Scripture of the Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles

As remarked above, pp. 57-58, the mention of this deity here and in the last section of the text is the only detail that displays its affiliation to the Shangqing corpus. 

If you want to compound the [Reverted Elixir in] Nine Cycles, first make a Divine Crucible (shenfu) holding three and a half pecks. Use earthenware crucibles from Xingyang, Changsha, or Yuzhang, four-tenths of an inch 

Xingyang, Changsha, and Yuzhang are in present-day Henan, Hunan, and Jiangxi, respectively. Xingyang is also mentioned as a place of production of crucibles in the Explanations found in the Scripture of the Liquid Pearl, 1.4b. Donghai is in present-day Shandong. 

When this is completed, mix the six ingredients with hundred-day vinegar (kujiu), making them like mud. Pound this mud again ten thousand times. When this is completed, lute with it a double earthenware crucible (shangxia tufu) both inside and outside, for a thickness of three-tenths of an inch. Let the crucible dry in the shade in a room. 

A double earthenware crucible is made of two superimposed crucibles joined by their mouths. 

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Scripture of the Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles [Jiuzhuan huandan jing)... 

The first of the two early waidan works included in the Shangqing (Highest Clarity) corpus is the Essential Instructions on the Scripture of the Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles of the Perfected of the Great Ultimate [Taiji zhenren jiuzhuan huandan jing yaojue). As we know it today, this work consists of... 

Similarly, according to the Scripture of the Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles, one can smear objects with the Divine Pills (shenwan) so that they would come back to you upon leaving your hands. Even one of the terms used by Ge Hong to refer to the methods of the coarse and rustic practitioners, ... 

The Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles enjoins the master who transmits the scriptures to donate part of the received tokens to his own master, give another part as alms, and use the rest as ritual objects, never taking advantage of them for personal benefit." ... 

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