Hilary Barrett, I Ching

Tim Boucher’s ‘Pop Occulture’ blog is a real find. Here -
Pop Occulture » Chaotic Patterns in Divination
- he writes about the workings of divination. The gist is that divination works through exposing us to chaotic patterns - like staring into the fire does. These sideline our conscious minds, shunt us out of the well-worn grooves [...]

I Ching Community Discussion Forum: Who is “the Devil” in this cast?
Ole’s story of a series of readings, giving a very good, practical demonstration of how to use line pathways (along with gut feeling) to go beyond surface appearances, and also how to use supplemental questions.

StevePavlina.com Podcast #003 - Consulting Your Intuition
Steve Pavlina’s ‘Personal development for smart people’ blog is always a worthwhile read: lucid, intelligent and honest. Recently he’s started doing podcasts - and these, too, are several cuts above the average. (And helped along by the fact that he’s a professional speaker, and utterly cured of the ‘um-er [...]

Someone asked:
“How do I go about developing the talent to access this wisdom faculty without using coins, yarrow stalks, computers and so on?”
It’s an extremely good question, and not one I truly know the answer to, as it’s not a talent I’ve developed.
However, I do think that such an ability can grow through years of [...]

As far as I know (touching wood), everything works.
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The ‘sheng’ sacrifice at Qi Shan
Harmen’s back!
And as always, his research provides information you really have to consider in readings. This time he’s exploring sheng, Hexagram 46. The core divinatory meaning of sheng is (I think) to put in the effort to climb step by step towards a goal. It means ‘pushing upward’ confidently, not [...]