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I Ching

Just divination?

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?

Honouring guests

Hexagram 5, Waiting or Attending, ends at the 6th line with ‘Entering into the cave There are uninvited guests, Three people come. Honouring them, in the end good fortune.’ So on the one hand the waiting is almost finished – instead of going out and crossing the river to show… Read more »Honouring guests

Thoughts on Hexagram 11

Years ago, I wrote that Hexagram 11 seems like the hexagram of love – “not so much love in its various expressions in human relationships, but as a pure, overwhelming cosmic force for creation.” I think it’s also love as power. Certainly I’ve rarely seen it mean a peaceful experience… Read more »Thoughts on Hexagram 11

Why open space for change?

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?

How New is your Year?

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?