There's a book trilogy called "His Dark Materials" which features a character named Dr. Mary Malone, a physicist researching Dark Matter (our world's name for the series' main intrigue Dust and the nature of it). She occasionally meditates using I-Ching and built a machine inspired by it in her Dark Matter/Dust research, and eventually uses the I-Ching to "communicate" with Dust once she learns she's needed for a greater purpose. HBO and BBC is adapting the trilogy into a TV Show and are now on the second season where Dr. Mary Malone first appears, and the latest episode shows a scene of her consulting the I-Ching. It's one thing to read about her using it and another to see it action on a visual medium, so this gives greater context and rules on how to use it. Thanks.
Possibly inspired by the book Philip K Dick wrote using the I Ching to make plot decisions and where the characters within it were also throwing it. The TV series version of this is rather terrible and relates on a surface level as usual and a plot to keep the series going rather than to tell a story. The book is The Man In The High Castle published in 1962.
I can see how this method can be more appropriate in a ritual setting or to attune the reader so that he doesn't ask one hundred different meaningless questions but a single important one
I mean, I have to say this is neat, and I definitely appreciate you showing this, however I have to say using coins is so much faster and convenient. My Aunt and Uncle who taught me I Ching like to use the sticks, but I definitely prefer coins. It's just so much faster and straightforward imo to use coins. Much more portable too.
Good point. There are several historic methods; using yarrow stalks it the oldest method - though the specific method was forgotten and rethought. Casting the I Ching while taking your time to meditate has a long tradition. Yarrow stalks has the benefit of slowing the ritual down.
@@ichingwiki2297 there is that. But I suppose since I already have a regular meditation practice as a part of my life, I approach it from a more utilitarian standpoint. But I could certainly see the benefit of that approach and I think that's one of the things my Aunt and Uncle like about it.
hehe never looked for a tutorial here before, I've been intimately involved with the I Ching for many years but never actually threw yarrow stalks or imagined how this could be randomized without tossing them up in the air like a toddler hehe… as soon as you drew the last line I laughed, 15 is pretty cool to get 'on live camera'. altho of course you could have done many takes and just chose this one. that'd be just as good or better tho 😳😎 very well done and much appreciated. thanks for this.
i love how most of these people watching this video come from watching media and not for the philosophical/esoteric reason... What a world we live in... My heart breaks for the Yi...
Im personally here because I've just become pretty interested in ancient chinas thought and have been reading wilhelms yijing in the original german without any divination
From what I can see, the randomness isn't the same in coins and stalks? Unless I'm seeing the pattern wrong, there seems to be a 75 % chance that the stalks will give you a 5 in the first drawing, associated with heads, and only a 25% percent chance that they will give you a 9, associated with tails, while the coins are around 50-50. Would you say that matters?
I'm late here but yea I'm learning that it's different but I didn't think/know in the way you're saying, I thought it had more to do with the 'likeliness' of getting changing lines, or maybe both of these. I'm just learning this now though after thinking I know the I Ching extremely well for many years
i just watched a tutorial from a chinese taoist who took the 2nd single stick (pinky held) from the same pile used to then count out the fours. you are taking it from the other group not counted from. how do i know which is the true method?
iChingWiki My understanding of HHT (ie two heads 1 tail) is It should be a Solid line (unchanged Yang), @4:17 you called it the broken line (unchanged yin). Was this a mistake on your part??
The short answer is no. People cast the I Ching in any number of ways - the most popular is three coins - I have a video on that as well: th-cam.com/video/2qdoUbY1SRQ/w-d-xo.html. There are dice etc. Texts from 3000 years ago said that Yarrow stalks were used. The important think, is to meditate on your question and tap into you higher self as best you can before and during the cast.
Unlike what we are used to, the ancient Chinese tradition for drawing a hexagram is to start with the bottom line - which is the first line - and go up.
Do you ladies and gementlemen really understand these instructions? I don't even begin to grasp how this could work. Is there an easier real explanation which is based on logic?
Had to come here bc I'm reading Philip K. Dick's "The man in the high castle"; thank you much for the explanation
Me too!
Also here for that!
Me too! Actually I have also seen the TV Series, trying to grasp what these sticks were for
I have been a baguazhang person for many years. I finally needed to know how the yarrow stalks physically work and this video was awesome. Thanks.
There's a book trilogy called "His Dark Materials" which features a character named Dr. Mary Malone, a physicist researching Dark Matter (our world's name for the series' main intrigue Dust and the nature of it). She occasionally meditates using I-Ching and built a machine inspired by it in her Dark Matter/Dust research, and eventually uses the I-Ching to "communicate" with Dust once she learns she's needed for a greater purpose. HBO and BBC is adapting the trilogy into a TV Show and are now on the second season where Dr. Mary Malone first appears, and the latest episode shows a scene of her consulting the I-Ching. It's one thing to read about her using it and another to see it action on a visual medium, so this gives greater context and rules on how to use it. Thanks.
