At http://www.hermetica.info, you’ll find a new edition of possibly the best Yijing resource on the web. Bradford Hatcher’s Book of Changes includes a ‘Matrix’ translation (a parallel text of Chinese and English), books on history and structure, and a complete translation with in-depth, thought-provoking commentary – and for some unfathomable… Read more »Hermetica I Ching: new edition
There’s a very popular free online I Ching at Ewald Berkers’ ‘Eclectic Energies’ site. He’s just updated his site to replace the omnipresent Wilhelm/Baynes translation in this reading with his own work. He’s produced a clear translation and succinct commentary on the Zhouyi texts (the ‘Judgement’ and lines). The commentary… Read more »New I Ching translation at EclecticEnergies
Believe me – Harmen’s Dagboek A good, thought-provoking post from Harmen. Basically he’s pointing out that Yijing readings work within a framework of personal beliefs. This is true of what methods you know and find significant (nuclear hexagrams or not, for instance). I think it can also be true of… Read more »Believe Harmen
There’s a splendid series of threads at the I Ching Community entitled ‘Memorising the I Ching’. Rosada and everyone who pitches in are travelling through hexagram by hexagram, describing what’s memorable about each line. Here’s a list of the threads so far; they’ve got as far as Hexagram 19. Why… Read more »Memorising the I Ching
Oh look… a new post at the Great Vessel blog. They have new forums (including an ‘ask Stephen Karcher’ area), a new example reading, a revised links page, and a promise of more good things to come. Watch that space.
And here is a counterbalance to my own new year’s intention to consult more regularly. Oddly enough, it seems we’re both aiming in the same direction – to trust more, and hold onto control less.
If I weren’t busy Christmassing, I’d be reading all the excellent Yi-related links Luis keeps finding and posting at the I Ching Community. If you have a moment, take a look at all these.
