I came across this lovely article – The Abundance Site: Spending as a prayer? – and thought at once of Hexagram 14, Great Possession. The character ‘possess’, which also just means ‘there is’, shows an outstretched hand, holding meat. Owning? Offering? Is there a difference? I think the small ritual… Read more »Spending as a prayer? and Great Possession
The Useless Tree: Friday I Ching Blogging: Reversal of Verdict on June 4th Massacre? Not only is Sam Crane talking with Yi about Chinese politics, but Allan Lian and Steve Marshall are joining in the discussion. Looking at both the reading and the Washington Post article linked to from there,… Read more »The Useless Tree: Friday I Ching Blogging: Reversal of Verdict on June 4th Massacre?
I Ching Community Discussion Forum: 2.6 dueling dragons A great thread on hexagram 2, line 6: ‘Dragons battling in the fields, Their blood indigo and gold.’
Brad Hatcher writes: ‘Hi everybody- I’m announcing some more updates at www.hermetica.info Section C, the Translation /Commentary has been completely updated, thanks to one of our list members, who donated his sharp eye and lots of time to produce a 12 page list of typos and recommendations. Sorry to anyone… Read more »Update from Brad
I Ching Community Discussion Forum: Hexagrams of sleeping and dreaming? Peter asked, “what hexagrams reflect processes of sleeping and dreaming?” Some good – and interestingly different – suggestions are coming up. Do you dream in water, light or thunder?
Sam Crane has a great Taoist blog, the Useless Tree, where he’s branching out into I Ching divination – it looks as though he’s making ‘Friday I Ching blogging’ a regular thing. At the beginning of August, he asked: Will the six party talks on North Korea succeed? Yi says:… Read more »I Ching on international politics
Harmen has put together a stunning ‘reading list’ of online articles on Yi and early China. Here it is – impressive stuff.
