I Ching Handbook : Decision-Making with and Without Divination

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Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2002-09-25
Publisher(s): North Atlantic Books
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Summary

The I Ching Handbookintroduces readers to the ancient Chinese text and instructs them in using it as a tool for strategizing and decision-making. Mondo Secter's innovative approach to interpreting the hexagram meanings is accessible to both beginners and advanced users. The book also explores the process of divination through casting. Black-and-white illustrations and charts are provided.

Author Biography

Mondo Secter is a scholar of Chinese cosmology and philosophy whose works focuses on the application of I Ching principles to modeling culture and organizational cross-cultural (East / West) collaboration. He lives with his spouse, Ari Tomita, in Vancouver, B.C.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
xi
Acknowledgments xiv
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Foreword xvii
Prof. C.Y. (Chung Ying) Cheng
Preface xix
Dr. Martin M. Schonberger
Introduction xxiv
Part One
Describing The I Ching
3(12)
Outline
3(2)
Background
5(3)
What is the I Ching?
8(2)
The Composition of the I Ching
10(2)
How Does the I Ching Work?
12(1)
I Ching as Practice
13(2)
Trigrams Explained
15(18)
Trigram Development --- Yang and Yin
18(2)
The Eight Trigrams
20(4)
The Character of the Eight Trigrams
24(9)
Forming and Comprehending Hexagrams
33(10)
Trigram Relationships
33(1)
Hexagram Image
34(1)
Hexagram Lines as a Field of Energy
35(3)
Line Relationships
38(3)
Time and Timeliness
41(2)
Casting the I Ching
43(13)
The Coin Method-Traditional and New
44(4)
The Yarrow Stalk Method
48(5)
Changing Lines
53(3)
Hexagram Forms
56(14)
Basic Hexagrams
56(1)
Nuclear Hexagrams
57(4)
Evolutionary Hexagrams
61(3)
Transitional Hexagrams
64(5)
Opposite Hexagrams
69(1)
Framing an Inquiry
70(9)
PART TWO
Introduction to the Hexagram Texts
79(15)
Sample Layout and Interpretation
82(2)
Sample Hexagram Layout
84(2)
Hexagrams Listed in Numerical Order
86(2)
Hexagrams Listed in Alphabetical Order
88(4)
Guide to the Hexagram Texts
92(2)
Hexagram Texts
94(64)
Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Without Divination
158(19)
Glossary of Terms and Names 177(1)
Notes 178(2)
Suggested Reading 180(4)
I Ching Hexagram Locating Cards 184

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