Very interesting email from Donato: “Dear Hilary, I have been consulting I-Ching for many years, during crisis mainly and therefore for really important matters, as well for less decisive problems. In many cases the answers seemed coherent with the question, in some quite ‘to the point’, in many others they baffled me. I have observed… Continue Reading
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Yearly Archives: 2005
Trigrams in the Sequence IV
*** Warning – highly speculative post coming up *** In a previous post, ‘Looking at hexagram pairs’, I mentioned Carrin Dunne’s names for two distinctive kinds of Pair. The four pairs that are complementary and not inverse she calls Dragon Gates. And the four pairs that are both inverted and complementary she calls River Crossings.… Continue Reading
Where to find the basics
An email from Willie gave me pause for thought: “Hi there Hilary, Willie here from sunny South Africa. I so enjoy your work, I hardly ever participate, but I enjoy the read. I feel like most of your subscibers are reasonably advanced. There might be a few of us who would enjoy a brief introduction… Continue Reading
Why we need divination
Three minutes’ audio: one anecdote, one thought, and a question for you. Click ‘play’ to listen, or if that doesn’t work in your browser you can right-click here and choose ‘save target as’ to save the file to your own computer. Continue Reading
I-Ching for Beginners by Mark McElroy
My first response when Mark kindly sent me a review copy of I Ching for Beginners was, sadly, a rant. In turning the oracle into a version for beginners, he’s denuded it of imagery, and I really don’t think that’s the best idea. In fact, reading in more detail, I find the occasional image creeps… Continue Reading
Anyone know a trigram supplier?
I just received this email: “Hi there we´re currently making a TV documentary about Tai Chi – and as part of the programme we urgently need to get hold of some I-Ching hexagrams (trigrams?) for: heaven, earth, water, fire etc… If you might be able to supply these – or know someone who can –… Continue Reading
I Ching Community: Divining or creating reality?
John Burke wrote in a blog comment: Recently I made this inquiry: ‘How should one balance divining reality with creating reality?’ I received 22 changing to 24. Any thoughts? I thought the I Ching Community was the best place to look for good thoughts, and started a thread. And sure enough… I Ching Community Discussion… Continue Reading
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