Figures
| 1. | Chart of Cultivating True Being (Xiuzhen tu) 71 |
| 2. | True Writ of the Center 101 |
| 3. | The magic square and the arrangement of the Eight Trigrams according to the Writing of the Luo River (Luoshu) 125 |
| 4. | Guideline of Returning to the Altar (Huitan gang) 127 |
| 5. | Diagram of Chen Rongsheng’s sacred area for the jiao liturgy 135 |
| 6. | Diagram of the journey to heaven 158 |
| 7. | Puhua tianzun riding on a nine-headed phoenix 178 |
| 8. | Puhua tianzun as the Thunder Ancestor (Leizu) 192 |
| 9. | Summoning the Nine Numinous and the Three Essential Spirits from the body 214 |
| 10. | Chen Rongsheng impersonating Jiuku tianzun in the rite of Universal Salvation in Jiayi, Taiwan 216 |
| 11. | Zeng Chunshou and Lai Longfei performing the Announcement of the Jade Altar in Hunei, Taiwan 232 |
| 12. | The journey to heaven performed by Chen Rongsheng in Jiali, north of Tainan 236 |
| 13. | Diagrams of the journey to heaven 241 |
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| 15. | The journey to heaven in Daozang biyao 249 |
| 16. | Register of the Generals of the Three Primes (Sanyuan jiangjun) from Taishang sanwu zhengyi mengwei lu 264 |
Plates (following p. 114)
| 1. | The Great One (Taiyi) |
| 2. | Jiuku tianzun in a hanging scroll by a painter from Quanzhou, Fujian |
| 3. | Puhua tianzun in a hanging scroll by a painter from Quanzhou, Fujian |
| 4. | Puhua tianzun emerging as the Lord of the Nine Heavens Transforming All (Jiutian puhua jun) |
| 5. | Puhua tianzun at the center of the Thunder Department (Leibu) |
| 6. | Numinous Official Wang (Wang lingguan) |
| 7. | “The Way is entered through sincerity.” |
| 8. | The journey to heaven performed by Lai Longfei in Hunei, Taiwan |