grade

function

eligible for advancement in rank after __ years

1^st

"those dispersed in the minor waystations and hostelries along the subterranean passages which link the great cavern heavens."

140

2^nd

"comparable to the Irregular Functionaries employed by the officials of district offices in the human world"

40

3^rd

"in residence at either the Palace of Change and Transference or the Palace of Youthful Incipience"

their breaths control their cloud-souls

12

their white-souls are stored

15

their bones are outfitted with spirit & breath

30

they are as whole as the living

40

they become Transcendent officers

50

they enter K>un-yin Palace

100

#s

of __

3

Officers = "keepers of registers of life"

7

generations of ancestors of yin-te ("dark virtue")

280

years as "Underworld Agents" before being promoted to the rank of "earthbound Transcendents"

__ leave a

__ foot-bone

males

left

females

right

corpse of "the most disciple of unsullied belief" NN.

"in the antechamber of the palace of repose" ..., ... hidden in bodily form with the Earth Guardian"

upon being entrusted by the 5 Transcendents to the Palace of Supreme Darkness,

is to be fed in the East by the "Blue Spirit ... with the purified rays of the Nine Pneuma Dawn Flowers," so that

"The Eastern Marchmount, Mount T'ai is to open its Bureau of the Nine Sygia of Enduring Night to release the cloud-soul[s]" of NN. "bathing, capping, and belting it [as an official]"

whereupon it is to be transferred to "the Southern Palace" in brightness

Chinese

{Hellenic}

and gave it to Hsi

as setting for his ring (GM 133.l)}

the emanation of Hsi

from Heaven (GM 39.g)}

a "sacrificial animal" {cf. Ainu}

sewn into a bear-skin.}

p. 48 Chinese

{comparative}

His mother became praegnant with him "when she was touched by a large shooting star.

{[rN~in-ma]}

... his mother bore him for 72 years.

{cf. Naraka}

At birth he emerged from her left armpit."

{[Maronite]}

p. 58 Chinese

{North American Indian}

{Christian}

Lao Dan "strode on a white deer, ... and then from a cypress ascended to heaven".

{ritual stuffed deer-skin atop tree}

{Santa Claus with Rudolph the reindeer}

Chinese

comparative

p. 66 born in "the Mountains of the Numinous Mirror"

[S^into] mirror of +Ama-terasu

p. 67, fn. 15 "ordered Yin Xi to stride on a white elephant" [Skt. hastin, cf. hasta "hand"]

+Ama-terasu was grasped by "Strong Hand" god

p. 72 "nine dragons ... spat forth water to bathe the Venerable Lord."

[Ajivika] water-squirting elephants (naga "dragon; elephant"} of Gosala Maskarin

p. 74, fn. 24 his father Lin-fei; grandfather Jin-bin; mother is daughter of Yin Xi

p. 77 "On his forehead, he had the protuberance of the sun and the crescent of the moon.

[Jaina] Tirthankara-emblem: rhinoceros (2-horned?); or else, angler-fish?

His nose had a double rim,

cf. [South African, etc.] bat-god

and his eyes three openings.

His face was adorned with ... a square mouth ...

fish-god?

All in all he possess the 72 divine marks and 81 auspicious characteristics".

p. 78 At his birth, "The Seven Primes of the Northern Dipper shone forth vigorously."

Cf. Nahus.a being borne on sedan by the 7 r.s.i-stars of Ursa Major

spirit-force of __

is the __

wood

bones

metal

teeth & nails

earth

flesh

wind

breath

fire

body-heat

water

body-liquids

p. 82, fn. 33 "the stars are the essence of all living beings arranged in the sky." (according to the S^uo-wen) ["essence" is, literally, "genital secretions"]

{the lord of the stars is Candra, the congealed semen of Atri: it had sexual congress with the star-goddess Tara}

pp. 82-83, fn. 33 "man is said to receive ... in order to be born, ... qi from the stars" (according to the Lun-hen) [qi is, literally, "steam"]

{according to the Puran.a-s, the stars originate from heavy water -- cf. also the naks.atra-deha}

the 5 __

__ (act upon)

the __ (organ)

so that __

colors

irritate

eyen

vision is unclear

tones

disturb

ears

hearing is indistinct

flavors

excite

palate

taste is spoilt

__ (pairs of greeds)

__ (action)

so that __

Accepting and rejecting

corrupt the mind

it will flutter unsteadily and waver.

