Hilary Barrett, I Ching

Archive for January, 2006

I Ching reading for the First Insight

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

The First Insight from James Redfield’s Celestine Prophecy says that people are increasingly feeling that there must be more to life, and that the signs that there is more come as synchronicities. A sense of meaning, direction and growth in life begins with the recognition of synchronicities as personal signposts.
As a diviner, I [...]

Happy Chinese New Year!

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

Happy…

New…

Year…

of the
Dog

Comments on the Christmas I Ching

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

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 Hexagram 18, line 6 - [...]

Exciting new I Ching site

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

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 ‘basics’ - not the same old ‘how to [...]

Recommended I Ching audio, part 2

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

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 excellent treatment of the way [...]

Recommended I Ching audio

Friday, January 20th, 2006

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 Dr Ron Masa of ‘University of [...]

Book review from Harmen: The Essentials of the Yi Jing

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

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 at Steve’s site: his glossary [...]