The Magician's I Ching

2014-11-30
The Magician's I Ching

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  • Author: Swami Anand Nisarg
  • Publisher: Karnac Books
  • ISBN: 1904658652
  • Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

'The Magician's I Ching' has been written to address two goals: first, to serve as a “practical” I Ching, organized in such a way as to be easily used by those interested in the I Ching's actual use as divination. Second, to have a particular emphasis on its use for the modern western magical practitioner; this emphasis is framed in such a way as to not be restrictive to the book's utility. The book is at once accessible and of interest to beginners, to those whose interest in the I Ching primarily relates to its connection to Magick, and to advanced students of the I Ching who are not specifically magical practitioners. Included in the book is a new interpretation of the complete core text of the I Ching, organized in the traditional “King Wen” sequence, with the original text adapted to a straightforward language and English terminology oriented toward facilitating the practical user. The chapters of the core text include western elemental descriptions, Confucian Commentaries distilled to their essence and expressed in plain language, and instructions on how the hexagram relates to the “Great Work” (of esoteric self-transformation). Beyond the core text, there is also significant material for the advanced practitioner: secret techniques of I Ching work, the significance of opposition, nuclear hexagrams, the mathematics of the I Ching, and the importance of line positions. There is information on the history of the I Ching and philosophical concepts in I Ching history that are rarely mentioned in western books on the subject. Also featured are entirely new methods of casting the I Ching, as well as the historical “Plum Blossom” numerological method (the I Ching “horoscope” of dates and times). Western esoteric practitioners will also find particular use in advanced material on the relationships between the I Ching and the western concepts of the elements, the I Ching and the western Qabalah, historical notes on Aleister Crowley's relationship with the I Ching, and an appendix with practical instructions on how to integrate the I Ching into one's daily magical/mystical practice.

The Magician's I Ching

2015-03-25
The Magician's I Ching

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  • Author: Swami Anand Nisarg
  • Publisher: Aeon Books
  • ISBN: 1904658679
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 241

The Magician's I Ching is a complete workbook for I Ching study, written in a serious but approachable style, for use from the beginner to the very advanced level, and for anyone who is interested in understanding the I Ching in both Theory and Practice. It includes: The complete core Zhou Yi text of the I Ching, in a new version designed for understanding the I Ching's teachings from the viewpoint of the western esoteric tradition, with commentary and a glossary of common terms and symbols of the I Ching. A format intended to be used as a practical divination tool, with easy-to-understand guidance for using the book as a raw beginner, intermediate, or advanced student. An overview of various methods of casting the I Ching, including a brand new method (the Four Staves method) that matches the probabilities of the traditional system while being easier to quickly apply, for the magician-on-the-go. An explanation of the secrets of how the I Ching understands reality and Time. The revelation of how I Ching is more than just a divination tool, but also works as a system of self-transformation; a handbook for performing the Great Work of embodying the Superior Individual. Study guidelines for how to integrate the I Ching into your spiritual or magical practices. Explanations of how the I Ching relates to western esoteric systems like the Qabalah, the western elemental system, and astrology. An overview of the history of the I Ching from Fu Xi to Aleister Crowley. A complete presentation of Shao Yung's "Plum Blossom" system of I Ching numerology, including how to generate an I Ching natal chart.The Magician's I Ching is an invaluable resource to any serious student, providing material for years of practical use.

The Magical I Ching

2000
The Magical I Ching

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  • Author: J. H. Brennan
  • Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
  • ISBN: 9781567180879
  • Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 268

It's one of the oldest books on Earth, and it has a message for you. The I Ching is a mystical collection of ancient wisdom, generally explained as a simple look-up-the-answer method of fortune telling. Now, J.H. Brennan reveals to Western practitioners the magical spiritual techniques behind this most ancient oracle, in The Magical I Ching. This is a unique, exciting, and easy-to-use version of the ancient oracle. Using the information in The Magical I Ching, you will be able to contact the spirit sage waiting to tell you the inner meaning of any of the six-line symbols you bring forth (the hexagrams) and how that meaning can change your life. The Magical I Ching explains the history of the I Ching and how to develop the symbols by using several different methods, including using six sticks or wands, sixty-four wands, eight coins, or the popular three-coin technique. The book analyzes each of the possible sixty-four hexagrams that form the basis of the oracle, in clear, modern language anyone can understand. That is just the beginning. The I Ching has survived for so long because of its spirituality. You'll learn how to use the book to enter astral doorways to mystic realms of reality. It will allow you to create a new framework for operations of real magic. You'll probe the deepest mysteries of Eastern esoteric thought. It even shows you ways to put your life on a new and better course. After 5,000 years, the I Ching remains one of the most popular sources of spiritual wisdom in the world. If it puzzled you in the past, you'll be able to understand it at the deepest level possible when you read The Magical I Ching.

