The Oracle and the War Against Fate
Overview The Unity of all things dwells in an undifferentiated state of living potential. Neither awake nor asleep nor dreaming, it is the shining awareness everywhere present, the fount of time and...
View ArticleReading the Map of Fate
What my teachers have taught me has been born out by my 40-some years of study: the I Ching is a system of 64 living symbols that perennially outgrows whatever interpretation as been affixed to it....
View ArticleThe Yin and Yang of the Culture War
Those who want war are instruments of ill omen. —Tao Te Ching, trans. Thomas Cleary I went to the Cirque du Soleil’s “Love” performance of The Beatles’ music last week and was struck by the sheer fun...
View Article2012 Spring Equinox Oracle
The rains have returned to the Pacific Northwest, the morning mists float above the town below. The dense air dampens sound—and light. They are gray sounds that climb the hill to my little hermitage,...
View ArticleSummer Solstice 2012 Oracle
I am in Ithaca, New York, analyzing the Oracle’s answer to the charge I placed before it several hours ago. It is the evening of the Summer Solstice, 2012, and the Mayan Calendar will turn over for...
View ArticleThe Mandate of Heaven II
The Toltec I Ching is the first completely new version of the I Ching in modern times. Such was not my intention when I stepped onto this path some 45 years ago. As dedicated to the classic King Wen...
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