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Richard Kunst’s Yijing dissertation

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

I’ve finally bought myself a copy of Richard Kunst’s 1985 dissertation, The Original Yijing: a text, phonetic transcription, and indexes, with sample glosses, and I’ve been seizing every spare moment to read it. I wish I’d got it years ago!
Anyone with a strong interest in the early Yi will find this utterly fascinating. Richard [...]

Yijing Wondering and Wandering available from Amazon UK

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

Good news!
When I reviewed Jane Schorre and Carrin Dunne’s Yijing Wondering and Wandering in issues 71 and 72 of the newsletter, it was only available from Amazon in the USA and Canada. Now you can get it direct from Amazon UK without the extra postage costs and delivery time.
If you have any interest in…

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Yijing Dao - ‘The Original I Ching Oracle’ by Rudolf Ritsema and Shantena Augusto Sabbadini

Saturday, April 23rd, 2005

Yijing Dao - ‘The Original I Ching Oracle’ by Rudolf Ritsema and Shantena Augusto Sabbadini
Steve Marshall has reviewed the ‘new’ Yijing from Rudolf Ritsema, which is a revised version of the original Eranos I Ching, the Ritsema/Karcher with concordance. (To be published on April 30th, I think, so I expect someone sent Steve a review [...]

Chameleon Book

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005

Chameleon Book - a new translation of the Zhouyi by Freeman Crouch.

From the downloadable pdf sample (introduction, appendices, five hexagrams), this looks fresh, bright and intelligent. There are very useful suggestions for divination and imagining yourself into the imagery. (Eg ‘you are soil to be worked, you are a mare’ or ’seeing the self as a kingdom’.)