Description

The I Ching, a Chinese book of wisdom, goes back over 5000 years to Chinese shamanism and the beginnings of the Chinese language. The I Ching has a numerical base, the binary code as used in computers and genetic code, and Jung recognized numbers as the purest forms of the archetypes. Chinese sages put words and metaphoric descriptions to the numbers to make the I Ching into what Jung called a compendium of archetypal constructs. Via synchronicity, one can address important personal issues to the book and get the guidance of Chinese sages for answers. The I Ching can be used for personal guidance about vexing life issues and in the therapeutic process. This lecture will explore the link between dreams and answers from the I Ching, making a case that dreams and answers from the I Ching arise from the same source: the Tao.