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I Ching

  • The Beatles and the I Ching

    While I was preparing the turkey yesterday morning for our Thanksgiving feast, I was listening to the radio and caught a good portion of “The White Album Listening Party,” commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the Beatles’ White Album.  They played… Continue reading

  • Tuesday I Ching Blogging: The Economic Crisis – It’s going to be bad….

    It's been a while since I last consulted the oracle.  With all the turmoil in stock and credit markets the time is now right.  I asked: how bad will the economic crisis be?  And the I Ching answered that it… Continue reading

  • I Ching Wordle

          Here is a Wordle for the I Ching.  It draws on only the Image and Judgment and Line Statement portions of the Wilhelm text, but it gives us something to compare to the Analects and Tao Te Ching.  Continue reading

  • Yankees I Ching Blogging: The Prospects for this Year

             The previous post reminds me of how I have gotten away from I Ching blogging.  So, let's rectify that right now with a question: how will the New York Yankees fare this season?      The oracle came back… Continue reading

  • Remember the Power of the I Ching in Presidential Politics

             We are on the cusp of the end of the nomination process for the Democratic Party candidate for President. It looks all but certain that Obama will have a majority of all delegates today or tomorrow (depending upon… Continue reading

  • Hillary’s Woes – Looking back on an I Ching Reading

        Last year, just about his time, I asked the I Ching how Hillary Clinton should handle her political future.  The prophecy that came back suggested that she should not run for president.  I have been thinking about that… Continue reading

  • Friday I Ching Blogging – Who Will Win The Super Bowl

        I had to do it.  After my Sun Tzu analysis of what the New York Giants need to do to win the Super Bowl, I just had to ask the I Ching who will actually win.  I am,… Continue reading

  • Military Yin Yang

           Today we went to the National Defense University here in Taiwan to learn from the military men there.  It was a brand new campus, quite impressive.  We walked through a large and bright building and into a… Continue reading

  • The I Ching Does It Again

        The holiday season has been busy here – that’s why blogging has faded a bit.  And it’s the time of year for looking back over the past twelve months. So, let me reminisce-blog a bit.     Exactly… Continue reading

  • The South Korean Flag

         Last week The Western Confucian posted a picture of the South Korean flag.  He linked to an article he wrote which explicated the Taoist implications of that flag, and which called upon Koreans to "turn back to Tao." … Continue reading