Outside the boxes When I first heard about Benebell Wen’s I Ching, I thought it sounded unpromising. An I Ching book by someone who had already published on tarot, who maintains a website with sections on feng shui, numerology, Western astrology and esoteric Taoism as well as tarot and the… Read more »Benebell Wen’s I Ching
Introducing the book Johan Hausen has kindly sent me a review copy of his book, Yijing Ethics. It’s a transcription of the oral teachings of Xing De, also called Li Shifu, a Daoist renunciant who is deeply immersed and skilled in traditional Daoist arts. (He is a healer as well… Read more »Yijing Ethics, by Xing De
I want to review Larry Schulz’ The Weaving Maiden’s Mystery, only I’m not at all sure where to start. There’s his theory of the Sequence of Hexagrams, starting from the premise that hexagrams are diagrams of weaving patterns, and the logic of their sequence derives from the logic of weaving.… Read more »Larry Schulz, ‘The Weaving Maiden’s Mystery’
Alberto Ramon has been developing his approach to Yijing readings for many years now, and recently published a new book: Conversations with the I Ching. Its subtitle: ‘An intuitive approach to understanding the answers, with 85 explained readings.’ I’m finding it a worthwhile read. What I like about this book The Yi… Read more »Alberto Ramon, ‘Conversations with the I Ching’
Short review Don’t buy this one. Buy Minford and Redmond instead – or save up for Field, which I feel is worth its somewhat eye-watering price. Longer review Here’s the publisher’s blurb for Paul Fendos’ new I Ching: ‘The Book of Changes: A Modern Adaptation and Interpretation attempts to breathe… Read more »Paul Fendos ‘Book of Changes’ review
I’ve treated myself to another new Yi book – Geoffrey Redmond’s I Ching (Book of Changes) – a critical translation of the ancient text – and it got me thinking about the different aspects of the book that are visible to different people. The good… To start, though, a sort-of… Read more »Geoffrey Redmond, and what we can see
I’m really the wrong person to review this book: it’s a scholarly work, and I’m not remotely qualified to write a scholarly review. So here is a diviner’s take, instead. It comes as a sort of ‘whinge sandwich’: appreciation beginning and end, nitpicking in the middle. (Don’t take too much… Read more »Review: Stephen Field, The Duke of Zhou Changes
