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How to Use the I Ching: A guide to Working with the Oracle of Change |  | Author: Stephen Karcher
Publisher: Element Books Ltd.
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 415747
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 184
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1862041342
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.33
EAN: 9781862041349
ASIN: 1862041342
Publication Date: January 25, 1998
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Product Description
"I Ching", the ancient Chinese oracle, responds like a wise old friend. Ask it a series of questions with sincerity and it will give you remarkably accurate advice. Approach it flippantly and it will rebuke you. This new condensed and simplified interpretation, based on the time-honored oracle, offers effective guidance to this divination system which has been used for over 2,000 years. Line illustrations & tables Buyer's Choice.
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 amazing February 8, 2010
P. Jelicich (Auckland, New Zealand)
this is book contains some life changing information. have a look at it, you wont regret it.
Two different titles and covers but the SAME text March 14, 2007
yvonne (Brooklyn, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First, you should be aware that this book and THE I CHING PLAIN AND SIMPLE by Stephen Karcher are exactly the same book and so, if you have one, you may not want a second.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE has a very different cover - orange with the I Ching lines.
Second, as soon as I opened it in the store, the language with which it described the hexagrams was obviously so much more accessible than that of other books I have looked at by the same author. If you are new to I Ching as I am, this makes a big difference.
Great January 31, 2007
Jacqueline Springer (Kingsbury, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is clear, concise, simple yet profound. I recommend this book to anyone , regardless of skill level
 A quick-fix pocketbook for rushed people March 28, 2002
Ren Qi-zhen (Wandering)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Karcher has managed to produce an acceptable introduction which stays clear of Wilhelm & Neo-Confucian dribble. Richard John Lynn's translation is more scholarly, but when you're in a quandry or rush Karcher's will do for the moment.
A word of warning, however. When describing the coin toss, Karcher mistakes the head for the tail on the old cash. The inscribed side of the coin should be counted as a yin (2) and the blank reverse of a Chinese coin as yang (3). Ooops.
An Excellent Starting Place July 12, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I disagree with Bothell, WA. This is an excellent starting point for the I Ching.The introduction alone is the best you will probably find among the translations and commentaries out there. One of the keys to a good translation is that it is VERSATILE. A good I Ching allows for multiple interpretations given your question and circumstances. I find that many Western commentaries are too narrow and almost always focus on the spiritual or relationships too much. This version can answer those same questions, of course, but it can be used for any other inquiry you will have. It is what I wish had been my starting point. You will at some point need to get a true translation like Alfred Huang's, but if you are getting started, you need to start here. I would also recommend R. L. Wing's Workbook as an excellent starting point, too. My only complaint is that the cover is horrible. The I Ching is an important and enlightened book. It is meant to be revered. The cover on this one is a publisher's choice I am sure. A simple cover with the Yin/Yang symbol and simply "The I Ching" is all that is required. "How To Use" smacks of that Complete Idiot's Guide mentality. I hope the publishers change this. Other than that, I stand by my statements. This is a very good version.
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