i ching

An ancient Chinese system of divination, the origins of the I Ching, the Book of Changes, are steeped in myth and legend. The book is certainly one of the oldest in the world, dating back to about 1000 BCE. It is based on an even older shamanistic oral tradition. The book was used for divinatory purposes for hundreds of years before it was finally codified during the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE). At the same time, various commentaries were added to the basic text.

The I Ching has been in continuous use up to the present day. Its intelligent, poetic and often uncannily accurate readings have recommended this system of divination to many westerners, including the psychologist C.G. Jung, the physicist Wolfgang Pauli, and the writer Hermann Hesse.

The central idea behind the I Ching is that of flux or change. All things, including human affairs, are understood to change through time - they are born, develop, decay, die and are reborn in some new form.

Change also involves relationships between opposites. The two most basic opposites are the principles of Yang and Yin.Yang corresponds to active, creative, expansive force; Yin corresponds to receptive, mutable, contracting form. All change can be understood in terms of the relationship between Yang and Yin.

When Yin and Yang are in balanced relationship, then life is harmonious. When we follow a harmonious and connected path through life, then we are said to live in accordance with the Tao. There is also a reality beyond Yin and Yang. This is T'ai Chi (The Absolute).

Yang and Yin are represented in the I Ching by unbroken and broken lines.

When using the I Ching oracle, these lines are used to create Hexagrams (figures made up of six lines). Hexagrams are always constructed and read from the bottom to the top. Each line in a hexagram can be either Yang or Yin. The various combinations give rise to 64 different hexagrams.

For the purposes of the divination, each different hexagram (and every line in a hexagram) has its own particular oracular meaning.

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The Pocket I Ching
Richard Wilhelm

This is C. G. Jung's salute to the I Ching or Book of Changes, the Chinese system of divination and spiritual wisdom that has caught the imagination of the West. The classic Richard Wilhelm translation.
Paperback, 130pp. Arkana, 1987.

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