THE JADE MIRROR COLLECTION (#1 TO #3)
The Jade Mirror of Lingbao Daoist Magic 3-volume collection brings together the complete translations and esoteric commentaries of the Lingbao Yujian, a 43-volume mystical text from the Southern Song Dynasty. Preserved and transmitted through centuries, these writings reveal the magical heart of the Lingbao Daoist tradition, blending Shangqing practices with Mahayana Buddhist influences as first articulated by Daoist master Ge Chaofu.
Across the three volumes, readers encounter the full spectrum of Lingbao ritual arts, including talismanic construction and activation, celestial invocations, ghost-commanding spells, and star-stepping methods. The texts also unveil instructions for altar banners, sacred seals, exorcistic rituals, and staffs of power. Later sections expand into transformation practices involving food, and the profound Yin, Yang, Water, Fire, and Illumination rites that were central to early Lingbao liturgies.
Together, this trilogy offers both scholars and practitioners a rare gateway into the ritual systems, symbolic language, and esoteric teachings that shaped Daoist magical practice for centuries. This is the definitive modern English presentation of one of Daoism’s most important and influential mystical treasures.
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