Exorcism in Daoism
Subtitle: a Berlin symposium
By: edited by Florian C. Reiter
Contributors: Reiter, Florian C.
Series: Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin -- Bd. 36; Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin -- Bd. 36.
Publisher: Harrassowitz; Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9783447064347
Subjects: Exorcism; Rituals; Congresses; Demonology; Taoism
Notes: Papers from the International Symposium on Exorcism in Daoism staged by the Department of Sinology at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany in 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

11 English, 4 Chinese contributions.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: The origins of Daoist exorcism / John Lagerwey; title: Killing spirits from the dead : the object of exorcism in medieval Daoist funeral rites / Chang Chaojan; title: The Jade instructions on the red writings for summoning ghosts and demons of the Northern Feng Mountain and the five Lingbao true writs / Lü Pengzhi; title: Early mediaeval concepts of demon troops, discussed with the focus on Wang Ningzhi's request for demon troops to provide support / Liu Yi; title: Without whipping, flogging, or slashing : exorcism ritually transubstantiated in the early fifth-century Lingbao scriptures / Stephen Bokenkamp; title: Exorcising the six heavans : the role of traditional state deities in the demon statutes of lady blue / Terry Kleeman; title: The division of labor between the way and ritual, preliminary remarks on the ritual canon Fayan huizuan and the Fayan tan tradition / Volker Olles; title: Exorcsim and the Pu'an Buddhist ritual specialists in rural China / Tam Wai-Lun; title: Boiling oil to purify houses (zhuyou jingwu) : a dialogue between religious studies and anthropology / Lin Wei-Ping; title: Consecrating water and barring the altar : the Daoist exorcist ritual in Chiao-Liturgies in northern Taiwan / Lin Zhenyuan; title: From Prince Nocha to Marshal of the Central Altar : centre and the four directions as idea and symbol for the protection of the law / Lee Fongmao; title: Receiving registers and performing exorcism : on the consecration documents of the Fengshan Daoist lineage in Taiwan / Hsieh Tsung-Hui; title: Summoning the exorcist : the role of heart seals (xinyin) in calling down a demon-quelling deity in contemporary Daoist thunder ritual / David Mozina; title: Exorcism in Buddho-Daoist context: a study of exorcism in the method of Ucchusma and luminous agent Marshal Ma / Hsieh Shuwei; title: Daoist thunder magic and the elimination of obnoxious spirits, with reference to a Corpus of Daoist rituals and exorcist rituals in northern Taiwan / Florian C. Reiter; title: List of contributors; title: Index of Chinese authors.