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Yearly Archives: 2005

A hu-manist I Ching

Just found another online I Ching translation. I haven’t looked at it in any detail, but it seems quite plain and straightforward. The unusual part is that the junzi has become the exceptional human, and personal pronouns have all turned into ‘hu’. I Ching The Book of Changes – 2 Continue Reading

I Ching Community: Changing Lines

I Ching Community: Changing Lines Very, very good question from Rosalie: “What does it mean when a line changes?” And good answers, too. Continue Reading

Reading for a subscriber

An audio entry, for a change. You can listen by clicking the ‘play’ button below – – or right-click here and choose ‘save target as’ to download the recording. It’s about 8 minutes long. I Ching reading Continue Reading

Life lessons from Yi

This is one of those embarrassing experiences with Yi, but I wanted to share it all the same. It’s a very clear example of the difference a question – and the thought behind the question – can make. There’s this course I’m thinking of taking. I like the look of it, I like what it… Continue Reading

Friday I Ching from Uselesstree: Bush Will Rebound

The Useless Tree: Friday I Ching: Bush Will Rebound Sam Crane asked Yi how Bush should handle whatever the fallout may be from the latest political scandals, and received 16 changing to 24. He’s interpreting this less as what Bush needs to do, more as how things will work out for him. I’d be more… Continue Reading

Yijing Dao – Ruling lines – updated

Yijing Dao – Ruling lines Steve Marshall has updated his ‘ruling lines’ page with many more examples than before. It’s worth taking the time really to look at them all. A question he doesn’t answer (Steve?) is what difference it makes when one of the changing lines you receive is a ruler. I find that… Continue Reading

Divination and meaning

Divination and meaning

Some clarity from the Azande Not long ago, I read an excerpt from a 1937 study of the Azande people of sub-Saharan Africa and their use of divination. It explained that these people built substantial granaries of wood and clay, held safely clear of the ground by wooden supports. And sometimes those wooden supports would… Continue Reading

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