Talisman for Expelling the Demons

FIGURE 2 Talisman for Expelling the Demons (on the right, a variant of its inner part). 

Besides the Talisman for Expelling the Demons and the five talismans of the Jade Terrace, the commentary to the Nine Elixirs reproduces five other sets of talismans and seals and provides explanations on their materials, sizes, colors, and uses. Several of them also appear in Ge Hong s Inner Chapters, but both the illustrations and the accompanying texts contain variants, sometimes substantial, compared to Ge Hong s work. 

A similar recipe for the Pellet for Expelling the Demons is found in Sun Simiao s anthology of Taiqing methods, the Essential Instructions from the Scripture of the Elixirs of Great Clarity. The corresponding talisman is not reproduced either in the commentary to the Scripture of Great Clarity or in Sun Simiao s work, but is found in the commentary to the Nine Elixirs (see Fig. z) together with a third similar recipe for the Pellet. ... 

This talisman is associated with the Pellet for Expelling the Demons, mentioned above in this chapter. 

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