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I have tried to group these sites by their content and services. Some sites really need a number of entries. Rather than be overly repetitive I have indicated this in my brief annotations - Kevin.
Communities
Online Clarity - Hilary Barrett
An outstanding I Ching hub: A friendly I Ching community with a number of areas including articles, a members discussion area, help from the community with your readings and a free beginners course. Hilary also offers a reading service and courses. (See courses below).
There is a new members area, 'Change Circle', which is subscription only, but very affordable. "You get access to the private Reading Circle forum, members’ blogs, and the member-written WikiWing of Yijing commentary and insights." I recommend a trial of this area.
www.onlineclarity.co.uk
Midaughters I Ching - Mary Halpin
A forum which covers a broad area centred on Daoism, Yijing, and spirituality, strong on spiritual content with a great variety of posts. Worth a visit, it definitely has its moments. It also has a large archive of I Ching related articles.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Midaughter
I Ching Online
An emerging forum. With a simple I Ching online casting engine using Wilhelm Baynes translation without the commentary. Also a useful hexagram lookup page (Wilhelm Baynes translation without commentary).
http://flytrapinteractive.com/~complimentary/iching/
Translations and Commentaries
Hermetica.Info - Bradford Hatcher
Bradford’s excellent I Ching translation and commentary are posted here, free to download. In addition there are a number of articles which include I Ching history, humour and the ‘dimensions’ or components of the I Ching matrix. His ‘Matrix Translation’ is an attempt, to get beyond the 'one English word for each Chinese character' limitation which plagues most I Ching translations.
www.hermetica.info/
Book of Sun and Moon – LiSe Heyboer
LiSe’s website is based on the earliest ‘Oracle bone’ glyphs. She has translated these herself and honed them with many years of use. She has also posted a number of thought provoking papers which are the result of her research.
www.yijing.nl
Wondering and Wandering – Jane Schorre and Carrin Dunne
This book is in two parts. The first is an I Ching. It gives the Hexagram number, the hexagram and glyph with the english words which its name represents. Attached to this are quotes from Laozi and Zhuangzi which the author found relevant to that hexagram. It makes a nice meditative whole. I found this to be a refreshing approach.The second part of the book puts forward some very good observations about the structure of the I Ching. These look at the nature of different groups of hexagrams. An essential read. The whole book is online here - Support the authors - buy it if you like it.
www.artsofchina.org/
Ordanarium – Dan Stackhouse
An original take on the I Ching based on Dan's insights and an etymology of the old characters. Also found here is his 'Mandala' method of doing readings and some tips on divining with the I Ching.
http://ordinarium.com
Wilhelm Baynes I Ching – Akira Rabelais
An ever handy copy of the Wilhelm Baynes I Ching, book one with commentary.
http://www.akirarabelais.com
Sites with Interesting Material
I Ching – Scott Davis
Writings by an excellent author and one time contributor to ‘The Oracle Papers.’ There is good material here on the King Wen sequence as an ideal model of life’s stages.
http://www.miyazaki-mic.ac.jp/faculty/sdavis/
Chinese Studies - Maria Khayutina
Offers a number of interesting articles, including one on ‘Ancestral Rituals Evolution in Ancient China’. These are academic papers which are helpful to those who want to delve deeper into the I Ching’s roots and the cultural foundations from which it grew.
http://www.sinits.com/research/
Yijing Dao - Steve Marshall
An introduction to the I Ching, some interesting web links and a full copy of the Harvard Yenching Zhouyi in Pinyin. The site is mainly given over to Steve’s book reviews which, though thorough, seem to take delight in their harshness. He is the author of the "Mandate of Heaven," an 'essential read' from which I gained a great deal.
http://www.yijing.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm
Oracle Bone and Translation - David N. Keightley
This page has a picture of an Oracle bone and a translation of the writing on it. Really worth a look. It is important to remember that this scapulamancy and the use of freshwater turtle shells (often referred to as Tortoise Shells) were not I Ching divination. They were another form of divination, which may have been related.
http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor/translation.html
Yijing Poetics - Dennis Mair
Dennis is a poet whose writings are a pleasure to read. His site has articles on a number of topics including The King Wen Sequence, Trigram Qualities, the Bagua; Yin and Yang and more. A thoughtful and creative site.
http://www.yijingpoetics.net
Bradford’s I Ching translation and commentary is posted here, free to download. In addition there are a number of articles which include I Ching history, humour and the ‘dimensions’ or components of the Yijing matrix. His ‘Matrix Translation’ is an attempt, to get beyond the 'one English word for each Chinese character' limitation which plagues most Yijing translations.
