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Comments on the Christmas I Ching
There have been some very interesting comments to my ‘Christmas I Ching’ post, and I just added some more that arrived by email. Connecting the Maslow hierarchy of needs to the line positions is an interesting idea – I had a faint inkling of it years ago, in connection with… Read more »Comments on the Christmas I Ching
Exciting new I Ching site
Go see! Stephen Karcher has just launched a new I Ching site at greatvessel.com . Although it’s just a few days old, it’s already a banquet of Yi-related reading: the vessel contains a lot of good, rich food. You will find… Stephen’s articles and full-length papers on the Yijing the… Read more »Exciting new I Ching site
Recommended I Ching audio, part 2
Here’s the second half of my review of Dr Ron Masa’s I Ching audio program, as promised. Track 8. When the answer clicks Some sample readings, providing really useful models of the interpretive process, from puzzlement to the ‘aha!’ moment. The first example – hypothetical, I think – includes an… Read more »Recommended I Ching audio, part 2
Recommended I Ching audio
Back before my computer tried to turn into a doorstop, I wrote: “I’ve just recently learned of another provider of really good beginner-level I Ching information online. I’ll be writing a review of his current offering soon and posting it here.” So let me end the suspense: I’m talking about… Read more »Recommended I Ching audio
Book review from Harmen: The Essentials of the Yi Jing
A book review by Harmen Mesker with explanatory notes from Steve Marshall: ‘The Essentials of the Yi Jing’ by Chung Wu. Worth reading not just for the (uncomplimentary) book review, but for the knowledge to be gleaned of Yi and its tradition. Another excellent resource I don’t remember noticing before… Read more »Book review from Harmen: The Essentials of the Yi Jing
Light on Disentangling
I found this quotation from Thomas Merton in a beautiful book by Lenedra J Carroll, The Architecture of All Abundance, which I bought from Cygnus Books: “There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence… activism and overwork. The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most… Read more »Light on Disentangling