‘DIY’ tips for I Ching divination
I was writing on Saturday about a reading kindly shared by Eric Bryant of I Ching Insights (‘petrosianii‘ here at Clarity). He asked about the effect of purchasing some nicotine-free cigarettes as an aid to giving up smoking; he received first Hexagram 25 moving to 41, and then Hexagram 37… Read more »More steps when stuck
Over at his ‘I Ching Insights‘ blog, Eric Bryant’s doing sterling work writing up the whole process of a reading: formulating the question, and interpreting the answer. And in the process, he’s run into an experience that’s pretty familiar to anyone who’s ever talked with the oracle: he’s got stuck… Read more »Steps when stuck
I was just listening to a recording of a call from a couple of years ago, where I suggested that divination was like becoming a ‘cello. Then I stopped and asked if anyone had questions, and a nice participant told me that I’d just lost him with that last bit.… Read more »How divination is like being a cello
I quite often have people ask me whether I don’t agree that the I Ching is essentially philosophy, and wisdom, and ‘more than just divination.’ And I find it hard to know how to respond. Yes, there is wisdom there, though the only consistent ‘philosophy’ I find is a very… Read more »Just divination?
One of the highlights of Opening Space for Change, for me, was when one of the participants said she’d found her readings had become clearer. This is someone who already has plenty of experience with the Yijing, and she’s a very good interpreter who’s always willing to give plenty of… Read more »What makes for clearer readings?
I’ve been asking people, for the past couple of weeks, why it’s important to them to open space for change. The answers have been eye-opening – and with the first space-opening call today, it seemed a good moment to try to respond myself. Why’s it important to me to open… Read more »Why open space for change?
I’m not a great Christmas-enthusiast, but there’s something about New Year that always delights me. I imagine it’s simply the promise of newness: things may have been a certain way last year, but that needn’t prove anything about this year. It’s a grand, sparkling invitation to remake habits and patterns,… Read more »How New is your Year?
