I Ching: Oracle of the Cosmic Way
Author(s): Carol K. Anthony
This new I Ching differs from other versions of the ancient text in that it reveals the underlying Cosmic Principles of Harmony that are contained in each hexagram. Thus, the reader is able to clearly understand the causes of the good fortune or misfortune mentioned in the oracle text; he is then able, through the oracles counsel, to quickly correct his part in any adverse situation. As he brings his thoughts and attitudes into harmony with the Cosmos, he experiences that the Cosmos is entirely beneficent, and ready to aid him in all that he does. This I Ching was written under the guidance of the Sage, the voice that speaks through the I Ching oracle. Once freed to speak for itself, the Sage wanted to expand beyond all previous commentaries. The consequence was that the whole I Ching became integrated around several main themes, the principle one being that the Cosmos achieves its duration through its Principles of Harmony. Moreover, the chief Cosmic energy (called chi by the Chinese) is love. The oracle sayings themselves, with few exceptions, remained as written in the Richard Wilhelm translation from the Chinese. The purpose of consulting the oracle is to inquire, before an undertaking, whether we are in accord with these Cosmic Principles of Harmony, in regard to the situation at hand. When our view of the situation, or attitude about it meets with the words 'success,' or 'good fortune,' we are being assured that we will be supported by the invisible helping forces of the Cosmos. When our attitude is not in harmony, the oracle predicts 'misfortune,' meaning that these helping forces will not support what we do. The answers of the oracle are not to be taken as fortune-telling, but as reflecting the Cosmic consequences of an attitude that is not in harmony; in effect, all things not in harmony with these principles are bound to fail. All counsel given by the I Ching is directed toward helping us return to harmony with the Cosmos. In the light of these principles we will be able to recognize particular mistaken ideas that are the cause of the misfortune. This book is the first I Ching oracle that shows how to deprogram the obstructing ideas, and thus enable us to reunite with the Cosmic Harmony. Also presented in this book is an innovative method of communicating directly with the Sage that speaks through the I Ching. This method allows us to clarify its message to the point where we have reached an adequate understanding. Regularly consulting the I Ching in this way leads to clarifying insights into our life's purpose, and to a pronounced increase in our creativity. It was through this method, in combination with meditations and dreams, that the Sage gave the authors the completely new perspective on the nature of the Cosmos, human nature, and the place of humans within the Cosmic Whole described here. Rather than presenting us with fixed answers to every problem, this I Ching allows the Sage to show us the path by which we can return to harmony, and thereby achieve success that endures.
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Carol K. Anthony majored in creative writing at Ward Belmont College and the University of Iowa (1950), but did not find "her medium" until a friend brought her the I Ching in 1971, during a mid-life crisis. It was seven years later, when she realized that the notes she was keeping each time she experienced an "Aha, (to something the I Ching was trying to get her to understand) would become her first book on that subject " the popular "A Guide to the I Ching." Ms. Anthony has been sharing her ever new "Aha!s" ever since in one well-received book after another: four by herself up until 1994, and three more in her collaborations with Hanna Moog, an expert publisher's editor on the I Ching in Germany. Hanna Moog is an internationally known author and co-author of books on the I Ching. She came to the I Ching thirty years ago during a midlife crisis, and has made it her most trusted companion ever since. She was for some years an editor, translator, and author of books on the I Ching for Eugen Diederichs Verlag, the German publishing company that first published the classic translation of the I Ching by Richard Wilhelm. In 1998, new doors to her understanding of the I Ching opened up, when she joined forces with Carol K. Anthony in the United States. By that time Carol K. Anthony was a well-established author of books on the subject. Their different cultural backgrounds offered the perfect opportunity for expanding their understanding of this ancient Chinese oracle system. Shortly after she arrived, a healing experience occurred to Hanna with the help of the I Ching. This blew away some of the traditional assumptions written into the I Ching over centuries by the Confucian school. The experience showed her and Carol that the I Ching was not about changes, as its traditional title implies (Book of Changes) but about transformations. This experience revealed a deeper layer of the oracle text than had been previously understood. It showed that the causes of what the I Ching refers to as misfortune lie in our use of language that is not in harmony with the Cosmos. They found that by removing the mistaken ideas or beliefs through a particular method of deprogramming, the misfortune can be brought to an end. With this approach, they also found that many health problems can be successfully resolved. Hanna Moog and Carol K. Anthony jointly give seminars on the practical applications of the I Ching for psychological and physical self-healing both in the United States and Germany.
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- : Anthony Publishing Co. ,U.S.
- : Anthony Publishing Co. ,U.S.
- : 31 October 2002
- : 216mm X 140mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Carol K. Anthony
- : Paperback
- : 608
