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2012 and the Spirit of the Age
Whether the ancient Mayans intended it or not, the end of their calendar coincides with a profound turning point in human civilization. This comprises what Carl Jung called a synchronicity. A term that get bandied about too loosely sometimes, a … Continue reading
2012: The Beginning Times
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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Tagged 2012, divination, end of the world, ethical strategy, global community, Golden Age of Humanity, hexagram, I Ching, Mayan calendar, metamorphosis, new world, oracle, shamanism, social transformation, spirit warrior, Toltec, training, trigram, world view
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Reading the Map of Fate
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
Posted in A New I Ching, The Toltec I Ching
Tagged animism, benefit, Book of Changes, Change, Creation, Creative Forces, divination, global community, Golden Age of Humanity, hexagram, hexagram sequence, I Ching, King Wen Sequence, Need, new world, non-duality, oracle, rulers, shamanism, statecraft, trigram, Yi Jing, yin and yang
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The Oracle and the War Against Fate
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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Tagged animism, bigram, ch'i, divination, generative energy, Golden Age of Humanity, good fortune, heart-mind, heaven and earth, herd mentality, hexagram, higher self, I Ching, line changes, metamorphosis, new world, oracle, path of good fortune, qi, realm of birth and death, Reversing Fate, shamanism, social transformation, spirit, the Oracle of Freedom, Toltec, trigram, Unity of all things, Way of Fate, yin and yang
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A New I Ching for the New Dynasty
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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Tagged 2012, divination, earlier heaven arrangement, ethics, fu shi arrangement, fu xi arrangement, Golden Age of Humanity, hexagram, I Ching, king wen arrangement, later heaven arrangement, metamorphosis, Open Secret, shamanism, Shao Yung, social transformation, Toltec, trigram
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Why A New I Ching?
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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Tagged animism, animistic mother culture, archetypal change, Barranca del Cobre, Chou Dynasty, Chou I, Copper Canyon, Count of Days, divination, Golden Age of Humanity, Guizang, heart-mind, hexagram, historical interpretation, I Ching, King Wen, King Wen Sequence, Lianshan, Mawangdui, metamorphosis, New Dyansty, New I Ching, new world, New Yi Jing, oracle, perceptual interpretation, priest-diviners, real-world energies, righteous effort, righteous individual, Sequence of Hexagrams, shamanism, Shang Dynasty, Shao Yung, social transformation, Tarahumara, Tonalpoalli, Xia Dynasty, Yi Jing
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The World Psyche
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
Inner Activism: A Lifeway of Flower And Song
The questions we face today are no different than those faced by our predecessors: How do I live authentically? How do I achieve peace of mind without turning my back on those in need? How do I attune myself to … Continue reading
The 2012 Meme of Restoring Wholeness
The great Chinese sage Chuang Tzu calls our attention to a strange tree beside the road. Its bark is so tough that no ax can penetrate it, its wood is so twisted that it cannot be split or used for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, benefit, cultural meme, divination, end of the world, global community, Golden Age of Humanity, herd mentality, hexagram, I Ching, Mayan calendar, meme, oracle, regeneration, shamanism, social transformation, spirit warrior, symbolic behavior, Toltec
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2012: End of the World View
The ancient Mayans, along with the other peoples of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, held a view of time as cyclical and spiritually potent. Cyclical in the sense that history is divided into a series of Ages (sometimes called Suns), each of which … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Inner Activism
Tagged 2012, animism, Aztec Calendar Stone, Creative Forces, cyclical time, divination, end of the world, gods, Golden Age of Humanity, heart-mind, I Ching, Intent, living worldview, livingness of space, map of Inner Change, Mayan calendar, Mayan Long Count, Nahuatl, patterns of perception and behavior, rule of action and backlash, shamanism, spatialization of time, spirit, timing, Toltec, world view
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