Machine generated contents note: Visual Dimensions --
Conceptual Framework --
Aniconic, Immaterial, and Ephemeral --
Facets of Daoism --
Primary Sources --
Daoist Tu in the Daozang --
Overview of the Book --
INNER CHAPTERS: ESOTERIC UNDERPINNINGS --
1.Imagery of Body and Cosmos --
Body Gods --
Early Divinities --
Planets and Bureaucrats --
Ritual Activation --
Visualizations of Stars --
Journeys to the Northern Dipper --
Imaginary Star Maps --
Stars in the Body --
Iconic Forms --
Souls and Worms --
The Seven Material Souls and Three Deathbringers --
Physical Parasites --
Control and Elimination --
Illustrating Internal Alchemy --
The Inner Realm --
The Medical Body --
Body Landscapes --
Interior Journeys --
2.Mapping the World --
Daoist Creation --
Sacred Charts --
Heavens and Upper Worlds --
Vertical Heavens --
Lateral Expansion --
Earthly Paradises --
The Ten Continents and Three Isles --
The Five Sacred Peaks --
Grotto Heavens --
Hells and the Underworld --
Mount Fengdu --
Women in Hell --
3.True Form Charts --
Metamorphoses of the Man-Bird Mountain --
Man-Bird Writings --
Birds in Heavenly Scripts --
The Five Sacred Peaks --
The Mystical Cosmos --
The Fengshui Connection --
Mountain Treasures --
Minerals and Herbs --
Magical Mushrooms --
4.Materiality of Daoist Sacred Space --
Forms of Daochang --
The Oratory --
The Public Altar --
Multiple Layers --
Multiple Stages --
Cultural and Religious Sources --
Soul Places --
Ritual Objects --
Flags and Banners --
Mirrors --
Writing Utensils --
Documents --
Spirit Money --
5.Performing the Salvation Ritual --
The Yellow Register Purgation --
Calling Out the Body Gods --
Ascent and Summons --
Attack on Hell --
Opening the Hells --
The Master's Staff --
Artistic Depictions --
Rescuing Souls --
Bathing and Feeding --
The Water Land Ritual --
Salvation through Refinement --
Internal Visualizations --
The External Rite --
Concluding Ceremonies --
6.Paintings of Mobile Deities --
Daoist Painters at Work --
Preparation --
Sketchbooks --
Teamwork --
Priests as Painters --
Three Officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water --
Pictorial Formulas --
Annual Festivals --
Pictorial Conventions --
The Heavenly Descent --
Daoist Deities in Procession --
Visualization Practice --
Earthly Excursions --
Tours of Inspection --
The Subjugation of Demons --
The Tree Goblin and the Ape Monster --
Ocean Crossings --
Crossing Over to Salvation --
Thunder Troops --
The Female Soul --
The Ritual Context --
Mobile Deities --
Yellow Register Painting.
评价“Picturing the True Form”