I Ching: The Secrets of the Hidden Eye

By Allie Woo

This comprehensive introduction to the I Ching explains how to unlock the secrets of this ancient form of divination.
 
The ancient Chinese formalized nature's shapes and forms into the I Ching, or Book of Changes, which is thought to be the oldest system of divination in the world. In the pages of the I Ching, we find sixty-four types of changes covering all of life’s transitions and laid out in symbol form as hexagrams and trigrams. 
 
This work explains how to follow a simple system of throwing coins to discern the appropriate symbols, then use the text and commentary and our own intuition to guide us towards certain action or knowledge. It also discusses how to use the ancient Taoist knowledge to promote self-awareness, positive health, and personal happiness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Apr 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781913618292

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I CHING

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First published in 1998 by

New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd

This ebook edition published in 2022 by Inkspire.

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EDITOR: Michèle Brown

DESIGNER: Peter Ward

EDITORIAL DIRECTION: Yvonne McFarlane

This is a gift book. It is not intended to encourage diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, disease or other general problems by the layman. Any application of the recommendations set out in the following pages is at the reader’s discretion and sole risk.

CONTENTS

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Across the Millenia

Yin and Yang

The Eight Trigrams

Reading Hexagrams

Casting with Yarrow

Divining with Coins and Staves

Feng Shui Charms

Appendix One Lines of Thought

Appendix Two Crossing the River

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTE: To benefit from the full depth of meaning of I Ching, the original, full text should be consulted. In this volume, only key words of guidance have been used in abbreviated form. It is impossible to convey all the subtleties of the original.

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ACROSS THE MILLENIA

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That all wisdom can be reduced to 64 simple symbols might appear