Hilary Barrett, I Ching

Some wise person (who may or may not have been Einstein) once said that everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Seems like good advice for divination. Thing is, we do seem to make it complicated. There’s the way we somehow manage to get from spending time choosing the question (to [...]

The more closely I look at the Image – the Daxiang wing, I mean – the more I think whoever wrote it was a sage. One tiny example… you know how most of the hexagrams’ Images tell you what the ‘noble one’ would do? And then there are three that tell you about the prince, [...]

I’ve been working hard on this behind the scenes for a while now, and it’s high time I let you know about it… When – 4th to 12th September Where – wherever you happen to be, within reach of a phone line – we’ll connect via teleseminars and a private forum. What – a Festival [...]

I’ve stumbled across a question to ask Yi that’s rapidly becoming one of my favourites: ‘What’s the gift?’ It can be asked about almost anything, of course. A situation, an approach, a book… I just asked about what my new way of eating gives me, and had a very clear, very interesting reply. (Part of [...]