Cravings and desires

not to be satisfied,

the spirit is sure to flow out and dissolve.

the 5 __

are like __

__ (interfering with)

the __ (organ)

colors

a drill

jabbing out

eyen

tones

a hammer

blocking up

ears

flavors

axes

cutting up

tongue

All __

are __

material goods

a fire burning up the body.

these

the realm of calamity and misfortune, the source of distress and harm.

quantity of good deeds

earthly rewards

1

"the mind will be stabilized, the spirit will calm down."

10

"energy and vigor will grow."

100

"one will find treasures and good omens descending upon oneself."

1,000

"one will be reborn with true spirit."

quantity of good deeds

heavenly rewards:- one will become (/ secure the position of) ___

2,000

a heavenly attendant

3,000

an official [viz., heavenly]

4,000

the heavenly leader of all religious matters on earth

5,000

a master teacher in Heaven

6,000

a minister in Heaven

7,000

a heavenly feudal lord

8,000

an emperor in Heaven

9,000

the Lord of the 5 Emperors of Primordial Beginning

10,000

the Jade Emperor on High

A person of __ energy

is __

pure

clever, alert, wise, intelligent

turbid

unlucky, harsh, dumb, foolish

hard

haughty, strong, vigorous, violent

soft

compassionate, benevolent, honest, magnanimous

A character of the __-type

tendeth to be __

wood

energetic & impulsive

earth

benevolent & harmonious

water

modest & cautious

fire

fierce & violent

metal

severe & abrupt

Mysterious Blank

Golden Essence

Flying Charm

Golden Flower

"Three Five"

White Snow

Male & Female

White Flower

Golden Fluid

Cinnabar Flower

Five Coloors

Muddy Mercury

Golden Essence

Nine Tripods

Those who take the __

will __

9 cinnabar elixirs

"be carried up to heaven by cloudy dragons."

golden fluid

"radiate a golden light from their bodies and rise towards heaven instantaneously."

the Great immortal

the God of Heaven

the Lord on High

"Goddesses of Great Tenuity and

of the Great One"

ord.#

place

activity

1^st

the Gate of the Primordial Female

"where all energy is born"

2^nd

place of refining

of "energy into spirit"

3^rd

"the five orbs"

"fire and water will couple and bring forth the birth spark of a child."

4^th

the "Great Ultimate"

"to return to emptiness"

5^th

the "Non-Ultimate"

fully return

p. 74 This is a description of the 100 days' sleep by C^en Tuan, and

p. 75 are to be praeceded by 36 openings-and-closings of the mouth.

p.

to __

like a[n] __

76

circulate energy through the central conduit

deer

nourish the inner embryo

crane

develop imperceptible inner breathing

turtle

80

nurture a pearl

dragon

hatch an egg

hen

roll an excrement-ball

scarab

reject one's children

ground-bee

cherish a pearl

oyster

nourish one's young

rabbit

spit out one's shadow

turtle

gaze at the stars

rhinoceros

the 3 primordials (energy, essence, spirit)

return to the One

the 8 conduits (meridians of acupuncture)

revert to their source

the 7 treasures

will be free from all outflow

the blood

the blood will transform into rich grease [jade grease?]

after __

one's own __

100 days

breathing will be imperceptible like a turtle's

2 years

"body will levitate", and mind "will possess magical powers": the 8 gateways & 7 openings of the head will all open up

3 years

self "will fly up to the otherworld and attain the Invisible and Inaudible."

p.

statement

definition

meditation

result

83

Mao Xuan-han conquereth dragon & tiger

tiger = elemental essence within body

emotions yield > tiger hideth in mountains

"One's name will be entered in the Registers of Immortals."