http://www.hermetica.info/
The T’ai Chi and the Cycle of Chinese Months - Mark Shackelford
An article showing how the Taiji Tu or T'ai Chi (Yin Yang) symbol is perhaps based on the Tidal Gua or hexagrams.
http://www.fengshui-magazine.com/Trigrams.htm
The relationship between the Early Heaven and Later Heaven diagrams - Tracy Valleau
An ingenious discovery!
http://www.linksware.com/Pages/iching.html
Recovering the lost meaning of the Bagua - Stephen Field
A short piece examining the oldest (?) layer of meanings of the the trigrams making up the Bagua. Enlightening!
http://www.fengshuigate.com/bagua.html
Candid's Cave (Blog) and Hexagram Pictorials
This is a beautiful site where pictures, word images, ideas and insights come together. This is a place to come and reflect.
http://www.yijing.nl
Drumming the I Ching Patterns - Florence Deems / Mo Maxfield
Drumming is a very good way of feeling the pulse of the different hexagrams. As a practice it sidesteps the cognitive mind and opens another way to experience the I Ching. Meditative and great fun too.
http://tonebytone.com
and
www.angelesarrien.com
Blogs
Answers - Hilary Barrett
A wide ranging Yijing blog which is both engaging and informative.
http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/
Harmen Mesker
Harmens work is thorough going and interesting. His blog is definitely worth reading.
http://www.itcn.nl/serendipity/categories/1-English
Courses and Teachers
Courses Online Clarity – Hilary Barrett
Highly Recomended: Hilary offers a mentoring service where she helps people develop their skills and understanding by working with them on their own readings. She is a skilled teacher and communicator able to work at different levels. She also offers a free beginners course online and a very flexible distance learning program which uses emial and telephone contact.
http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk
University of Yourself - Ron Masa
Ron is an experienced teacher and worker with dreams as well as the I Ching. I bought his I Ching sound recordings and was impressed. There is a preview recording which gives the flavour. This man is a gifted teacher and I would recommend these recordings to anyone starting out with the I Ching.
http://www.universityofyourself.com/iching.html
Oriental College
A University Course at BA-MA level (4 years) - Amsterdam Nederlands / Holland: "To develop a thorough foundation for the insight into all ways of Chinese thinking, especially in Yijing thinking.To set up a practice as Yijingologist, oraculist and/or Yijing researcher." Harmen Mesker is one of the teachers. I expect that this course is well founded and thorough going.
http://www.orientalcollege.org/yijing/index.htm
Bibliographies
Great Vessel
A selection of books for beginners and an extensive list of texts which underpin Stephen's approach to the I Ching. The books listed here will allow the reader to delve into many areas of Yi and ancient Chinese culture and thought. Arranged by subject area.
Great Vessel Biblio.
Hacker, Edward, Steve Moore and Lorraine Patsco
I Ching: An Annotated Bibliography. (2002)
A comprehensive review of 149 different books relating to Yijing studies. This is a valuable source.
http://www.zhouyi.com/.
Bradford’s Bibliography is very useful. Essentially he splits the titles up into groups two of which are those that he did and did not find useful in his studies.
http://www.hermetica.info
Rice University - Richard J Smith
Richard's 'Topically Organised Bibliography' is designes for both his students and for research. He has marked those he thinks more essential with asterisks.
http://www.aasianst.org/eaa/smith.htm#TOB
I Ching Link Collections and Directories
I – Ching Bookmarks – Lorraine Patsco
A good listing of I Ching links on the web. However there are some good sites not listed here. I don't think it has been updated much in the last few years.
http://www.zhouyi.com/
The I Ching on the Net - Greg Whincup
Another good I Ching links site. Again it is not complete there are some key sites missing.
http://pacificcoast.net/%7Ewh/Index.html
Google Directory – I Ching
A directory listing of Yijing sites. Google has swallowed dmoz they have the same content.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Divination/I_Ching/
Alexa.com – I Ching
A directory listing of I Ching sites.
Alexa.com - I Ching
Megite.com (Discover) – I Ching
Megite.com - I Ching
Time Wave Zero?
Time Wave Zero - Terence McKenna
This theory has gained a lot of popularity. Time and again I see it in blogs lumped in with the Mayan Calendar and numerous other "end of the world as we know it" scenarios. Saddly the original Terence site seems to have gone offline. Peter Meyer did the maths underpinning the theory and here they are:
http://www.hermetic.ch/frt/math_twz.htm
and here is a refutation of the maths by Ian Bell (mathematician):
Ian Bell's Objection
And another refutation of the maths by Mathew Watkins, another mathematician:
The Watkins Objection
If maths are not your thing scroll down to the last paragraph for a summary view.