Category Archives: The Toltec I Ching

2012: The Beginning Times

Posted on December 21, 2010 by William

Across the imaginary distance of culture and borders, I honor your contribution to the Beginning Times. ~ A dying oak tree, its trunk split and branches breaking, does not in any way resemble an acorn. The new beginning—despite growing directly … Continue reading →

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Constructing Nuclear Hexagrams

Posted on December 17, 2010 by William

I was unable to find a simple chart of how to construct nuclear hexagrams, so here’s the unadorned mechanics— Of a given hexagram, take its 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines to make the lower trigram of its nuclear hexagram. Then … Continue reading →

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A 2012 Training Manual

Posted on October 3, 2010 by William

The Beginning Times There are two overarching lessons of the I Ching. The first is this: Every Ending Begets A New Beginning. Change is not conceived as an endless string of cause-and-effect events but, rather, as a cycle of repeating … Continue reading →

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2012: The Storm Before The Calm

Posted on September 30, 2010 by William

The Autumnal Equinox arrives, accompanied by fog and mist and rain and clouds of every shade of gray. The world’s qi shifts from boundless movement toward boundless stillness. We leave behind the excessive yang of summer and move into the … Continue reading →

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Reading the Map of Fate

Posted on September 16, 2010 by William

What my teachers have taught me has been born out by my 40-some years of study: the I Ching is a system of 64 living symbols that perennially outgrows whatever interpretation as been affixed to it. Why would the snake … Continue reading →

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The Oracle and the War Against Fate

Posted on August 23, 2010 by William

Overview The Unity of all things dwells in an undifferentiated state of living potential. Neither awake nor asleep nor dreaming, it is the shining awareness everywhere present, the fount of time and eternity. It is still and silent, utterly at … Continue reading →

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A New I Ching for the New Dynasty

Posted on August 12, 2010 by William

The Spirit of the Age has reversed course again and we have entered a new Dynasty. Unlike the dynasties of old that ruled one nation or one people, this time it is an egalitarian Dynasty, a global shift of awareness, … Continue reading →

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Why A New I Ching?

Posted on July 31, 2010 by William

I cannot distance the I Ching from my own life any more than you. My first teachers of the Book of Change impressed upon me the perceptual aspect of this ancient work, as opposed to the historical interpretation so prevalent … Continue reading →

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The Tao of Axolotl

Posted on January 12, 2010 by William

At the end of the last Age, the gods gathered at Teotihuacan to create this Age that we live in now. It became clear that a great sacrifice would be needed to start the world over, and so they agreed … Continue reading →

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The World Psyche

Posted on January 5, 2010 by William

The word psyche means both soul and butterfly. The concept of a world soul arose among ancient philosophers and endures in the heart-mind of many modern people. It was expounded by Plato for one, and can be found in many … Continue reading →

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