Zi Wei Zheng Zhao Di Jun (紫微正照帝君)

In case someone is wondering who is Zi Wei Zheng Zhao Di Jun (紫微正照帝君), here is a picture of him.

Zi Wei Zheng Zhao Di Jun (紫微正照帝君), another Manifestation form of Heavenly Emperor Zi Wei (北極紫微大帝) for the Eliminating or Warding-off of Negative Entities.

Brief Introduction on Heavenly Emperor Zi Wei Subduing of Evil-curse Talisman (北極紫微大帝除蠱滅魔食妖符)

In here, you all will be seeing an Official Taoist Talisman, yet look funny, that is associated with Heavenly Emperor Zi Wei aka Bei Ji Zi Wei Da Di (北極紫微大帝), the Heavenly Emperor of the Northern Hemisphere.

For oneself to evoke this Talisman, permission will needed to be granted by Heavenly Emperor Zi Wei and from there, Emperor Zi Wei will manifest himself into his sub-form as Zi Wei Zheng Zhao Di Jun (紫微正照帝君) and then, summon the subordinate - Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng (天蓬都督大元帥) to lead his "Black Spiritual Armies aka Hei Sha Jun (黑煞軍)" to subdue ALL the Negative Entities, Evil Spirits & Demon Beings that are command by the Evil-curse or Black-spell.

During the Ceremony of the Subduing, the Taoist Priest will transformed himself into Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng, after chanting a series of Spiritual Incantation. While he is conducting the exorcism, certain Spiritual features will be seen, such as Strong gust of Winds, Black Smoke surrounding the area or Stinky-smell floating around.

Once the exorcism is conducted successfully, a Bright-ray will enhanced onto the person-whom-got-cursed (金光/紫光護體).

In Taoism, this exorcism is considered as a High Level Skill, that not Taoists/Priests are allowed to train-on or conduct.

Brief Introduction on the various types of Five Thunder Talismans (道教各別五雷符簡介)

Upon request, in here, you all will be seeing 3 different sets of Five Thunder Talismans, each set from different level of Masters/Spiritual Teachers/Taoist Priests.

For the First set (1^st Set), it’s quite commonly seen in the “market” or so-called “Layman Taoist Society”. Mostly these types of Talismans are issued by Masters whom had trained, whether in auditing of Geomancy or performed certain Luck-blessing Ceremonies, but not being Official Ordained as Taoist Priests.

But for nowadays, we do see some Taoist Priests issuing such Talismans as a form of Protection-blessing to devotees or Home-enhancement (護宅).

For the Second set (2^nd Set), these are Spiritual Symbols aka Hui Zi (諱字) or Hua Zi (花字), that are being used during the Enhancement of a completed-written Talismans – those can be found at the bottom of certain Talismans.

In this 2^nd Set, different types of Symbols will have different effect, such as to Cure Diseases (治病), to Seek Immediate Attention for Eliminating a Negative Energy (飛捷報應) or to Block a SHA (退煞) aka Negative Entity from coming near.

These Symbols can also be drawn on the Palm for self-protection while oneself is out in the field or recce in jungles (書於掌中為掌雷).

For the 3^rd Set, its known as the Official Taoist Five Thunder Talismans that being pass-down by Heavenly Master Zhang (正一張天師) from various Eras or from High Priests whom had attained their Immortality.

Nowadays, such Talismans are hardly seen, as not much Taoists or People do know of their existing or No-one is able to know how to use it or evoke the Energy before using.

If oneself will to pay more attention to this set of Talismans, actually its not hard to discover them, cos of the Talismans are being carved on the Five Thunder Command Block aka Wu Lei Hao Ling (五雷號令), where Taoist Priests used during Taoist Ceremonies/Rituals.

For this set of Talismans, for those who are Ordained as Official Taoist Priests, can also write them on a piece of Yellow/Red Cloth (可書與黃或紅布之上), after then, honour the Cloth for 49 Days (祭煉四十九天) before using it as the Wrapping-cover for the Wu Lei Hao Ling. And whenever the Dried-thunder period has arrived, this Cloth can be placed on the Altar, together with the Wu Lei Hao Ling, to get the Enhancement from the Natural Thunder & Fire Elements.

Introduction on Taoist Iron Whip & Baton Talismans (天師降魔鐵索鐵鞭符簡介)

In here, you all will be seeing 2 very Special/Funny-looking Taoist Talismans that being recorded in Taoist Canon (正統道藏), in the Ritual-manual for Eliminating Disasters & Negative-entities.

These 2 Talismans are known as;

1) Heavenly Master's Iron Whip Talisman (天師降魔鐵索符)
2) Heavenly Master's Iron Baton Talisman (天師降魔鐵鞭符)

According to researches, the Straw-whip (法索) that Lv Shan Sect was founded due to this Iron Whip & with the combination of the Flying Serpent Star Formation aka Teng She (騰蛇星).

These 2 Talismans can be used to Ward-off stubborn Negative Entities and also, for those who are engaged in serious Lawsuits, the Positive Energies from these 2 Talismans can be evoked for Protection.