The salient – from Harmen
The salient – Harmen’s Dagboek More from Harmen! This time Hexagram 58 gets the treatment, line by line, and once again we’re invited to rethink what we thought we knew.
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What’s a webinar?
I just got an email asking this. Oops – very good question. A webinar is like a seminar, but online – so participants can come from all over the globe. On the day, I will be sending out a link and global password to ticket-holders, and we will all log… Read more »What’s a webinar?
Women in the I Ching webinar: tickets on sale
News! 😀 Tickets are on sale now for the webinar. When: Saturday 25th June, 6pm UK time. (That’s mid-morning to early afternoon across the US.) Who: Dr Margaret Pearson What: Women in the I Ching Where: at any internet-connected computer near you: Windows or Mac How much: £5 (about $9… Read more »Women in the I Ching webinar: tickets on sale
Getting started with the I Ching
I often get emails asking what the I Ching is and how to get started. And while there is enough to reflect on in the I Ching and its traditions to keep anyone engrossed for several lifetimes, getting started with it is absurdly simple.
More trigrams in the sequence (hexagrams 6, 7 and 8)
Last time I splashed out on books I bought not just the shiny new Ritsema/Sabbadini, but also Sarah Allan’s The Shape of the Turtle. And I am enjoying it no end. She writes about Shang myth, but there are many, many resonances in the Zhouyi. But finding one with the… Read more »More trigrams in the sequence (hexagrams 6, 7 and 8)
I Ching Community: What is a Universal Truth
JerryD thought to ask the I Ching, ‘What is a Universal Truth?’ (capital U, capital T) Yi answered with Hexagram 13, unchanging: People in Harmony. Well, different people have different takes on this, but it sounds to me as though Yi’s saying that a ‘Universal Truth’ is just whatever people… Read more »I Ching Community: What is a Universal Truth
Ritsema and Sabbadini: The Original I Ching Oracle
The Original I Ching Oracle is Ritsema’s revised version of the Eranos Yijing, first published in 1994 with Stephen Karcher, as ‘I Ching, the Classic Chinese Oracle of Change, the First Complete Translation with Concordance.’ I owe a huge amount to that book: it first gave me license to absorb… Read more »Ritsema and Sabbadini: The Original I Ching Oracle