Shangqing Astral Efflorescence Absorption
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (71) currently groups 2 source layers with divergent titles. Milestone-1 migration preserves every layer below without inventing a single merged narrative. Status: needs-review.
Also attested under these titles
Section titled “Also attested under these titles”- Womb Realm Maṇḍala
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Womb Realm Maṇḍala
Section titled “Layer 1: Womb Realm Maṇḍala”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
Japanese: 胎蔵界曼荼羅 Taizōkai Mandara
Centered on Mahāvairocana and arranged as a vast ritual cosmos of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, vidyārājas and other beings.
Function
Section titled “Function”Not simply iconography. It is used as a ritual map for initiation, contemplation, deity identity and doctrinal organization.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 2: Shangqing Astral Efflorescence Absorption
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02_Daoism.md
Type: stellar, solar and lunar ingestion by visualization
Shangqing texts describe absorption of “efflorescences” or radiances of stars and other heavenly bodies.
Generic sequence
Section titled “Generic sequence”- Observe prescribed astronomical/calendrical timing.
- Face or visualize the relevant celestial body.
- Generate its color, radiance, deity and/or sacred name.
- Draw the efflorescence toward the mouth or body.
- Swallow it in visualization.
- Guide it to the designated palace, organ or Cinnabar Field.
- Stabilize its luminosity internally.
Reliability: B.