The ultimate workbook for I Ching Study, including the complete the complete core Zhou Yi text.
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Preface
The Unfolding of the Changes
Note I: If You Are An Absolute Beginner at I Ching
Note II: If You Are A Western Magician
Introduction
Chapter One: The Esoteric Foundations of the I Ching
Tao, Yin, and Yang
The Trigrams
The I Ching, Taoism, and Confucian Thought (or True Will and the Great Work
Transformation Through Symbols (Taoist Study of Nature)
Fu Xi
Confucius: Seeking the Superior Individual (Philosophy of the Will)
Shao Yung
Zhang Shi, Zhu Xi, and the Law of Change
The Map of Time
The I Ching is Not About You
Chapter Two: How to Use the I Ching
I Ching Reading Methods
Method I: The Four Stave Method
Method II: The Three Coin Method
Method III: The Six Coin Method
Method IV: The Intuitive Methods
A Note On Probabilities
How to Read the Hexagrams
A Guide to Common Phrases and Words in I Ching Hexagrams
Reference Table for the Hexagrams
General Notes on Interpreting A Reading
Rule 0: Look At What is Being Said, Don't Look For What You Want to Hear
A Case Study on the SubjectThe Fall of the Shang
Further Guidelines
Chapter Three: The Text of the I Ching
Outline
A Note on Notes
The Core Text of the I Ching
Chapter Four: Advanced I Ching Studies
Permutations of the Hexagrams
Overturned Hexagrams and Opposite Hexagrams
Nuclear Hexagrams
Reversed Hexagrams
Directional Theories of the I Ching
Correspondences
I Ching Trigrams and Magical Elements
The Trigrams and Court Cards of the Tarot
The Double Element and Big Element Hexagrams
Planetary Correspondences
The I Ching and the Qabalistic Tree of Life
Yi-Fa as a Magical Word and Current
Chapter Five: The Shao Yung Plum Blossom Method of I Ching Numerology
Fate Trigram
Summary of the Plum Blossom Method Standard Procedure
Appendix I: Setting up a Daily I Ching Practice
Appendix II: Aleister Crowley and the I Ching
Appendix III: References