The Visual I Ching

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Visual I Ching - A New Approach to the Ancient Chinese Oracle, Boxed set of Cards and guidebook by Oliver Perrottet, published by Brockhampton Press

In the distant past, the sages of China designed a system to enable understanding that life, so full of challenges and changes, is an interaction of two opposition forces, described as Yin and Yang. These are shown as a circle , half light and half dark, with a dot of light within the dark and a dot of dark within the light. These are portrayed not only as opposing and interacting energies, but the mutual attraction between them. In writing, these are shown as a broken line for Yang and an unbroken line for Yin. A series of 6 lines is called a ‘hexagram’. 

 

64 small picture cards with 8 of a larger size are included with a chart with the cards laid out in order. A cloth Ritual Square with outlines of 8 larger cards in a circle is also included, with a notepad to keep notes of consultations. Layouts are offered, The Square, the Circle and others. with information on how to use the deck. An exercise to get to know yourself, your circumstances, and some advice on meditation, the 4 elements, 8 basic forces and the meaning of each of the 64 cards is provided. 

Commentaries on the meanings of this oracle were documented by Chinese philosophers, such as Confucius. Complexity is reduced to simplicity. Excellent! 

Review by Wendy Stokes. https://wendystokes.co.uk