Here’s a challenging post from Harmen Mesker: Ten Laws of Proper Yijing Practice Explained. While I’m unlikely ever to call anything to do with the Yi a ‘law’ (there’s a distinct shortage of rules graven on stone tablets for divination), this is a really thoughtful and thought-provoking article. Law 1:… Read more »Laws of Yijing Practice
Since I had to remove the Wilhelm/Baynes translation from the free online I Ching here, I’ve had several people ask after it. I can’t restore it, but I can at least offer an alternative to good old Victorian James Legge. So I’ve just added excerpts from my own upcoming I… Read more »Online I Ching reading news
(Note: this is a quick post, throwing an idea out into the ether as soon as it hatches, with just a few feathers sticking to its scrawny neck, and a great big gaping beak squawking ‘Feed me!’ It is distinctly lacking in flight-feathers of its own as yet.) People instinctively… Read more »Unchanging hexagrams and patterns of change
Stephen Karcher’s latest book, I Ching – the Symbolic Life – is a self-published work. The advantage of this: he’s been able to create and illustrate the book he wanted, in colour, with no corners cut. The disadvantage: the price is a little scary. I ordered my copy from the… Read more »Stephen Karcher: I Ching, the Symbolic Life
There’s a much-quoted passage from Wang Bi’s General Remarks on the Zhouyi about concepts and images: “Images are the means to express ideas. …The images are generated by ideas, thus one can ponder the images and so observe what the ideas are. The ideas are yielded up completely by the… Read more »A place to watch your soul
También disponible en español Hexagram 10 tells you that you are ‘treading the tail of the tiger.’ The first question to ask yourself about it is always – naturally enough – ‘What tiger? Where?’ There is something here that could devour you; you need to know what it is. In… Read more »Hexagram 10, Treading
I’ve been taking a good, long look at the Way of Harmony I Ching software. It’s designed to encourage that kind of steady, take-your-time approach: it offers you gentle colours, the option of soft background music or sounds, and a simple, uncluttered interface. Some real thought has gone into creating… Read more »Review: Way of Harmony software