84

Qu S^an-fu refineth the Hun & Po (souls)

Hun's activity = extracting mercury from cinnabar; Po's activity = extracting gold from water

Earth taketh the moon as its Po-soul

In the moon, collect raven blood."

85

"Hem-clad Adept" harmonizeth & adjusteth true Qi

"at the fifth hour of the early morning", make mind & breath concentrate for a long time on the center

"A huge, round ball of cinnabar congeals in the tiger-dragon dish."

86

Hu Don-lin circulateth & transfometh Yin-yan

body = imitator of Heaven, and patterned after Earth; action = carrying yin & embracing yan

"Heaven and Earth establish the foundation." Yin and yan circulate "in accordance with a set rhythm."

This, Ge Li-zi knoweth; few people are able to understand.

87

Du Su-z^en's Yin-yan ebbeth & floweth

return = yin at its fullest, yan arriveth; meeting = yan at its end, [yin] encroacheth

understand the firing, [in terms of] strength & timing

"break through Earth and see the truth of Heaven."

88

"Dragonchart" Wan serenely cultivateth timing his alchemic fire

fire = yan moving amidst serenity; timing = thunder booming subterraneously

Fire originally ariseth from water. Timing beginneth when yan arriveth at Return.

Thundercaps uphold the Heavenly Root. The southeasterly wind observeth the new moon's birth.

89

Kan Nan-yan guardeth furnace & cauldron

cauldron = heavenly palace of true yan; furnace = earthly palace of true yin

cauldron is cast into qian palace; furnace is embraced by kun earth

furnace & cauldron "are naturally very stable"

90

Z^an Yi-tan refineth self into Numinous Treasure

numinous = 10,000 spirits not disperse; treasure = 1 thought lasteth forever

store the Treasure in body, then one hath numinescence

able to embrace the congealed & meaningful, one sendeth out great light & brightness

91

Z^an Xuah-xuan penneth-up horse, tieth-up monkey

cleansing = scrubbing the mind; bathing = washing-out dust & dirt

in order "to subdue the crazy monkey, ... first capture the wild horse"

The smallest dust-mote will not pollute. The spirit and qi will collect in the mind.

92

Pen Lan-wen tameth & releaseth the cinnabar hub

taming = to enter the Soundless-&-Formless Gate; releasing = to exit the Realm of Distance-&-Delusion

The Aeternally Numinous Child hath "spiritual merits whose wonder is unfathomable."

release the mind > end the dharma-realm. control it > "increase your store of pearls."

93

Z^an Zi-ran letteth loose the numinous persuasion

numinous = awareness of the source, understanding the beginning; persuasion = freely dropping all obstacles

See through the face one is born with[al]. "There aren't any Buddhas or Immortals."

Utterly empty, reach the source without obstruction. Thus, one transmuteth the ocean into fields.

94

Yu Yi-yan transcendeth life-&-death

realization = transcending life-&-death; attainment = realizing the Dao & ascending to Heaven

"Only by destroying the Great Mist of the Sense-orifices", can one "know what preceded images and emperors."

"Only this is realization and attainment. This is the Galaxy of Grand Network." {aetheric net}

from __

through the __

heaven

nose

earth

mouth

place-name

identity of place

Fu-san

fn. 4 "tree of sunrise"

"the Vermillion Mound"

fn. 4 at the South Caelestial Pole

"the Serpent Sea"

fn. 5 "serpent-like creature or a giant clam" [west?] {giant clam is encountered by Rata voyaging}

"the Hill of Gloomy Night"

fn. 5 in the north ?

tumulus of C^un-yan

under the Primaeval Blue and among the Moon Palaces [centre?]

in direction

they __

place

by the North Caelestial Pole

assemble

under "the Flowered Canopy" (16-star constellation of Cassiopeia) at "Hooked Array" (6-st. co. of Little Dipper's Handle)

southward

soar

"to the Supreme Cinnabar"

repose

"at Great Summer"

in the east

approach

clouds of pervasive yan

westward

brave

"the wilderness of chilly caves"

p.

