Why Study the I Ching?: A Brief Course in the Direct Seeing of Reality (Researches on the Toltec I Ching) - Softcover

Horden, William Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154320967X ISBN 13: 9781543209679

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

This book takes up the matter of the underlying reality, how to perceive it and how to participate in it authentically. It does so in the context of the I Ching’s symbology, particularly its eight trigrams. From this, the reader may safely assume that this is not a beginner’s book—however, the Introduction does carry readers all the way through the introductory philosophical and symbolic material of the I Ching, so the inspired beginner might feel equipped to track unfamiliar terrain. Those familiar with the I Ching may benefit from the Introduction as well, since my terminology and perspective may differ from the received version to which they are accustomed.

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About the Author

William Douglas Horden has researched the I Ching for more than 45 years. He studied under Master Khigh Alx Dhiegh, who initiated him into the Sudden Enlightenment School in 1972. He subsequently lived among the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) peoples of the Barranca del Cobre and was intitiated into their shamanic practices in 1980. He is the author of more than a dozen books about the I Ching, divination, and enlightenment practices. He is best known as the co-author (with Martha Ramirez-Oropeza) of The Toltec I Ching. He currently lives half the year in Ithaca, New York, and half the year in Mexico. He is married to his wife of 45 years, Leonor. They have a daughter and two grandsons living in Veracruz.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 154320967X
• ISBN 13: 9781543209679
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 80