"The refreshing heart is the soul; how can it last long if the soul is gone?"
Taoist spiritualism is a widely spread Taoist technique. The origin of this kind of saying can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. According to the Zhou Dynasty literature records, people began to have such activities as "Guan Ming" to summon spirits. In ancient times, it was called "Guan Ming". Zhifu means to revive the soul.
There is a description of soul-calling in "Chu Ci: Soul-Calling". The soul-caller tells the soul that there is no place for the soul to rest anywhere in the world, and it can only find rest by returning to its hometown.
However, soul-calling is not limited to the situation of the deceased. It is also used in sacrifices, divination, and situations where babies have lost their souls.
With the rise of Taoism in the late Han Dynasty, spiritualism for the purpose of seeking immortality appeared. As a result, the popular soul-calling rituals among the people gradually developed into Taoist rituals, with a complete set of spells. Soul-calling spells and soul-calling rituals are also one of the many Taoist spells.
The finalized spirit-calling spells stipulate the majestic procedures for Taoist priests' walking, living, sitting and lying down, especially during religious activities.
The soul-calling ceremony is very solemn. It is necessary to choose an auspicious day and prepare altars, incense candles, rice, money, big banners, talismans and other utensils.
Taoist masters' robes, ritual tools, food utensils, residence, bedding, diet, ordination, confession, worship, burning incense, reading scriptures, fasting, etc. all have dignified regulations.
When performing rituals, setting up an altar, offering offerings, blessing incense, raising the altar, chanting incantations, seducing gods, greeting guests, etc. are performed by Taoist priests such as Gao Gong, Du Dao, Jian Zhai, incense attendants, and lamp attendants. The Taoist priests are performing the rituals. In the process, one reports one's birth date and status to the gods, plays music and scatters flowers, sings steps and performs syllables, etc. The ceremony is solemn and solemn.
The altar rituals include praying for death, saving death, extending life, releasing precepts, offering sacrifices to dead people, releasing stars, holding houses, breaking ropes, raising corpses, resolving grievances, summoning orphans, longevity lanterns, life-extending lanterns, praying for sutras, and receiving blessings. Offerings, funerals, sending ghosts away, house cleansing, sutra repentance, etc.
The most difficult of them all is the art of summoning spirits.
The techniques of summoning spirits spread among the people today are all false. Only Lou Guan Dao, as the true successor of Taoism, masters this technique.
Taoist Master Xuanyuan knew this very well. Although the conditions in Lanruo Temple were poor at this time, he still set up a mourning hall in the main hall in front of the Buddha and asked the others to leave the hall while he stayed in the hall to cast spells.
He stepped on the seven stars, and as described in the Taoist classic "Yunji Qi Jian: The Ministry of Inheritance and Order", the seven-star lamp lit a candle, channeled the spirit and summoned the soul, and allowed the soul of the deceased to return to his hometown.
This candle was obtained from the North Sea and carved from ice-cold jade. Its appearance is crystal clear, but its interior is filled with powerful masculine energy, which is perfect for summoning spirits.
Taoist Master Xuanyuan took out the seven-star lamp, lit it and inserted it into the ground, and silently recited the soul-summoning spell secretly taught by Louguan Taoism.
"The wandering soul, where can it be left? The three souls have descended early, but the seven orifices have not yet arrived; false alarms have led to lawsuits, and the true soul has been lost. Today, the five mountain gods and wandering generals are sent... to collect the soul and possess it to boost the spirit. The heavenly gate opens and the earthly gate opens, and the boy is ordered to send the soul. The Supreme Lord is as anxious as the law decrees!"
Every time he shouted a spell, the formation flag on the ground flickered, as if it was resonating with the seven-star lantern.
As he recited the incantation over and over again, a wisp of pale purple smoke slowly emerged from the seven-star lamp, floated up, and gradually condensed, forming a purple lotus in mid-air, slowly turning, releasing a refreshing fragrance.
Seeing this scene, Xuanyuan's eyes flashed with light, he waved his fly whisk and shouted: "Broken!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the seven-star lamp shook violently, and the purple light dissipated in the air. The purple lotus that was originally suspended in mid-air turned into a ball of purple energy and blended into Yan Chixia's eyebrows.
Xuanyuan immediately sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to rest. After a while, he opened his eyes, stretched out his hands to perform the sutras, and silently recited the sutras.
"The sky is clear and the earth is bright, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, yin and yang meet, yin and yang two qi complement each other, the five elements adjust, the Bagua evolves..."
Following his mantra, the mark on his forehead suddenly brightened, and a layer of golden light diffused from the mark, illuminating Yan Chixia's body in front of him.
He repeatedly formed various magic formulas with his hands and muttered words.
At this time, everyone suddenly smelled a strong scent of sandalwood. This smell had a strong bitterness and spread in the air, making people couldn't help but frown.
When Liu Haichan saw this, his expression suddenly changed and he blurted out: "This is cinnabar."
Cinnabar has many functions. It can cure diseases, make poisons, and even make drugs. But its most important function is to attract souls!
Guiding the soul, as the name suggests, is to guide the deceased to leave the body.
At that time, the Qin State destroyed six countries, massacred millions of people, blood flowed everywhere, and corpses were everywhere.
And King Yingzheng of Qin happened to be poisoned by someone when he was inspecting the old lands of the Six Kingdoms and contracted a serious disease.
So with the efforts of the imperial doctors of the Qin State, they used cinnabar as a guide to prepare a soul-inducing soup, which saved the life of King Yingzheng of Qin.
However, King Qin remained drowsy after taking the medicine, leaving countless famous doctors helpless.
Finally, an alchemist suggested mixing the cinnabar with mercury, supplemented by several precious materials as a guide, and using the soul seduction technique in pre-Qin alchemy to go to the underworld to lure back the soul of the King of Qin.
Unfortunately, Zhang Liang's assassination of Qin led to the failure of that Fang Shu, and the First Emperor died in the Sand Dune Palace.
The soul-inducing technique that Xuanyuan performed this time was inherited from this alchemy, but it was already much inferior to what the pre-Qin alchemists used to perform.
The soul-drawing technique he used at this time could only barely pull Yan Chixia's remaining soul, and it was extremely difficult.
The mark on his forehead is the medium he uses to perform this technique.
I saw the mark flashing with golden light, getting brighter and brighter, and finally turned into a small sun, shining brightly in the palace.
Suddenly, the mark suddenly burst into dazzling light, dispelling the surrounding darkness.
At this moment, Yan Chixia's body suddenly started to tremble slightly.
Suddenly there was an explosion above the head, which made everyone's eardrums buzz. A trace of bright red blood spilled from the corner of Xuanyuan's mouth. He raised his head and glanced at the top of the palace.
Two bricks on the roof of the hall fell off, revealing a small hole. A cold air blew into the hall from the small hole, and the temperature inside the hall dropped sharply.
Xuanyuan's expression changed slightly, and he immediately shouted to the outside of the palace: "Close the door of the palace."
After that, he took out a bronze sword from his sleeve, bit his fingertip, and a few drops of blood spilled on the sword's edge.
The bronze sword suddenly emitted a dazzling light, like daylight.
Xuanyuan stood on the spot holding the sword, silently reciting the magic formula. He held the sword in his right hand and drew a circle on his chest. With his left hand, he pinched out a magic formula and hit the seven-star lantern.
In an instant, the seven-star lamp trembled violently, as if resisting his urging.
Xuanyuan roared, and poured all his energy into the bronze sword. The light of the bronze sword instantly surged, and the trembling of the seven-star lamp became more intense. Finally, with a 'clang', it broke into pieces.
