This companion to The I Ching Workbook offers an easily accessible yet powerfully enlightening tool that will help readers understand the I Ching's way of knowledge and grasp the principles behind the world's most ancient book. B & W illustrations throughout
This edition of the ancient chinese oracle, "I Ching', was inspired by Jung's insights into the psyche and is the work of more than 60 years of research. It present the oracualr core of the 'I ching' as a psychological tool- the symbols interact wity our minds as dream images do. This new translation gives each Chinese ideogram the corresponding English word ('core word') which becomes a key to identify the ideogram. Each 'core word' is placed in the context of a 'field of meaning' and the reader chooses the images that most closely resonate with his or her situation and the question that is brought to the oracle. For the first time, Western readers can consult the 'I Ching' in its original purity, without the translator's personal interpretations and accumulated layers of philosophical commentary.
The I Ching is an oracle. Its answers change the way you see things. Your anxieties, fears and desires emerge to be recognised and resolved, and hidden transformative energies are released. Developed as an essential wisdom system over 3000 years ago in China, the I Ching was originally reserved for the use of rulers but later its help became available to individuals in troubled times like our own. Inspired by C.G. Jung's insights into the psyche, and researched for more than 50 years through the aid of the Eranos Foundation of Switzerland, this edition is much more than another new translation. it presents the oracular core of the I Ching as a psychological tool, a way of connecting with the creative imagination that underlies all philosophies and systems. We need this book most when we stand at a crossroads of the soul, failed by rational thinking and with insufficient facts to guide us. In these situations it gives voice to a spirit concerned with how we can best live as individuals in contact with both inner and outer worlds. The transforming power is achieved by focusing on the book as an oracle, a method developed over many years by the translation o team to preserve the original wealth of the imagery. the result is a network of meaning that, when accessed correctly, provides insight into the hidden forces behind the very situation which prompted you question. The oracular symbols interact with our minds the way dreams images do. This is the language of the I Ching . It is an active sourcebook for the care of the soul.
Mit dieser Übersetzung liegt nun zum ersten Mal der ursprüngliche und unverfälschte Text dieses jahrtausendealten Orakelbuchs vor. Denn alle bis heute verfügbaren Übersetzungen des Yi Jing (I Ging) bieten nur eine Auswahl bzw. Interpretation des Gesamttextes, die einer bestimmten geistigen Strömung Chinas entspricht.