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« on: October 23, 2002, 10:51:31 PM »
Hi Onyx Treasure, you are correct that the I Ching is traditionally understood as a divinatory system. The Eight Trigrams, whose origins are lost in the mists of antiquity (to coin a phrase!), were combined to create 64 hexagrams. Each of the hexagrams has a name and an image associated with it, and each of the 6 lines within each hexagram has a subtle divinatory significance. Like the Tarot, the I Ching can also be viewed as a sort of map for personal spiritual development. Interestingly, a text entitled the Great Preface, which found its way into the body of material attached to the hexagrams, describes the 64 images in language that basically states that they contain all the processes of time and space, creation and destruction, within them. Therefore, it is just barely conceivable that a magickal practicioner in mediaeval China could have used them in a manner similar to that employed by Barnabas Collins in 1969 on Dark Shadows.
Oh RP you know I adore Magda and her "Geeepsee carrrds ... older than thee Tarot!" But if you think Magda and Sandor are bad, try watching an episode of F Troop. It's amazing the network wasn't sued by a Native American anti-discrimination group. Really appalling stuff.
Gothick