Two quick news bulletins:
First, I’ve finally got the recording and transcript online. It’s only £4 for the downloadable version or £9 to get the CD posted to you – that’s in the region of $16 US. You can get your copy here. I’ve also put some free excerpts online as Flash files, for you to get a flavour of the event: the section on yin (possibly my personal favourite), part of what she had to say about Hexagram 44, and the discussion on lines 2 and 5 of hexagram 28. Click here to go straight to the free clips.
And secondly, I just spoke to Margaret on the phone, and we’ve agreed to do a second session on the first Saturday in August, the 6th. The broad topic this time will be marriage and its meanings.
Margaret will contribute the knowledge of ancient China, the different meanings of marriage then; I’ll contribute ideas and examples of what the imagery of marriage means in readings now. (Not, obviously, just readings about romantic relationships.) She’d like to talk about hexagrams 54 and 37, and 3, and hopefully we will also get to talk about 9, line 6 (I’ve put in a request for that, anyway.) And in addition to the presentation, we’ll also happily help a couple of attendees to interpret their readings. I’ll let you know as soon as tickets go on sale.
I’m sorry about the total absence of meaty articles for you here lately. I hope you followed the ‘link of the year’ to Denis Mair’s Yijing site, which is full of really excellent, in-depth articles. And I’ll try to complete something worthwhile for you over the next couple of days. Requests always welcome – you know that.