Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The I Ching is one of the oldest Chinese texts and the world's oldest oracle. Accumulated from over 2,500 years of diviners, sages and shamans and born out of the oral tradition, the I Ching as we know it today is a collection of texts, imagery and advice, philosophy and poetry, divided into 64 chapters. There are 64 hexagrams, created from a collection of six lines, either broken or solid. In order to "read" from the book, you must cast a hexagram. The traditional method required yarrow sticks but nowadays is based on tossing three coins six times.
The Original I Ching Oracle or Book of Changes was inspired by Carl Gustav Jung's insights into the psyche and researched for more than 60 years through the Eranos Foundation of Switzerland. It presents the oracular core of the I Ching as a psychological tool: the symbols interact with our minds in the same way dream images do.
Synopsis
Containing a fully updated introduction, this is the latest 'state of the art' version of what is commonly referred to as the '
Eranos I Ching', based on over 60 years research it represents the most substantial advance in I Ching scholarship since Richard Wilhelm introduced the oracle to the West in the 1920's.
The Eranus I Ching takes a unique approach to the oracle considering it as an exploration of potential synchronicities, rather than assuming that it can foretell the future. Thus consulting the I Ching is like evoking a dream about a specific situation, and the responsibility for the interpretation rests firmly with consultant.
The Eranos I Ching adopts an innovative translation technique, based on 'core-words' and 'fields of meaning', that allows a Western reader to access the multi-faceted nature of the original Chinese text, rather than being bound to the interpretation of a given translator.
Consulting the oracle involves:
--Asking a question that is emotionally significant for you, the more specific the better.
--Casting a hexagram, by dividing and counting a bunch of yarrow stalks or tossing three coins six times.
--Reading your hexagram, 'rolling the words in your heart', as the Chinese would say.
The Eranos Foundation (www.eranosfoundation.org) is an East-West research center founded in 1933 in Switzerland by an energetic and intuitive Dutch woman, Olga Froebe-Kapteyn (1881-1962), with the help of Carl Gustav Jung, who was involved in the Eranos circle from the outset and was a crucial formative influence throughout.
Synopsis
Often referred to as the Eranos edition, this revised and updated translation offers the most substantial advance in I Ching since Richard Wilhelm introduced the oracle to the West in the 1920s.
The I Ching is one of the oldest Chinese texts and the world's oldest oracle. Accumulated from over 2,500 years of diviners, sages and shamans and born out of the oral tradition, the I Ching as we know it today is a collection of texts, imagery and advice, philosophy and poetry, divided into 64 chapters. There are 64 hexagrams, created from a collection of six lines, either broken or solid. In order to "read" from the book, you must cast a hexagram. The traditional method required yarrow sticks but nowadays is based on tossing three coins six times.
The Original I Ching Oracle or Book of Changes was inspired by Carl Gustav Jung's insights into the psyche and researched for more than 60 years through the Eranos Foundation of Switzerland. It presents the oracular core of the I Ching as a psychological tool: the symbols interact with our minds in the same way dream images do.