"I am grateful for your correspondence course with tuition, it has increased my facility with the I Ching a quantum leap. It's very exciting and rewarding."
Dr Bob Mick,
Rochester, NY
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If you don't want to wait for the next class, you might be interested in the I Ching Course, which is available for private study or with personal tuition all year round.
I Ching Class
for richer, more confident divination
When you can consult the I Ching with confidence and fluency, a lot changes. It's always available to help you understand your world more deeply and move through it in a more natural, connected way. You have a practice you can always fall back on to navigate the complex landscapes of relationships, family, work, decisions of all kinds, without losing your spiritual bearings. It's like having a wise, blunt old mentor who you know is never going away.
This class is here to help you develop this kind of living relationship with the oracle. It systematically covers what I've found to be the essential building-blocks:
- a solid technical grasp of how the components of a reading work together
- a feeling for the world of experience the oracle comes from
- trust in your own intuition
The class in a nutshell
Teleclasses
The core of the class is the 8 teleclasses. They're at 7pm UK time (11am Pacific).
You can choose between a Wednesday or Sunday group.
(Wednesdays April 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, May 14th & 28th, June 11th; Sundays April 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, May 4th & 18th, June 1st & 15th.)
Each group will have no more than 12 participants.
The calls will be to a conference line in the US, but you can dial in from anywhere in the world. Or you can use Skypeout (costs about 2c/minute).
And more
- A private class forum for assignments, questions and support
- Downloadable call recordings
- Comprehensive class notes and reference materials to download
This class could be for you if...
"When I first consulted the I-Ching I was amazed at how much information Hilary was able to glean from what seemed like a few short lines in a hexagram. Her interpretation and depth of insight into the reading seemed magical to me. I longed to have the resources to learn just a little of what she knew.
The online course was the answer to my wish. The course was very convenient, cost effective and extremely enlightening. I wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone who would like to deepen their knowledge of the I-Ching."
Pat McCormack,
New York, USA
- You have some experience with the I Ching, you're happy casting hexagrams (or you don't mind using the free course to learn this before we start), but you don't have the confidence to regular readings as a guide
- You're interested in a way to find vivid spiritual depth and clarity in the stuff of 'ordinary' life
- You've had wonderful 'aha!' moments with I Ching readings, you know there's something extraordinary about it, but you're discouraged by a frustrating sense that you're missing things and not really 'getting it'
- You're drawn to divination as a constant connection to guidance, meaning, and staying 'awake'.
If you recognise yourself in any of these - or if you're just fascinated by the I Ching and want to get to know it better - keep reading...
Class contents in detail
This is a very practical class, based on a step-by-step process for working with a reading. So every bit of information is introduced in the context of how to use it in divination, and this is immediately made concrete through real reading practice.
Learning in a group helps with this, as the theory comes to life in other members' readings as well as your own. It's very different from learning by yourself with a book: more solid, more supportive, and with feedback (from me and from the whole group) every step of the way.
The objective in all this is to develop that all-important trust in your own intuition. Having the knowledge at your fingertips is important, but a pure 'information dump' isn't much help. So by the end of the course you'll not only have received the information you need, you'll also have the experience of putting it to good use.
The syllabus
" I used to rely on the translator’s commentary, and in that way I didn’t get anywhere; proceed humbly, you have a connection with the spirits, determination… Everything was so dark and general, it seemed to fit every situation, but was leading me nowhere.
Hilary’s commentaries are direct and easy to understand. Even for a foreigner like me, her language was always clear. She pointed me in the right direction with her knowledge and experience.
...The lesson I loved the most was the one dedicated to multiple moving lines. Before the course, when I got more than one moving line, everything was a mess, I didn’t know where to start. Now however, I enjoy having moving lines, the more there are, the better I can see the situation.
Working with the Yi is a never-ending joy. To understand its signs one must first start learning. I have read several Yijing books and I have not found better explanations for divination with the Yi than in these lessons."
Angel Herrero
Spain
An I Ching reading moves through three interlocking phases: opening the channel, connecting, and 'fixing the omen' - giving the reading an enduring place in your life. The classes reflect the same phases:
Weekly classes, April-May: Essential Steps to a reading - building confidence and fluency
- Choosing a question, April 2nd/6th (opening the channel - how to start a clear flow of communication)
- Connecting primary and relating hexagram, April 9th/13th (connecting - finding yourself in the reading's landscape)
- Interpreting moving lines, April 16th/20th (Get to know the distinctive 'voice' of each line - where they speak from, what they're about, how they interact, how they cast light on inner and outer relationships.)
