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Online workshop - The Mystery of the Text:
Understanding the Words of the Book of Changes
A workshop with Harmen Mesker - Starts August 17, 2020, and goes for 8 weeks. Cost: $190 US
Many users of the Yijing struggle with the text of the oracle: how can you read it in such a way that it always gives a meaningful and relevant answer to the question or situation that you address to the Book of Changes? This workshop will teach you that.
To read more and to register, visit here
(Note that registration is a two-step process: you need to fill in registration info and pay via PayPal.)
In this workshop we will explore the text of the I Ching, its origin and development, and we will look at its usage and readings of this oracle from early China. From there, we will build a framework that will help you understand the layout of the text, and how it conveys it messages in images.
You will learn how to read the text, work with its images, and how to lift the veil of mystery from its words. After this, you will know how the text can answer any question that you address to the oracle. You will be able to read the images and text and can practically apply them to any situation.
Who’s afraid of the text? You won’t be after this workshop.
Course format and environment:
* Weekly lesson with reading material, videos, assignments with feedback, and discussions in which the theory is put to practice.
* There is a discussion forum, and you can converse with the teacher and the other students. When the course is finished you will have an additional three months access to the online learning environment and materials.
Some highlights from the course
Chinese script
* Written Chinese: a short history of the Chinese script
* The composition of Chinese characters
* The value of etymology when studying the Yijing (and how it is often overrated)
The text of the Yijing
* What do we know about the history of the text?
* What is the contents of the text?
* Recurring phrases and their (possible) background
Reading the text
* How was the text read and interpreted in early China - and what can we learn from it
* Images, images, images: symbols in the words, words as symbols
* How to read beyond the words
Interpreting the text
* Seeing the images as an answer to your question
* Reading multiple lines and how to prioritize them
* What if lines seem to contradict?
Books
* A short history of (mainly English) Yijing translations
* How to find the version that fits you, and how to work with what you have
* What to do if two versions contradict each other
Understanding the Words of the Book of Changes
A workshop with Harmen Mesker - Starts August 17, 2020, and goes for 8 weeks. Cost: $190 US
Many users of the Yijing struggle with the text of the oracle: how can you read it in such a way that it always gives a meaningful and relevant answer to the question or situation that you address to the Book of Changes? This workshop will teach you that.
To read more and to register, visit here
(Note that registration is a two-step process: you need to fill in registration info and pay via PayPal.)
In this workshop we will explore the text of the I Ching, its origin and development, and we will look at its usage and readings of this oracle from early China. From there, we will build a framework that will help you understand the layout of the text, and how it conveys it messages in images.
You will learn how to read the text, work with its images, and how to lift the veil of mystery from its words. After this, you will know how the text can answer any question that you address to the oracle. You will be able to read the images and text and can practically apply them to any situation.
Who’s afraid of the text? You won’t be after this workshop.
Course format and environment:
* Weekly lesson with reading material, videos, assignments with feedback, and discussions in which the theory is put to practice.
* There is a discussion forum, and you can converse with the teacher and the other students. When the course is finished you will have an additional three months access to the online learning environment and materials.
Some highlights from the course
Chinese script
* Written Chinese: a short history of the Chinese script
* The composition of Chinese characters
* The value of etymology when studying the Yijing (and how it is often overrated)
The text of the Yijing
* What do we know about the history of the text?
* What is the contents of the text?
* Recurring phrases and their (possible) background
Reading the text
* How was the text read and interpreted in early China - and what can we learn from it
* Images, images, images: symbols in the words, words as symbols
* How to read beyond the words
Interpreting the text
* Seeing the images as an answer to your question
* Reading multiple lines and how to prioritize them
* What if lines seem to contradict?
Books
* A short history of (mainly English) Yijing translations
* How to find the version that fits you, and how to work with what you have
* What to do if two versions contradict each other
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