by Cheris, Shun-ching Chan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 212-222). / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Abbreviations --- p.iii / Introduction --- p.1 / Part I - Contexts for the Present Study --- p.1 / Disenchantment - Reenchantment Dialogue --- p.2 / Reenchantment in Hong Kong? --- p.16 / Part II - Methodological Note --- p.23 / Chapters / Chapter I --- "Enchantment, Disenchantment and Reenchantment" --- p.30 / The Concept of Sacredness and Sacred Order --- p.30 / A Review of the Relation between Sacred Order and Secular Reality --- p.33 / Sacred Order in the Enchanted World --- p.37 / Sacred Order in the Disenchanted World --- p.41 / New Religious Movements as a Manifestation of Reenchantment? --- p.48 / Chapter II --- Epitome of the New Sacred Order - The Emergence and the Worldview of the Lingsu Exo-Esoterics (靈修顯密宗） --- p.56 / The Emergence and Development --- p.56 / The Sacred Worldview --- p.65 / Chapter III --- Epitome of the New Sacred Order - The Ethos of the Lingsu Exo-Esoterics (靈修顯密宗） --- p.79 / Sacred Symbols --- p.79 / Sacred and Secular Orders of Life --- p.100 / Chapter IV --- Constitution and Location of the New Sacred Order --- p.120 / Sacred Basis of the Secular Ethos : Making Sense of the Secular Mode of Life --- p.121 / Constitution of the New Sacredness --- p.131 / Man as God / Inner-Worldly Eclecticism / Location of the New Sacred Order --- p.136 / Subjectivization and Privatization of the Sacred Order / Demagicifying Religious Practices / Sacralization of Secular Way of Life / Chapter V --- Reconstitution of Sacred Order and Social Reality --- p.146 / Sacred Order as a Model of Social Reality --- p.147 / As a Model of Hierarchy / As a Model of Individualism and Intellectualism / "As a Model of Pluralism, Subjectivism and Relativism" / Aa a Model of Secularism and Materialism / Role of Rationality and Intellect in the Sacred Model / Sacred Order as a Model for Social Reality --- p.167 / As a Model for Social Maintenance / As a Model for Social Transformation / As a Drawback to Social Integration / Sacred Order and Social Reality --- p.184 / Conclusion --- p.184 / New Sacred Order as a Manifestation of Reenchantment --- p.189 / Reenchantment in Dialectical Sense --- p.193 / Implications --- p.198 / Appendix / Chapter I --- The Lingsu Disciples' Attitudes towards My Field Research --- p.201 / Chapter II --- Some Personal Details of the Lingsu Disciples --- p.203 / Bibliography --- p.212