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Talismans, Registers, and Star Lords
Talisman scriptures, divine spells, and star-lord scriptures — the Three Officials, the Southern Dipper, the Seven Stars — from the Daoist Canon.
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Record of the Divine Talismans of the Three Caverns — Sandong Shenfu JiA technical treatise from the Daoist Canon on the origin and forms of sacred script and talismans — the Three Origins, Eight Assemblies, cloud-seal script, and the Five Chapters of the Five Directions — with its complete Daozang source text.The Assorted Tablet Texts of the Cavern-Mystery Numinous Treasure — Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao ZhongjianwenA fifth-century Lingbao ritual manual attributed to Lu Xiujing, setting out the formulas and rites for casting gold dragons and inscribed tablets into rivers, mountains, and one's own dwelling — with its complete Daozang source text.The Precious Scripture of the Three Officials — Taishang Sanguan BaojingA Daoist liturgical compilation for the cult of the Three Officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water, its core scripture catalogued in the Daoist Canon as DZ 1442 — with its complete Daozang source text.The Scripture of the Divine Spell for Preserving Life — Taishang Xuhuang Baosheng Shenzhou JingA short spell-scripture of uncertain date, preserved in the Ming-dynasty Daoist Canon, in which the Most High Void Sovereign works cosmic transformation and calls on the five directions to preserve the reciter's life — with its complete Daozang source text.The Scripture of the Divine Spell of the Seven Stars — Taishang Qixing Shenzhou JingA short, anonymous Daoist spell-scripture in which the sage Tianlao teaches the Primal Thearch Huang-Lao a protective incantation to the Seven Stars, to be recited against calamity — with its complete Daozang source text.The Scripture of the Purple Tenuity Divine Soldiers Who Protect the Nation and Dispel Demons — Taishang Shuo Ziwei Shenbing Huguo Xiaomo JingA Daoist Canon scripture in the voice of the Most High Lord Lao telling the origin of the god Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior, and his subjugation of the demon-hosts of Fengdu — with its complete Daozang source text.The Scripture of the Southern Dipper's Six Offices — Taishang Shuo Nandou Liusi Yanshou Duren MiaojingA Daoist Canon scripture in which the Most High Lord Lao reveals the six Star Lords of the Southern Dipper — companion to the seven of the Northern Dipper — who together govern the length of every human life, with its complete Daozang source text.The Scripture Within the Pillow — Taishang Laojun Zhenzhong JingA short scripture of the Daoist Canon, spoken in the voice of the Most High Lord Lao, teaching incantations and visualizations for guarding the body's resident spirits by day and by night — with its complete Daozang source text.The Wondrous Scripture of the Divine Talisman for Increasing the Reckoning — Taishang Laojun Shuo Yisuan Shenfu MiaojingA talismanic scripture of the Zhengyi tradition in which the Most High Lord Lao and the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling reveal a divine talisman and a register of star-lords that add to a person's allotted life-reckoning — with its complete Daozang source text.