‘DIY’ tips for I Ching divination
Some clarity from the Azande Not long ago, I read an excerpt from a 1937 study of the Azande people of sub-Saharan Africa and their use of divination. It explained that these people built substantial granaries of wood and clay, held safely clear of the ground by wooden supports. And… Read more »Divination and meaning
Tim Boucher’s ‘Pop Occulture’ blog is a real find. Here – Pop Occulture » Chaotic Patterns in Divination – he writes about the workings of divination. The gist is that divination works through exposing us to chaotic patterns – like staring into the fire does. These sideline our conscious minds,… Read more »Chaotic Patterns in Divination
I Ching Community Discussion Forum: Who is “the Devil” in this cast? Ole’s story of a series of readings, giving a very good, practical demonstration of how to use line pathways (along with gut feeling) to go beyond surface appearances, and also how to use supplemental questions.
StevePavlina.com Podcast #003 – Consulting Your Intuition Steve Pavlina’s ‘Personal development for smart people’ blog is always a worthwhile read: lucid, intelligent and honest. Recently he’s started doing podcasts – and these, too, are several cuts above the average. (And helped along by the fact that he’s a professional speaker,… Read more »Without coins or stalks II
Someone asked: “How do I go about developing the talent to access this wisdom faculty without using coins, yarrow stalks, computers and so on?” It’s an extremely good question, and not one I truly know the answer to, as it’s not a talent I’ve developed. However, I do think that… Read more »Without coins or yarrow
Email from John: “I was wondering why someone such as the host of ‘Useless Tree’ would ask such large questions as he does. Isn’t it better to ask such questions so as to influence events to promote the general benevolence?” It’s a reasonable question, and I’ll send Sam Crane a… Read more »Why ask political questions?
GreenOwl wrote:
“Ideally you need to allow a good half hour to talk with (or rather listen to) your querent and arrive at the right question for them.â€
Any chance you could do a post (y’know, sometime) that walks through an example of that process? Or, if you’ve already written about it and I’m forgetting, just point in the right direction. Thanks!
That’s tricky, as I promise clients complete confidentiality – no discussion of their situation, question or answer, even anonymously. So I can’t go through a specific real-life example. But I can talk about general experiences that I’ve had with a few hundred customers – why not?
