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2007

Nuclear hexagrams as archetypes?

I came across this at Eric Bryant’s I Ching blog: Atomic I Ching hexagrams and atomic Jungian archetypes. By ‘atomic’ hexagrams he means the four ‘seed within the seed’ nuclear hexagrams that all the hexagrams ultimately ‘resolve to’: 1, 2, 63 and 64. These he attempts to map onto archetypal… Read more »Nuclear hexagrams as archetypes?

Intuition

intuition is an immediate perception. Analysis brings you to a conclusion step by step; intuition happens straight away. I Ching interpretation involves a mixture of intuition and analysis (which in turn creates more food for the intuition), but it all hangs on a single moment of intuition, when you perceive the connection between question and answer.

The challenge of Hexagram 44

My I Ching reading for last week was Hexagram 36, Brightness Hiding, with no changing lines. And following the plans I’d already made for that week, which involved reaching out and making connections to others in various ways, I hit one technical road-hump after another. (Moral of this story: consider… Read more »The challenge of Hexagram 44

Buddhist I Ching

I just came across this I Ching commentary from the perspective of Buddhist spiritual journey, and drawing on Osho’s ideas. The first seven hexagrams are covered so far, and they offer some interesting reading. I like this, for Hexagram 5: “All we can do is become deserving and the moment… Read more »Buddhist I Ching

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