name: -z^ou

meaning: __ Continent

in __ Sea

area (in square li)

li from far shore

minerology, zoo:logy, denizens

90

Zu-

Ancestral

Eastern

500

70,000

marshreed-like plant resuscitating those dead for 3 days:

91

fetched thence by crow-like birds to revive the dead; rose-gem

91-92

Yin-

Oceanic

Eastern

4,000

700,000

wine-like "Sweet Jade Spring" of immortals having customs of Wu

92

Xuan-

Mysterious

N.W. part of Northern

7,200

360,000

"Wind Mountain"; "Mystery Metropolis" having "many mansions of ... Great Mystery; "golden fungi and jade plants"

93

Yan-

Blazing

Southern

2,000

90,000

unsingeable-furred wildcat-like "Wind-Suscitated Beasts" of chysanthemum-brain for 500 y.;

94

on "the Fiery Forest Mountain" shine red-&-white the asbestos-furred "the Fiery Radiance Beast"

94-95

C^an-

Long

S.E. part of Southern

5,000

250,000

trees of 2,000 arm-spans' circumference; "Sweet Fluid, and Jade Flowers"; "Purple Palace, where heavenly perfected beings and immortal maidens sport"

95

Yuan-

Primal

Northern

3,000

100,000

honey-flavored water of "the Dark Rivulet", bestowing "long life coterminal with heaven and earth."

96

Liu-

Flowing

Western

3,000

190,000

kun-wu rock smeltable into transparent swords which "cut through jade"

96-97

S^en-

Living

N.E. part of Eastern

200,500

230,000

"is overlapped by" Pen-lai; "absence of winter and summer"; waters "like sweetened cream."

97

Fen-lin-

Phoenixes & Unicorns

Western

1,500

?

immortals "who boil phoenix bills and unicorn horns ... and concoct a glue" which "can connect snapped bow-strings and fuse ... the metal of broken knives":

98

"The glue was green".

99-101

Ju-ku-

Cowering

S.W. part of Western

3,000

240,000

lions, and "beasts with ... bronze heads, and iron foreheads"; "mountains ... in the shape of men and birds"; maple-like fragrant "Soul-Recalling Trees"

106

Can-hai

Azure Sea

Northern

3,000

200,000

"Eight Petrified Images" (mushroom-shaped), "Petrified Brain" (geodes), "Petrified Cassia Blossom" (branched rock), Petrified Gall;

107

"divine immortals who rat the stones live forever": "mansions of purple stone" for "the Nine Elder Immortals" --

106

there are also islands each 5,000 li wide, surrounding Can-hai

107

Fan-z^an-z^ou

Square Measure

Eastern

25,000,000

?

"flocks of dragons"; "palaces of gold, jade, and crystal" for "the Arbiter of Fate"; "immortal multitudes who ... receive the living charts of the Great Mystery";

108

"Viziers of the Nine Sources who ... direct the world's water deities"

108

Fu-san

Propped Mulberry

Green

"the Most Exalted Emperor and the Most Perfected Royal Father [of the East, fn. 80]"; mulberry trees 3,000 arm-spans in diameter which make an immortal golden {cf. [Jaina] golden Tirthankara-s};

109

10,000 varieties "of the perfected immortal officials, some of whom are without form, and some divide their forms into" 100 bodies that are each 100 feet tall

109

Pen-qiu / Pen-lai

Circular (N.E. across Eastern)

[5,000 li in circumference]

"the water of the Circular Sea is perffectly black ... With no wind its waves are" 1,000 feet tall: "Only flying immortals can reach the places" of "the Perfected King of the Nine Heavens"

110

Kun-lun / Kun-lin

Kun-lun = High and Praecarious (p. 111)

W. to N.W. of Western

10,000

130,000

"surrounded by weakwater"; on N.E. "the Well of" Da-huo, on S.W. "the Ravine of " C^en-yuan; it is 36,000 li tall:

111

its top is shaped like a 3-cornered "hanging bowl" {cf. Mt. Tri-kut.i} -- whereof the Lan-fen corner due N. shineth with 1,000 stars; corner due W. Xuan-pu Hall;

1,000

corner due E. Kun-lun Palace, (this last) = "Heavenly Walled City" (having 5 golden terraces & 12 jade towers) = (fn. 97) "Walled City" where "The female immortals take Gold Mother as their leader."

