven of] Tai-wei ("Great Tenuity") and

wilt receive the rank of Z^en-xian ("Perfected Immortal").

Thy longevity will aequal that of San-guan ("the 3 Luminaries");

thou wilt revert to youth and move away from old age.

Thy complexion will shine like jade, and

in one instant thou wilt obtain yao-lin ("a radiant spiritual force").

p. 206 according to Bao-pu Zi 6:128 -- Moon with Sun: the 2 halves combine into 1, an orange pellet honey-sweet {= orange of Holy Order of MANS}, which:--

manoeuvre

name

meaning

organ

exiteth

Yu-c^i

Jade Pond

mouth

entereth

Jin-s^i

Golden Chambers

lungs

ascendeth, by twisting & turning 3 times, to

You-guan

Obscure Barrier

kidneys

causeth to shine

Z^on-dan

Middle Cinnabar

= Crimson Palace

is established in

Min-men

Life-Gate

 

p. 207 circulation of merged huan-jin ("yellow essence") & c^i-qi ("red pneuma"), according to the Central Scripture of Lao-zi 11

name

meaning

organ

Jian-gon

Crimson palace

heart

Huan-tin

Yellow Court

spleen

Zi-fan

Purple Chamber

gallbladder

Tai-can

Great Granary

stomach

p. 209 inner bodily deities

text

deity

location

Central Scripture of Lao-zi 25

Yuan-guan Tai-yi Jun ("Original-Radiance Great-One Lord") = Old Man of the Southern Ultimate

heart

Central Scripture of Lao-zi 28

Rou-zi ("Flesh-Child") = Lan-lan ("Double Indigo")

Palace of the Purple Chamber

p. 209 foods summoned by Yellow-Gown Master

liquor

dried pine-seeds

rice

broth of millet

p. 210 the Red Child, the innermost deity residing within the human being, according to the Central Scripture of Lao-zi 12

resideth in the Great Granary (= stomach).

sitteth "facing due south on a couch of jade and pearls, and a flowery canopy of yellow clouds" covereth him.

weareth "clothes with pearls of five hues."

His mother resideth above on his right, embracing and nourishing him;

his father resideth above on his left, instructing and defending him.

p. 210 parentage of the Red Child

mother is

father is

Xuan-guan Yu-nu:

Z^on-ji Huan-lao = Huan-c^an Zi

Mysterious-Radiance Jade-Woman

Central-Ultimate Yellow-Old-man = Yellow-Gown Master

p. 212 human embryonic development, according to the Highest Clarity Scripture of the Central Record of the Higher Transformation of the Nine Elixirs into the Essence of the Embryo 3a

month

development

1st

receive the qi (pneuma)

2nd

receive the numina (lin)

3rd

they are transformed together

4th

coagulate the essence

5th

trunk & head are established

6th

alter self; take form

7th

inner deities take their stations

8th

the 9 orifices are luminous

9th

the pneumata of the 9 Heavens are distributed; receive voice

10th

Si-min (Director of Destinies) inscribeth Registers; receive one's destinies

p. 213 in S^an-qin, in order to untie the "knots of death",

visualize __

in __

the 9 Elixirs

the 9 Heavens

Yuan-fu ("the Original Father")

one's Upper Cinnabar Field

Yuan-mu ("the Original Mother")

one Lower Cinnabar Field

their union to generate an inner immortal body

one's Middle Cinnabar Field

p. 213 in S^an-qin, fan-tai ("return to the embryo") to become tai-xian ("embryonic immortal"):

the ancestors rise to the Jin-men ("Golden Gate") station in sun's circuit, where

they lian-z^i (refine their matter) by bathing themselves ye-lian-z^i s^ui (smelting-refining-matter water)

p. 217 comments [joking?] in the Token for the Agreement of the Three on the Scripture of the Yellow Court

from Scripture of the Yellow Court

comment in Token for the Agreement of the Three, sections 30 & 8

section #

text

text

36

perform mu-yu ("ablutions"), discard fat

using glue to repair a pot

23

if thou nei-s^i ("observe internally") and gaze intimately, thou wilt see the Perfecteds everywhere

thy thoughts will absorb thy mind

34

open up bai-mai ("the 100 channels")

thy 100 channels churn like a caldron

4

tightly close Jin-guan ("the Golden Pass") and conceal S^u-ji ("the Pivotal Mechanism")

thine actions turning against thee

3

sleepless day & night, thou wilt achieve perfection

body becometh tired & exhausted

p. 241-246 Instructions on the Scripture of the Divine Elixirs of the Nine Tripods of the Yellow Emperor = CT 885

1

Scripture of the Nine Elixirs

2

persons of high rank

3

receiving a master

4

warding off noxious daimones

5

transmutation of cinnabar into Elixir

6

efficacy of Elixirs

7

crucibles & tripods

8

aqueous solutions of minerals

9

refining gold & silver

10

refining medicines

11

quicksilver

12

lead of the 9 cycles

13

cinnabar

14

realgar

15

sulphur & malachite

16

magnetite, arsenolite, alum, mirabilite, epsomite, & s^i-pi ("stone spleen")

17

vinegar & Hua-c^i ("the Flowery Pond')

18

stalactites, amethyst, red haematite, lake-salt, Turkestan salt, minium, white lead, native lead

19

refining copper, iron, & brass

20

interdictions, taboos, calamities, & adversities

ASIAN RELIGIONS & CULTURES, 4 = Fabrizio Pregadio: Great Clarity. Stanford U. Pr, 2006.