- Thinking in trigrams, April 23rd/27th (Seeing and feeling a reading's inner dynamics)
- Putting it all together, April 30th/ May 4th (Responding spontaneously to a reading, really 'getting it' - the first step towards fixing the omen)
Bi-weekly classes, May-June: Going Deeper - enriching and strengthening your readings
- Awareness of history and myth, May 14th/ 18th (Accessing deeper messages - and also more detailed, specific ones)
- Inner structures and relationships, May 28th/ June 1st (Working with a rich 'diviner's toolkit' so you're never at a loss to see the connections and act on them)
- Translating readings into practice, June 11th/15th (A discussion of fixing the omen through divination practice, and ways to keep the channel open and clear)
Extra reference materials
As well as the notes to each call, you'll be able to download several ebooks and 'ebooklets' for convenience:
Opening the channel:
Casting rituals and methods
Choosing and navigating an I Ching text
Connecting
Words of Change, an I Ching glossary. (This covers all the most common recurrent words and phrases in the I Ching, with ideas for interpretation and example applications. It'll also be on sale separately, but it's included with the class.)
Diviner's toolkit of in-depth structural methods
The trigrams
Fixing the omen
Suggested reading template
Six months further, free membership in a new 'Change Circle'
'Fixing' a reading is arguably the most important part of the process - it makes the difference between a 'Book of Change' and a 'Book of Nice Ideas'. But ongoing support is much more help with this than just some extra download. This is why I'll be offering an ongoing membership later this year, where I'll progressively add more materials to help with individual readings, more ways for members to collaborate and build up a body of knowledge, and more ways for members to connect with one another beyond the online forum. After the class comes to an end, class members will be invited to stay on for this new service (free until 2009), and help steer its development.
Support
"I'd read books about the I Ching for years, but I was never able to connect personally with the Oracle. Hilary's correspondence course put me on the right track. Progressing through the lessons, I grew increasingly confident and enthusiastic about my new skill as an I Ching diviner. Hilary's advice and encouragement helped me at every step. By the end of the course, I felt Hilary had introduced me to a wise old friend, the Sage of the I Ching, who I can enjoy, respect, and grow with for years to come.
Taking Hilary's correspondence course is one of the best things I've done for myself in a long time."
Lindsay Shippee,
USA
There'll be assignments and activities for you to familiarise yourself with each step of the process, and you're warmly encouraged to share these at the class forum. You get my personal support there, of course, as well as on the calls (when there'll be ample opportunity for questions).
You also get the support of the whole group: helping with one another's readings, seeing your experience reflected in new ways, tapping into the group's energy and wealth of ideas. The 'Going Deeper' calls are spaced out at biweekly intervals to allow more time for this. It all creates opportunities for the learning - and the friendships - to take root.
So to sum up
You get:
- 8 teleclasses in a group of no more than 12 people, each with their own assignment to help you assimilate this part of the process
- Downloadable class notes
- Downloadable class recordings
- Extra reference materials, including the Words of Change glossary
- Support with your assignments - and any other questions you may have - at a private class forum
- 6 months extra free membership in the new Change Circle
There is an absolute maximum of 24 places in the class (12 in each day's group). So if you're drawn to this way of developing a richer and more confident relationship with the I Ching, please reserve your seat now.
Relaxed guarantee
If you're not happy for any reason, at any time during the three months of the class, just let me know and I'll refund all you've paid. Actually, to give you more time to assimilate and test out what you've learned, let's extend that for a couple of weeks after the class ends, until June 30th. It's my usual relaxed, unfussy guarantee: if you'd like your money back, you only have to say so.
Early bird discount: deadline 19th March
"Hilary,
Thank you for the I Ching reading! I must say I am MORE than impressed. Although I have been a student of the I Ching for nearing 30 years, I have never been able to achieve such full insight as you have! My goodness, how I wish you were a bit closer so I could study under you. I did notice that you do offer courses, and I will most likely enroll."
Linda LeBlanc, USA
All-inclusive price: £45 (about $90) per month for 3 months.
Places are no longer available for the current I Ching Class. If you'd like to know when it'll be run again, please sign up below. This is a 'double opt-in' list. That means you'll get an automatic email asking you please to verify your subscription, and you need to click the link in this email before you're actually added to the list. (It's a spam-prevention measure.) Thanks!