Magick, Shamanism & Taoism

2001
Magick, Shamanism & Taoism

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  • Author: Richard Herne
  • Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
  • ISBN: 9781567182071
  • Category : Taoism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Delve into the Magickal Side of I Ching Divination The Book of Changes (I Ching) is more than just an oracle--it is also an incredibly powerful tool for theoretical and practical magick and meditation. With this book, the magician can learn to use the primal elemental forces of the universe as they are revealed in the ancient Hexagrams. For the first time in a study of esoteric practices, Magick, Shamanism & Taoism provides the regular Chinese word-characters for the Hexagrams as well as representations of their archaic antecedents, based on the earliest known examples of Chinese calligraphy. This opens up the potential for creating interesting and authentic variants for talismanic magick. The I Ching is comparable to the well-known Qabalistic Tree of Life. Like the Qabalah, it comprises a "cosmic map" that seeks to define categories for all the possible permutations of elements and circumstances existing in the universal cycle of creation and destruction. Those familiar with the Qabalah will find this to be a perfect complementary system of universal symbols. This book is primarily concerned with the Book of Changes and its links to Taoism, the magickal practices of the Chinese Wu, and related schools of thought. My ambition has been to open up the I Ching so that it can be approached on several levels, all of which are important aspects of the overall whole. Whereas most books on the I Ching focus on the system's oracles as a means to divination, my work builds on that important base to include the potential for magickal rites and meditations, blending traditional ideas with contemporary experimentation. In this way, it allows for a greater personal appreciation and assimilation of the primal elemental forces that underpin the Trigrams and Hexagrams. In doing so, it not only describes the basic tools appropriate for Chinese-style magick, but also explains the symbolism and esoteric theory behind their use. Parallels that I have drawn between Taoism and other worldviews such as shamanism, Ninjutsu, Shinto, Thelema, and Tantra help to broaden and explain fundamental occult concepts. Hexagram correspondences bring together interpretations of the figures with related symbols, gods, ritual instruments, and appropriate magickal workings in a way never before attempted in a work on the I Ching. -Richard Herne

The Magician's Companion

1993
The Magician's Companion

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  • Author: Bill Whitcomb
  • Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
  • ISBN: 9780875428680
  • Category : Magic
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 626

This "desk reference" is overflowing with a wide range of occult and esoteric materials on Eastern and Western magical systems. Over thirty-five magical models are compared and discussed. Begins with an introduction to magic, including a program of study so you can use any of the ninety-one systems described. Reveals the secrets of alchemy, magical alphabets, the chakras, the Tree of Life, astrology, and much more. It makes the ancient magical systems accessible, understandable and useful to modern magicians.

The I Ching or Book of Changes

2011-01-02
The I Ching or Book of Changes

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  • Author:
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN: 1400837081
  • Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 735

The bestselling English translation of the ancient classic of Chinese divination that has inspired millions with its timeless insights into the changing nature of all existence The I Ching, or Book of Changes, has exerted a living influence in China for thousands of years. Today, it continues to enrich the lives of readers around the world. First set down in the dawn of history as a book of oracles, it grew into a book of wisdom with the inclusion of commentaries on its oracular pronouncements, eventually becoming one of the Five Classics of Confucianism and providing a common source for both Confucianist and Taoist philosophy. This edition of the I Ching is the most authoritative and complete translation available, preserving the spirit of the ancient text while providing a vital key for anyone who seeks to live harmoniously with the immutable law of change. The book presents the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching along with their texts and interpretations in a format especially designed for easy reference. Unlike many editions of the I Ching, it also features the Ten Wings, supplemental writings traditionally ascribed to Confucius that provide indispensable insights into the symbolic structure of the hexagrams and their place in a cosmology where change is the only constant. With an illuminating foreword by C. G. Jung and an informative introduction by Richard Wilhelm, this beautiful edition of the I Ching shares the essence of wisdom and a true understanding of life.

The Buddhist I Ching

2001-06-12
The Buddhist I Ching

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  • Author: Chih-hsu Ou-i
  • Publisher: Shambhala Publications
  • ISBN: 0877734089
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 266

For centuries the I Ching has been used as a basic map of conscious development, containing the underlying principles of all religions, and highly prized by followers of Buddhism. Chih-hsu Ou-i uses the concepts of Tianti Buddhism to elucidate the I Ching —concentration and insight, calmness and wisdom, and various levels of realization. Skillfully translated by Thomas Cleary, this work presents the complete text of the I Ching plus the only Buddhist interpretation of the oracle.

The Magicians

2007-04
The Magicians

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  • Author: Gini Graham Scott
  • Publisher: iUniverse
  • ISBN: 0595433626
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

The Magicians describes the experiences of the author, a sociologist-anthropologist, who spent six months as a participant observer in a black magic group. In the book, this California-based national secret magical and religious group is called the "Church of Hu", though it has become nationally known as the Temple of Set. Members of the group, mostly from the well-educated middle class, consider themselves an elect and seek to develop themselves magically to achieve power. The Magicians looks at the group's beliefs, attitudes, and values, and shows how its focus on power and magic affects the members in everyday life. The book also discusses the dynamics involved in the search for power and considers the danger to society of groups using black magic to achieve power.

Researches on the I CHING

2017-03-14
Researches on the I CHING

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  • Author: Iulian Konstantinovich Shchutskii
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN: 1400886546
  • Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 324

A noted Russian sinologue, Iulian Shchutskii tried to find out how the I China was put together and what the terms meant when they were written. Accordingly, he goes back to the original text, studies the structure of its language, and examines its concepts in terms of its own images and ideas rather than through the preconceived constructs with which most Western scholars approach the book. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Yin-Yang Code

2009-01
Yin-Yang Code

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  • Author: Ning Lu
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781440119453
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 308

I-Ching ( ), a.k.a. The Book of Change, a Chinese literary classic, is one of the oldest books known as talking magically about fortune from drawing lines so called Yang and Yin. A great number of books about I-Ching have been published in many languages, mostly in Chinese, and significantly in English, and always confined by the original I-Ching's literal interpretation treated this book more like a rare relic than a scientific treatise and wrapped with immense archaeological studies on both detailed historic chronicles and meticulous original textual understanding. As result, foremost logic elegance of I-Ching is hardly touched and never explored. This book, for the first time, will introduce you from a brand new angle by revealing I-Ching as a beautiful mathematical model followed by simple and elegant logic deductions, like a book showing the secrets of magic tricks performed by magicians.