(eventual) Purification/Consacration of Yi

[ClavdiaChauchat]

Hello to all readers of Yi,

I would like to know from the most experienced people if during their readings it is necessary or good practice to proceed to purification rituals, or to discharge energies.

Lately I have been interested in tarot cards and I have noticed that in this type of divination it is essential and necessary to purify, as well as consecrate, the cards from malicious or excessive energies. Does this also apply to Yi? I have searched a lot on the subject but have found nothing.

I am also interested to know with what spirit you approach Yi, if for example, you light a candle, or clean coins or pass the book on incense smoke, as other people do with tarot.

I just know and follow some advises when asking Yi: I try to be calm, patient, alone. I always try to ask something about me and the present situation. I try not to use it too much.

Any other advises?


Thanks in advance

 

[ClavdiaChauchat]

No one?

 

[katrinakong]

I love this question, and the idea of doing this, but I personally have never found it necessary to do any cleansing rituals. To me, the Yi seems less like an object that holds energies and more like an entity with which I have a relationship. After ten years of reading, I have never felt the need to discharge energy, cleanse, or do any other particular thing along those lines. However, I could see why one might do something like that as part of the ritual—I find that performing some sort of ritual before I do a reading helps me get into the right mindset. Often holding the coins is enough of a ritual for me, though sometimes I meditate for a few minutes beforehand. I'm curious if others have rituals they perform before or during readings.

 

[ClavdiaChauchat]

I love this question, and the idea of doing this, but I personally have never found it necessary to do any cleansing rituals. To me, the Yi seems less like an object that holds energies and more like an entity with which I have a relationship. After ten years of reading, I have never felt the need to discharge energy, cleanse, or do any other particular thing along those lines. However, I could see why one might do something like that as part of the ritual—I find that performing some sort of ritual before I do a reading helps me get into the right mindset. Often holding the coins is enough of a ritual for me, though sometimes I meditate for a few minutes beforehand. I'm curious if others have rituals they perform before or during readings.

Thank you very much, Katrina!
I agree. I think Yi is like an organic book, with its own life and rules. I also think, it defends itself from us, when necessary, like, when we ask too much, when we're stubborn and we don't want to listen. It knows that and he answers with single hexs to say: 'hey, don't exaggerate'.

I hope to read other answers!

Clavdia

 

[P Clark]

I like this question too. I haven't put much thought into personal ritual before reading this but I realize I do indeed have one. The first book I received was the Wilhelm Bayes translation from a friend in college. He wrote a funny inscription inside the front cover, something along the lines of "...because someone as dumb as you needs all the help they can get!"

Whenever I sit down for a reading, I read this inscription and it always makes me laugh. I take a moment to be quietly grateful for that person and for being introduced to the Yijing so many years ago. We fell out of touch after we left college but his gift has probably shaped the course of my life in innumerable ways since then. This is also how I understand karma.

Once I take a moment to acknowledge the mystery behind how this book arrived in my hands, like Katrina, I feel like I am in the right mindset for a reading as well.

 

[IrfanK]

I like this question too. I haven't put much thought into personal ritual before reading this but I realize I do indeed have one. The first book I received was the Wilhelm Bayes translation from a friend in college. He wrote a funny inscription inside the front cover, something along the lines of "...because someone as dumb as you needs all the help they can get!"

Whenever I sit down for a reading, I read this inscription and it always makes me laugh. I take a moment to be quietly grateful for that person and for being introduced to the Yijing so many years ago. We fell out of touch after we left college but his gift has probably shaped the course of my life in innumerable ways since then. This is also how I understand karma.

Once I take a moment to acknowledge the mystery behind how this book arrived in my hands, like Katrina, I feel like I am in the right mindset for a reading as well.

Nice. If possible, I like to have my old copy of Wilhelm's translation with me when I'm consulting. I've had it for 40 years, and I've scribbled a lot of notes in it over the years. I do have a few other translations, both as real books and ebooks, and I actually look at the text in those more than Wilhelm these days. But that one comes close to having some ritual significance. I look at it and remember a few dramatic readings I got when I was 18. Once or twice, I asked a friend to add a note of her own in the margins.

In general, I don't really believe in the idea of ritual purity for casting. You bring with you what you bring with you. Where can I spit where there is no Buddha nature? That kind of thing.

 

[ClavdiaChauchat]

I like this question too. I haven't put much thought into personal ritual before reading this but I realize I do indeed have one. The first book I received was the Wilhelm Bayes translation from a friend in college. He wrote a funny inscription inside the front cover, something along the lines of "...because someone as dumb as you needs all the help they can get!"

Whenever I sit down for a reading, I read this inscription and it always makes me laugh. I take a moment to be quietly grateful for that person and for being introduced to the Yijing so many years ago. We fell out of touch after we left college but his gift has probably shaped the course of my life in innumerable ways since then. This is also how I understand karma.

Once I take a moment to acknowledge the mystery behind how this book arrived in my hands, like Katrina, I feel like I am in the right mindset for a reading as well.

Thank you, P Clark.

I see the thing in this way, too. Your story is really nice. I personally bought the book, but I first saw the Yi Book many years before, in the hands of a good friend of mine, reader of Yi too.

Even though I bought the book only last year, I feel a huge connection to it. Also cause i wrote many things on it, i underlined many hexs. I also feel a connection to the coins, which came with the book. I decided, one year ago, which face was 3 and which was 2,and the i didn't change this order anymore!

That's a ritual as well, maybe. Sometimes i just give a little kiss to the book, or a hug! It can sound funny, but sometimes I really deeply appreciate what it says to me! I sleep with the book next to me. I think he appreciates to stay near to me!

 

[ClavdiaChauchat]

Nice. If possible, I like to have my old copy of Wilhelm's translation with me when I'm consulting. I've had it for 40 years, and I've scribbled a lot of notes in it over the years. I do have a few other translations, both as real books and ebooks, and I actually look at the text in those more than Wilhelm these days. But that one comes close to having some ritual significance. I look at it and remember a few dramatic readings I got when I was 18. Once or twice, I asked a friend to add a note of her own in the margins.

In general, I don't really believe in the idea of ritual purity for casting. You bring with you what you bring with you. Where can I spit where there is no Buddha nature? That kind of thing.

I absolutely agree: the first copy you have we'll remain in your heart forever!