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LIST OF ENTRIES

DEFINITIO NS
daojia 5 daojiao 8

LINEAGES AND TRADITIONS
Lineages II Ordination and priesthood 17
Transmission 13 Syncretism 20
Initiation 16

SCRIPTURES AND TEXTS
Revelations and sacred texts 24 fit ~ 35
Scripture and exegesis 26 lu ~ 39
Daozang and subSidiary compilations 28 Hagiography 42
sandong C:::if.iJ 33 Epigraphy 44

COSMOGONY AND COSMOLOGY
Cosmogony 47 Macrocosm and microcosm 56
Cosmology 51 Numerology 59
D EITIES AND SPI R ITS
Deities: The pantheon 61 Otherworldly bureaucracy 67
Demons and spirits 63 Hell 69

SACRED SITES
Taoist sacred sites 72

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 91

VIEWS OF HUMAN SOCIETY
Messianism and millenarianism 94 Ethics and morals 99
Apocalyptic eschatology 97
RELI GIOUS ORGANIZATION
Monasticism 102 Temples and shrines 106
Monastic code 104 Taoist lay associations no

R ELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
Asceticism II2 Mysticism 120
Divination, omens, and prophecy II3 Seasonal observances 122
Magic n6 Taoist music 125
Meditation and visualization n8

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