To: alt.magick
From: PAL
Subj: I Ching (0000.iching-.pal)
Date: unknown

Note that both Lao-tse and Kung-tse based their cosmologies on the I-Ching
as well as the buddhist Patriarchs' teaching who combined Taoism and
Mahayana into Ch'an(Zen). So if you have a previous training in any of those
disciplines (*not* simply read about it) it will help you to understand,
but be aware that Knug-tse stated explicitly that a man is not able to
begin to learn how to understand the I-Ching before being 40 years old,
because before that age people have not lived enough to see change in action
in the world.
 
Finally, do not waste your time reading Legge's translation unless you are
simply interested in the scholar aspects of classical chinese culture.
Real magick has no rituals nor fanciness. The I-Ching *is* a source of
real power if you understand what I mean. Never despise it. It can be
your master if you allow it to talk to you but it will certainly despise you
if you are foolish enough to not listen to it.
 
PAL

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