112

(in this city:) "Halls of luminescent green jade; mansions of" (fn. 99) qion-hua ("carnelian florescence"); (fn. 100) phosphorescent 5-colored clouds "of peace"; "candle sun", cf. (fn. 100) "candle flame"; "vermillion clouds with ninefold brilliance", cf. (fn. 101) "Lamp of Ninefold Brilliance" for Royal Mother of the West.

113

10,000-measure handle (crank of windlass, fn. 103, for winding about) cylinder "called the Heavenly Pillar [of bronze 3,000 li in circumference, fn. 104] in the Alabaster City"

116

Mt. Z^on

N. of North

7,000 [30,000 li in circumference]

190,000-wide weakwater

13,000 li in altitude; the Caelestial Emperor's "seat of government" -- on same island are 4 named directional spurs of Mt. Z^on (They are 100,000 li taller than Mt. Z^on):

Mt. Pin-xie

Levelling Antiquity

having cave on its S.E. side; south of Mt. Z^on

Mt. Jiao-lon

River Dragons

having gate on its northern slope; north of Mt. Z^on

Mt. Jin-cao

Unbending Grasses

west of Mt. Z^on

Mt. S^u-mu

Bundled Wood

east of Mt. Z^on

p.

directional (Trigram)

the emplaced

114

Western Culmen

"the Mysterious Wind"

Kun (southwest)

"the Royal Mother"

"streams and marshes" (Dui)

kun-wu rock

"the Green Ford" (= "Green Sea, fn. 109)

"propped mulberry"

fire (of the south, fn. 110)

"the [Fiery] Radiance Beast" in the Yan[-z^ou}

Kan (north)

"sea islands"

115

Gen northeast

Mt. Pen

Sun (southeast)

"huge trees on" C^an-z^ou

"where dragons congregate"

"High winds"

"Fissure Hill"

"the numinous talismans" (revelation to "the Recluse of Mount Bu", fn. 115)

"the Royal Mother and

the Lady of the Superior Prime" (who is, fn. 118, "the manager of the registers of the" 100,000 Jade Maidens in the 3 Heavens)

*Lak ("shroud") is the spirit who rideth aeternally an airborne chariot of *pyek ("azure") aurora[l cloud]s, roaming the *De^n-s^e^n heaven. Thrice each day he ["her", on p. 61] leadeth the assembled sages of this heaven to audience in the "Palace of the Seven Treasures."

"*Byou-lei ... is the inner (secret) name of the King of this heaven" ...

"K'ung ... is the name of the attendant official whose whistle" summoneth "the spirit wind" and collecteth the vapors.

This spiritual wind arriveth with the sound the formeth the cavernous strophes of that heaven.

Of old, during the Lun-han kalpa, when the Perfected Script of Lin-pao came, sages wrote [in it] with purple brushes on leaves of trees of living azurite-gem-trees {cf. the Anthroposophical "mineral-plants" during "Old Sun" & "Old Moon" Earth-metamorphoses http://www.kheper.net/topics/Anthroposophy/Saturn.html }

"As a result, when the wind blew these trees, music would be formed.

Nine-hued birds constantly fed on these leaves and their bodies became patterned as a result.

{cf. Daidalos & Ikaros}

direction

associated deity

{numerics}

south

sun-bird

(10 in number, p. 79)

east

coiled snake in libation-bowl for water {cf. Pan-gu "coiled antiquity"}

{cf. "Six coils" of "Great Serpent Mound" in Ohio http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Off_the_Beaten_Path-United_States_of_America-BR-3.html }

west

"swastika" (p. 79)-marked tortoise in tripod-bowl for fire-immolation

(swastika is 4-branched)

north

the dead ["human heads"(p. 81); or (p. 77) "the skulls are buried ... in the northern ..." "Death was identified with a black lord in a realm "where the sun never shines." " (loc cit.)]

