Calling all mathematically-minded Yeeks (that’s Yi Geeks) – there is a new monograph available from Berkeley: STEDT Monograph 5: Classical Chinese Combinatorics: Derivation of the Book of Changes Hexagram Sequence Richard S. Cook The first and most enigmatic of the Chinese classics is the Book of Changes, and the reasoning… Read more »New King Wen sequence book
Gods of Chinatown An exploration of Chinese temples and gods. An interesting insight into beliefs alive and well behind closed doors – and not so far below the surface in the young artist.
Happy Diwali! I wondered what hexagram to write about for today… then learned from Wikipedia that ‘Diwali’ actually means ‘line of lights’ and that in Nepal, the first day of celebrations are marked by thank-offerings to the cow. So it had to be Hexagram 30. ‘Clarity. Harvest in constancy. Creating… Read more »Care of the cow
Here is a somewhat daunting article rejoicing in the title of Studies Of The I Ching: I. A Replication – Statistical Data. You’d need knowledge of statistics to digest the whole thing, I think (not something I have). But the initial review of I Ching experiments over the years is… Read more »I Ching experiments
I Ching Sonnets by Cliff Bennet – all 64 are here to read online. From Hexagram 30: “Let it be that I, while blinded in this temple, Hold to thy radiance through my own and private night And like sandalwood consumed at a shining high altar Brighten thee more.”
This week I received Hexagram 52: ‘Keeping your back still, Not grasping your self. Moving in your rooms, Not seeing your people. Not a mistake.’ And I read in John O’Donohue’s Anam Cara: “There is no direct, permanent or public access to the divine. Each destiny has a unique curvature… Read more »Not grasping your self
How Ancient China came to America: the I Ching as Bible An article by Dana Baker Wilde discussing attitudes to the I Ching in America. It includes a potted history of Western religious/moral thought, and sets people’s enduring respect for the I Ching in this context. There are some sample… Read more »The I Ching as Bible
