I-CHING MATHEMATICS DECODED

[maadeg]

The foremost intent of my book, is to give among other things a solid mathematical* foundation to a psychology for man?s possible evolution*; to accomplish this end the book will explain the numerical origins of various rather mysterious and in some instances popular conundrums relevant to its thesis.

As annoying as it may sound to those who benefit from lack of knowledge, it will explain beyond any shadow of mathematical* and logical doubt some essential aspects of:
The I-Ching*

[hilary]

Hello Mario,

I just visited your site and read the introduction there. Though the all-pervasive ferocious hostility to 'I Ching readers' ( http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/biggrin.gif) was a tad disconcerting, I look forward to finding out what all this is about. Let us know when the next chapter is up - and when the book gets published.

[stevev]

Slide rule ? check, calculator ? check, sharp pencil ? check, really big rubber ? check, OK lets go.

[hilary]

I think there must've been a link here once. I don't know where it went.

He has a site at http://www.mariodegrossi.com/ - but it seems the missing link pointed somewhere else...

[sparhawk]

Hmm, a photographer, a mathematician and a philosopher... I like the guy already. Have you checked his photography website?

www.wayofthetree.com

L

[sparhawk]

Although, of course, I've a severe allergy for absolutisms from anybody, even my own... :D

Now, photography I can appreciate with no prejudice.

L

[jesed]

This mathematical decodification must be something great....

"Thanks to the very same discovery of mine the Aztec-Maya* circular Sun Stone* will be rescued from the gratuitous Calendrical doom oriented calculations popular today, allowing a reading of its essential meaning..."

To make two enemies cultures (con)fusionated into only one... well, that is a mayor achievement indeed :D .

Ey Rosada, maybe with this decodification, we could built a "Pentagon-Alqaeda sun stone", that solve the war in Iraq.

Now, THIS is darkening of the Light.

Best wishes

[fkegan]

Hi Mario,

It would be nice to see your mathematical decoding, I checked out the site and other than noticing a terribly stilted Tao Te Ching translation of Poem II, there wasn't much to go on. Poem II is a simple, concrete statement that to be useful things need open space to accomodate other things as well as clear structural elements of their own. The wonder of Taoism is that it works as well on the concrete level as it does on any and every more abstract level as well.

Probably a good concrete objective lesson for you to ponder while you are eliminating all the belief structures outside yourself you believe misguided since you don't share them.

As to the math of the I Ching, the basics are pretty simple. Six is a traditional perfect number, a 6-place matrix or gua that can have 1 or none focus markings gives 2 to the 6th power possible graphic images. The 6 places would tend to take a natural sequence of first to 6th which tend to establish inner relationships of exterior (1&6), innermost (3&4) and central (2&5).

I wonder what it is that you believe to be definitive mathematical proof--of anything in general or the Yi specfically. Generally, attempts for math proofs of philosophical or religious beliefs, from Spinoza to computer folks now tend to be neither good math nor good theology/ philosophy. Math proofs that God exists or not tend to miss the fundamental abstraction of all math which can not command any objective reality beyond its own symbolism. Sometimes the model works, other times it ignores what is truly real and important. In math too, the open spaces are what make a formal structure useful.

Trying to read your website it seems you have a lot to express, but I was not able to follow the tread beyond your personal passion. Perhaps a bit of formal math or geometry or other crisper forms would be worthwhile. :bows:

Dr. Frank R. Kegan, Psy. D.

[charly]

...As annoying as it may sound to those who benefit from lack of knowledge, it will explain beyond any shadow of mathematical* and logical doubt some essential aspects of: The I-Ching*
Good:

It's no annoying for me although I'm among the guys whom benefitiated with lack o knowledge. This is the only benefit that reaches the entire humankind and nobody fight for get it.

I had been said long ago that «doubt is the origin of wisdom» and that «all is doubtful», but who can know it?

as in geometry, all are persuaded that nothing is usually advanced of which there is not a certain demonstration, those but partially versed in it err more frequently in assenting to what is false, from a desire of seeming to understand it, than in denying what is true. In philosophy, on the other hand, where it is believed that all is doubtful, few sincerely give themselves to the search after truth, and by far the greater number seek the reputation of bold thinkers by audaciously impugning such truths as are of the greatest moment.
http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/descartes.JPG
Rene Descartes
From: http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/descartesmeditations01.htm

Yours,

Charly:bows: