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Synoptic Table of Contents

1. Overview

Definitions
dllOjill ifl* 5 dllojillo lli:~ 8

Lineages and Traditions
Lineages I I Ordination and priesthood 17
Transmission 13 Syncretism 20
Initiation 16

Scriptures and Texts
Revelations and sacred texts 24 tu :ro: 35
Scripture and exegesis 26 lu ~ 39
Dllozllng and subsidiary compilations 28 Hagiography 42
sllndong =: jfoJ 33 Epigraphy 44

Cosmogony and Cosmology
Cosmogony 47 Macrocosm and microcosm
Cosmology 51 Numerology

Deities and Spirits
Deities: The pantheon 61 Otherworldly bureaucracy
Demons and spirits 63 Hell

Sacred Sites
Taoist sacred sites 7 2

Views of the Human Being
Taoist views of the human body 75 Death and afterlife 86
Inner deities 80 Rebirth 9 0
Birth 85 Transcendence and immortality 9 I

Views of Human Society
Messianism and rnillenarianism 94 Ethics and morals 99
Apocalyptic eschatology 97

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