{cf. 8 death-gods in last section of Codex Borgia}

[? centre]

[p. 77 "bottle horn" > "horn, antler"]

{for "twelve moons" (p. 79): cf. Lappish deer-antler in moon}

of _

into __

into __

into __

essence (c^in)

energy (c^>i)

spirit (s^en)

emptiness (hsu)

p.

for __

process

meaning

89-90

women

"Decapitation of the Red Dragon"

"disappearance of menstruums"

90

men

"Submitting the White Tiger"

control of semen

for __

the Pearl of Dew __

thus

by means of __

women

is already praesent

"to avoid the degradation of the Pearl"

"collection of the Pearl" "when it is in full brilliance two and a half days before ... the "arrival of the monthly messenger" [= "menstruation"]"

men

is not already praesent

to bring about "the formation of the Pearl"

"repeated circulation of the Essence in a ... Small Heavenly Revolution -- through the Governor and Conception Channels"

process

means

"the Pearl is developed into an Embryo

through the union of the adept's Spirit and Energy ...

... exchange of the essences of the Heart and Reins [kidneys].

... (... the inner Yin line of li ..., the Heart, and the inner Yang line of k'an ..., the Reins) meet halfway during their respective descent and rise, generating the Embryo between the lower and the higher Fields of the Elixir.

... the adept restores the trigrams ch'ien ... and k'un ... to their "before-Heaven" positions,

due north and south respectively, thus ... of Return to the Original State."

process

method

"Once generated, the Embryo is nourished through ... Embryonic Breathing ...,

which circulates the inner breath through the five viscera; this is the ... Great Heavenly Revolution."

emphasis for men

emphasis for women

to generate the Embryo

"inner breathing"

process (p. 90)

explanation (pp. 90-91)

"After ten months[' gestation] ..., the Immortal Embryo is moved to the higher Field of the Elixir.

Energy ... transmuted into Spirit, a Spirit with Yin qualities (yin-shen)"

#

phase

explanation

1^st

"Delivery from the Womb,

is the actual birth of the Immortal Child.

2^nd

Breast-Feeding for Three Years,

the Child is taught how to exit through the Heavenly Gate (... the sinciput)."

3^rd

"Facing the Wall for Nine Years."

"the Child undergoes further instruction on how to blend his Light with emptiness"

4^th

"Finally the Child, the refined and pure Yang Spirit of the adept,

rises to Emptiness."

__

have __,

but do not __

Heaven & Earth

"great beauty"

speak;

the 4 seasons

"their clear[ly]-marked regularity"

discuss.

The 10,000 things

"principles of growth"

expound.

__

seek out __

the __

doth not __

sages

"the beauties of Heaven and earth"

Great Sage

move

masters

"the principles of the ten thousand things."

Perfect Man

act

1^st

"No tail at its end, no head at its origin {cf. "go before them and you can see no front, go after them and you can see no rear" -- Dao De Jin},

now dying, now living ...

2^nd

In the valley, ... the spirits {cf. "the Spirit of the Valley" -- -- Dao De Jin},

... people can "contemplate is but cannot know it ... gaze at it but cannot see it ... pursue it but cannot reach it." ...

3^rd

There is music but nothing taking form. {cf. [Bauddha] A-rupa Loka}

... Some call it death; some call it life."

method

text received by the initiate

vestures worn

outer

the Register of the 150 Generals

"yellow cap and gown"

inner (esoteric)

the True Script of Spontaneous Ascension to the Mystery

"purple gown" etc.

# of heavens

practices

book

praesiding deity

denomination

6

daemon-worship & bloody sacrifices (p. 26)

3 [total: 9 -- p. 35]

"method of red and yellow" (p. 27)

the Yellow Book (p. 28)

the "Highest Venerable Lord" (p. 26)

Caelestial Masters

S^en-xuan Z^en-wen (Spontaneous Ascension True Script)

Lin-bao ("Numinous Treasure")

S^an-qin Da-don (Highest Clarity Great Cavern)

S^an-qin (Highest Clarity)