This show is why I am learning I Ching.
Yes, it inspired me to be interested in I Ching. Eventually it lead to mamy positive changes in my life :)
Possibly inspired by the book Philip K Dick wrote using the I Ching to make plot decisions and where the characters within it were also throwing it. The TV series version of this is rather terrible and relates on a surface level as usual and a plot to keep the series going rather than to tell a story. The book is The Man In The High Castle published in 1962.
I can see how this method can be more appropriate in a ritual setting or to attune the reader so that he doesn't ask one hundred different meaningless questions but a single important one
Absolutely fascinating, thank you for the clear explanation.
Of course he got modesty :)
Clear and beautifully explained! Thank you!
Thank you
I mean, I have to say this is neat, and I definitely appreciate you showing this, however I have to say using coins is so much faster and convenient. My Aunt and Uncle who taught me I Ching like to use the sticks, but I definitely prefer coins. It's just so much faster and straightforward imo to use coins. Much more portable too.
Good point. There are several historic methods; using yarrow stalks it the oldest method - though the specific method was forgotten and rethought. Casting the I Ching while taking your time to meditate has a long tradition. Yarrow stalks has the benefit of slowing the ritual down.
@@ichingwiki2297 there is that. But I suppose since I already have a regular meditation practice as a part of my life, I approach it from a more utilitarian standpoint. But I could certainly see the benefit of that approach and I think that's one of the things my Aunt and Uncle like about it.
hehe never looked for a tutorial here before, I've been intimately involved with the I Ching for many years but never actually threw yarrow stalks or imagined how this could be randomized without tossing them up in the air like a toddler hehe… as soon as you drew the last line I laughed, 15 is pretty cool to get 'on live camera'. altho of course you could have done many takes and just chose this one. that'd be just as good or better tho 😳😎
very well done and much appreciated. thanks for this.
i love how most of these people watching this video come from watching media and not for the philosophical/esoteric reason... What a world we live in... My heart breaks for the Yi...
Who's to say how someone got here is important, only that they're here now.
That doesn't matter, they came here, and that's what matters.
If media brings them here so be it. It does not make one of us better than the other. We are all here for the same thing.
Im personally here because I've just become pretty interested in ancient chinas thought and have been reading wilhelms yijing in the original german without any divination
Love your style of visual audio and scrolling text!
Thanks.
From what I can see, the randomness isn't the same in coins and stalks? Unless I'm seeing the pattern wrong, there seems to be a 75 % chance that the stalks will give you a 5 in the first drawing, associated with heads, and only a 25% percent chance that they will give you a 9, associated with tails, while the coins are around 50-50. Would you say that matters?
You are correct. The odds are not the same. With coins the odds are better for changing lines.
Smart fella. Would definately like to know more about this process.
I'm late here but yea I'm learning that it's different but I didn't think/know in the way you're saying, I thought it had more to do with the 'likeliness' of getting changing lines, or maybe both of these. I'm just learning this now though after thinking I know the I Ching extremely well for many years
i just watched a tutorial from a chinese taoist who took the 2nd single stick (pinky held) from the same pile used to then count out the fours. you are taking it from the other group not counted from. how do i know which is the true method?
Thank you so much.❤
iChingWiki My understanding of HHT (ie two heads 1 tail) is It should be a Solid line (unchanged Yang), @4:17 you called it the broken line (unchanged yin). Was this a mistake on your part??
Thanks so much!
the lower trigram is mountain not thunder!!!!!
You are right!!! - my mistake - Mountain - go some editing to do
Thank you for the Video!
Is there some corrections if I'm left-handed? Thank you!
Not that I know of.
Very well explained. Thank you!
Thank you. I hope your journey with the I Ching is helpful and informative.
Your website appears to be down.
I don't have yarrow sticks. Is it wrong to use spaghetti?
The short answer is no. People cast the I Ching in any number of ways - the most popular is three coins - I have a video on that as well: th-cam.com/video/2qdoUbY1SRQ/w-d-xo.html. There are dice etc. Texts from 3000 years ago said that Yarrow stalks were used. The important think, is to meditate on your question and tap into you higher self as best you can before and during the cast.
This was very educational. Thanks
Thank you
Who came here from Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World?
Thank you!
cool motion graphic
Hard to see the order that you are writing things down. Seems backwards.
Unlike what we are used to, the ancient Chinese tradition for drawing a hexagram is to start with the bottom line - which is the first line - and go up.
Do you ladies and gementlemen really understand these instructions? I don't even begin to grasp how this could work. Is there an easier real explanation which is based on logic?
See en.wikibooks.org/wiki/I_Ching/The_Ancient_Yarrow_Stalk_Method