Toltec I Ching

The Toltec I Ching replaces patriarchal/aristocratic biases of previous I Chings with accessible, inspiring words and striking images, to evoke the harmony/complementarity of masculine and feminine energies our be-wildering times demand. Distilling and updating deep lessons of ancient China and pre-Hispanic MesoAmerica for uplifting guidance in modern life-situations, it is for readers of Toltec wisdom books (e.g., The Four Agreements), budding spirit warriors (e.g., Dan Millman Peaceful Warrior readers), I Ching users, and people seeking hope-filled counsel worldwide. Each hexagram is introduced with a powerful, full-color indigenous image.

"Teaching the I Ching (Pinyin Yijing) is a comprehensive and authoritative source for attaining an understanding of 3,000 year old Book of Changes, arguably the most influential Chinese classical text. It provides up-to-date coverage of key aspects, including bronze age origins, references to women, excavated manuscripts, the canonical commentaries, cosmology, and the Yijing in modern China and the West"--

The I Ching has influenced thinkers and artists throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. This new, accessible translation of the entire early text brings to life the hidden meanings and importance of China's oldest classical texts. Complemented throughout by insightful commentaries, the I Ching: A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text simplifies the unique system of hexagrams lying at the centre of the text and introduces the cultural significance of key themes including yin and yang, gender and ethics. As well as depicting all possible ethical situations, this new translation shows how the hexagram figures can represent social relationships and how the order of lines can be seen as a natural metaphor for higher or lower social rank. Introduced by Hon Tze-Ki, an esteemed scholar of the text, this up-to-date translation uncovers and explains both the philosophical and political interpretations of the text. For a better understanding of the philosophical and cosmological underpinning the history of Chinese philosophy, the I Ching is an invaluable starting point.

The Toltec Oracle is an in-depth study of the philosophy and spirituality of the ancient Toltecs of Mexico, based on their original codices and with a practical approach aimed at personal growth. More than a divination book, THE TOLTEC ORACLE is a mirror of the soul that allows us to explore the crossroads of life under the light of the most powerful concepts of Toltec spirituality. It can be studied as a textbook or consulted as an oracle to ask questions. It includes hundreds of exercises to apply in daily life the richness and depth of the ancestral wisdom of the mother culture of Mesoamerica. It is meant to be sued both as a self-help book and as an inspirational reading for those interested in the philosophy and knowledge of the ancient Toltec and Maya cultures.

This second volume of Researches On The Toltec I Ching reinterprets significant portions of the Ten Wings classic commentary on the I Ching in light of the transcultural approach of The Toltec I Ching. Specifically, it renders the sections known as Discussion of the Trigrams and the Great Treatise into terms consistent with the mystical-rational methodology of The Toltec I Ching. In doing so, it follows the structure laid out in Book II: The Material as presented in the Wilhelm/Baynes translation of The Book of Changes. The Oracle communicates by the law of meaningful coincidence, using the apparently random tossing of coins to build up the hexagrams line-by-line. This ages-old method of consulting the Oracle is known as The Forest Of Fire Pearls. Volume I of this series is "I Ching Mathematics: The Science of Change" Volume III of this series is "The Forest of Fire Pearls Oracle: The Medicine Warrior I Ching"

Restructures the order of the I Ching hexagrams according to the Xiantian bagua, or Earlier Heaven trigram, arrangement and provides written commentaries for the hexagrams. The resultant order runs from Creation-to-Completion and is interpreted as the primary model of perception of inner and outer reality. This is Volume Nine in the series, Researches on the Toltec I Ching, and follows that progression of investigations into the psycho-spiritual realm of intending and manifesting change. In that regard, it is not specifically a divinatory text, although it can be used in conjunction with other texts more directly consulting the Oracle.The hexagram interpretations are based on traditional animistic views of spirit-in-nature, such as Taoism, and amplified by esoteric Sufi perspectives, exemplified by the work of Henry Corbin on the Imaginal realm. This work concentrates on symbolic perception and interpretation, particularly as images are used as foci of intentions that affect the world of manifestation. The line changes are interpreted here as specific intentions within the soul realm of the Imaginal worthy of emanating into the manifestation realm.

This third volume of Researches On The Toltec I Ching is atavistic in that it reverts to the more primitive form of the original divinatory text, which consisted of mantic, or oracular, formulas with little or no commentary attached. In that vein, the oldest layers of the Book Of Changes furthered the oral tradition, making use of mnemonic aphorisms whose poetic-symbolic nature invoked the Oracle's message within the mind of the diviner. The title of this volume, The Forest Of Fire Pearls Oracle, comes from the ancient Chinese name for the traditional coin oracle method of consulting the I Ching. The present volume can be consulted as a standalone divinatory text. It is, however, designed to be used in conjunction with The Toltec I Ching-as an adjunct to the material in that book, the present mantic formulas expand the range of interpretations open to the diviner. There are, beyond that, other features of this volume that recommend its study alongside The Toltec I Ching. First, it places The Toltec I Ching hexagrams within the context of the older King Wen version. This it does by comparing both the individual hexagrams from each version, as well as the overall sequence of hexagrams from each version. And, second, it provides mantic formulas for the unchanging lines in each hexagram. This is especially useful in analyzing a divination closely, since it is seldom the case that all six lines change in a reading. The Line Changes for a reading can, of course, be found in The Toltec I Ching hexagram texts, while the present volume provides a glimpse into the inertial, or unchanging, issues of the situation represented by the hexagram. Volume I of this series is "I Ching Mathematics: The Science of Change" Volume II of this series is "The Image and Number Treatise: The Oracle and the War on Fate"

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