posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:51 PM
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Wandering Sages
The Eight Houses method of consulting Yi.
Harmen Mesker has generously allowed us to host this article. It can be downloaded from here.
He takes us on an investigative journey, first exploring who Jing Fang was and what happened to him before going on to explain the techniques which he developed.
He offers us a glimpse into the Han dynasty court which appears to have been treacherous for the unwary or for those who made mistakes. Equally interesting are his comments on the Chinese concepts of Po and Shen, the earth bound soul and the heaven oriented spirit which together were seen as making up our spiritual identity.
I was particularly taken by the idea of the ‘Self Line’ (Shi Yao) and the ‘Other Line’ (Ying Yao) and shall be looking at my readings to see what light these shed upon them.
Harmen carefully assembles the shards of this approach with diagrams and tables to enable the reader to explore further. This is great research and it is definitely worth a read.
Harmens website can be found here.