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Advice for an author

Green-backed heron

Episode 10 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features a listener’s reading.

Lynn Keller’s book, Thanksgiving in America, is just coming out; she asked Yi what her focus should be now with the book, and received Hexagram 33, Retreating, changing at lines 3 and 4 to 20, Seeing.

changing to

In the course of the reading I mention a few Chinese characters:

遯 dun, Retreat. I couldn’t find an image of the ancient character online, but LiSe shows us the components.

觀 guan, Seeing – the bird with great eyes and a crest, a heron:

guan, seeing, from hanziyuan.net

and 好 hao, ‘loving, good’ (from 33.4), showing a mother and child:

Chinese character hao ?, good
hao, good, from hanziyuan.net

As I mentioned on the podcast, the Yijing Foundations Class is coming up in September. Do have a look through the details at https://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/c/yijing-foundations-class/, and if you’re interested, sign up for more information.

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2 thoughts on “Advice for an author”

  1. From the author
    The image of mother and son is astounding. My son had begun editing my book after extreme problems finding an editor. All I found were focused on what is known or considered. I can find the fault points. My son can ask the right questions. This book has become the first partnership of my life. We are now in a full-scale reconsideration of the whole book from our collaborative viewpoints.
    Lance delves into ideas I just assumed. He is by profession a musician and a composer so every word counts. The result has been an extraordinary new perspective on American history.

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