I don’t know. His last blog post on his web site is 2015. He is listed as an other on a non-I Ching book in 2017.

Not that I know of.

Good point. There are several historic methods; using yarrow stalks it the oldest method - though the specific method was forgotten and rethought. Casting the I Ching while taking your time to meditate has a long tradition. Yarrow stalks has the benefit of slowing the ritual down.

@@ichingwiki2297 there is that. But I suppose since I already have a regular meditation practice as a part of my life, I approach it from a more utilitarian standpoint. But I could certainly see the benefit of that approach and I think that's one of the things my Aunt and Uncle like about it.

Who's to say how someone got here is important, only that they're here now.

That doesn't matter, they came here, and that's what matters.

If media brings them here so be it. It does not make one of us better than the other. We are all here for the same thing.

Im personally here because I've just become pretty interested in ancient chinas thought and have been reading wilhelms yijing in the original german without any divination

Me too!

Also here for that!

Me too! Actually I have also seen the TV Series, trying to grasp what these sticks were for

See en.wikibooks.org/wiki/I_Ching/The_Ancient_Yarrow_Stalk_Method

Right! dragon is yin (tails)

So that we can see clearer the results in the video

Thank you for your comment. And, I honor your tradition and would encourage you to give the I Ching a try if you haven’t already. It works for me and the people I teach. As one long time sage said during a dialog about the theory of the I Ching - that is what counts - whether it works for the person using it. The result of my studies of the I Ching is that the I Ching has been approached in a number of ways - and works best if one connects with it in a spiritual way. Yes, connecting with the Daoist Deities or sinking into to the Dao itself has worked, and is a long-standing tradition for approaching the I Ching. However it was also used by Confucians who saw it as the first Confucian Classic, and Buddhists, for millennia . It has been used by Christians for a century or so. I wrote a book about what I learned, I Ching of a Thousand Doors. I only claim to share what I have learned so far - these are my thoughts.

Taoism and the I ching are not in any way connected... so your opuon has absolutely no validity here

The short answer is no. People cast the I Ching in any number of ways - the most popular is three coins - I have a video on that as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKLHoIiYjpaGiLM. There are dice etc. Texts from 3000 years ago said that Yarrow stalks were used. The important think, is to meditate on your question and tap into you higher self as best you can before and during the cast.

This show is why I am learning I Ching.

Yes, it inspired me to be interested in I Ching. Eventually it lead to mamy positive changes in my life :)

Possibly inspired by the book Philip K Dick wrote using the I Ching to make plot decisions and where the characters within it were also throwing it. The TV series version of this is rather terrible and relates on a surface level as usual and a plot to keep the series going rather than to tell a story. The book is The Man In The High Castle published in 1962.

You are right!!! - my mistake - Mountain - go some editing to do

Love the power point presentation circa 1982

Unlike what we are used to, the ancient Chinese tradition for drawing a hexagram is to start with the bottom line - which is the first line - and go up.

You are correct. The odds are not the same. With coins the odds are better for changing lines.

Smart fella. Would definately like to know more about this process.

I'm late here but yea I'm learning that it's different but I didn't think/know in the way you're saying, I thought it had more to do with the 'likeliness' of getting changing lines, or maybe both of these. I'm just learning this now though after thinking I know the I Ching extremely well for many years

Thank you

Thank you. I hope your journey with the I Ching is helpful and informative.

You are correct that Pearson in "The Orginal I Ching" shows Heads = 2 and Tails = 3 on page 47 - which I noticed when I got her book. However, every other book I have seen that deals with American Coins does it the other way. Heads = 3 Tails 2 - as do internet sites such as Wikihow. Obviously, I thought it wise to teach the most common method. Two early Engish language books refer only to Chinese coins. Wilhelm's The I Ching book's appendix refers to Chinese coins with the "inscribed side" as "yin" = 2 and the "reverse" "blank" side as "yang" = 3. But, since his book was translated to German in the 1920's and then translated to English in the 1950s it is not clear to me what coins to which he refers. Blofeld's I Ching from 1965 pretty much says the same thing. However, recent books from the 70's-on have Heads 3 and Tails 2 - looking at some random examples from my collection by Kartcher, Alphred Haung, Joseph Yu, Seabrook - they all use the values in the video. Pearson, who attempts to be "precise" in her translation may have translated the "inscribed side" as heads for an American coin = "yin". I just look for Endnotes to see if she had a reference - only a general reference to the Tso Chuan (Zuo zhuan in Pinyin) - the Legge translation which I have not read in full - it is generally a history - but saw no reference to the Coin Method and was probably written well before most scholars say coin method was invented. All that being said, it is your mind-set and the random event that counts - more than exact method. Manipulating Yarrow Stalks is older than coins, and different, and just as valid - you can see this in another of my KZbin video. In my view, the three coin method comes up with the same odds for the four possible lines (broken/unbroken x changing/unchanging) either way - so I would advise you as I advise anyone else I teach - using the method and values that are most comfortable to you

James Olsen wow thank you so much for the detailed reply it’s really going to be helpful as I am just start to use my I Ching. I will definitely check out your videos! Another question- so could you possibly explain the yin and yang concept and to which value they are related? If this is too much don’t worry but if you could elaborate I would greatly appreciate

@@Dmtcadet The Yin-Yang concept has a long history and got associated with the broken and unbroken lines gradually after the I Ching was invented. Here is a video that explains it in relationship to how I use the I Ching: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIjMqJRjrJx3l80.

As to how they are related, the I Ching in its orignal form did NOT associte Yin the a broken line nor Yang with an unbroken line. The values for the changing broken line being six is specified in the original Chinese - the number 6 followed by the line number is how it actaully reads from 2000+ years ago. The same for 9 for an unbroken changing line. The methods for getting the 6, 7, 8, or 9 from 2000+ years ago using Yarrow Stalk manipulation was lost. The question, hexagram, etc is written down in various ancient documents, but not the method - no one thought they had to explain what everyone already knew I suppose. The Coin method was invented sometime after Christ. The Yarrow Stalk method used now was "reinvented" by a leading Confucian Scholar some centuries back, reconstructing it from the Great Treatise. The Chinese today use several other methods as well. My conclusion is that the method is not nearly as important as your mind-set and your relationship with whatever Hexagram you do get - the theory being whatever you do the "fates" or your connection with something greater than yourself will guide your hands.

Thanks.

Sorry for the late reply - been on vacation. There is a long numerology tradition associated with the I Ching and it is best to use a translation or companion book that deals with the tradition. A modern reference is by Alfred Huang, The Numerology of the I Ching.