![]() It is the oldest of all the classical books on divination and wisdom, written around 1000 BC. Often the ancient Chinese of the I Chingallows for multiple meanings. The I Ching is a book of wisdom based on ancient Chinese scholars’ philosophical writings and musings, namely Confucius. ![]() The webinar is addressed both to newcomers and to ‘old I Ching hands.’ Our main reference will be the Eranos I Ching, translated by Rudolf Ritsema and Shantena Sabbadini, but you are welcome to keep at hand your favourite I Ching and to compare passages. The I Ching (1000750 BC) or Chinese Book of Changes, is a classic text, an ancient system of cosmology and philosophy, which set the heart of traditional. It was spared the Qin Dynasty’s great book burning since it was one of five Great Classics. During this present cycle of civilization, the texts were collected for consultation and exchange between 475 and 221 B.C. In this webinar we will explore the practice of consultation in detail, answering, as far as possible, all the questions concerning this mysterious activity, from the appropriate formulation of the question to the specific function of the various sections of a hexagram in the answer. The I Ching is believed to have originated as part of a pre-written oral tradition that existed throughout primordial times. And the intuitive practice of ‘rolling the words in one’s heart’ is grounded in the exact discipline of handling the forty-nine yarrow stalks or the three coins and reading one’s answer in the book. The wild images from a shamanic tradition three thousand years old are framed in the rigorous system of yin and yang. ![]() The practice of the I Ching oracle is a form of introspection bridging different dimensions, unconscious and conscious, imaginal and rational, heart and mind. ![]()
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