Seeking the Spirit of The Book of Change

Master Wu's writing is clear, direct, and a pleasure to read. This is not a book of hexagrams and their meanings, but rather a course that will establish a foundation for deeper study, and help you to understand the place of the YiJing in history and in your daily life. Whether you are new to the YiJing or have a lot of experience with it, I think you will find this book profound.

a little bit too yuppie

it was a gift for my husband. He loves it.

This book is extremely informative, and gives the type of insight that can only come from a deep knowledge of his subject matter. Wu is a real expert who takes the complicated and makes it understandable. Seeking the Spirit of the Book of Change: 8 Days to Mastering a Shamanic Yijing (I Ching) Prediction System

I just started reading and so far I like this book.

This book includes clear tutorials, samples and charts for beginners and insightful information that will give current practitioners a different perspective to hone their skill with.

Very interesting approach to the Book of Changes. A good read, insightful information and wise author. I recommend it!

Meet with the Master, have a cup of tea and begin to receive a direct transmission of the ancient teachings of Taoist wisdom. This is how Master Wu starts his day-one instruction to us which begins after some brief, but very clear explanations of Yijing (book of change) and how it arose from Chinese culture. He graciously invites us to take an inner journey to join him in the Celestial Tea House. He then leads us chapter by chapter, or rather, day by day through the secrets of an ancient system of intuiting the probable outcome of actions that are continually unfolding within the dimensions of time and space within our very lives. For my own journey, I would brew a cup of green tea before beginning each “day” of instruction. Then, he and I would sit in the tea room and begin our study.I am recommending this book because it is unique among the many books that have been published on the yijing. Most books on this ancient system of divination present the 64 hexagrams, give detailed explanations according to the authors understanding of them, which then leaves one to ponder how the authors interpretation fits your personal question. In Master Wu’s book however, he returns us to an earlier version of the ways of change when he introduces us to the original 8 trigrams, which are the 8 three- lined symbols that the 64 hexagrams are based upon. Each trigram represents a different aspect of the operation of the natural world. The way of the universe finds expression in these 8 forms; heaven, earth, fire, water, wood/wind, thunder, lake/marsh and mountain. These 8 energies also comprise and include the 5 elements that govern the cycles of creation, destruction, health and the balance or imbalance of our lives. In later chapters Master Wu paints a verbal picture of each trigram along with calligraphy, photos and energetic practices that describe and attune us to the characteristics of each of these natural forces. He teaches us a simple and intuitive system of determining the trigram that will lead us to the place where we can begin an investigation of our question. So, instead of telling us what our questions means or leads to, Master Wu gives us the tools to investigate the answer for ourselves. He allows us to use our innate intuitive abilities to arrive at an answer or direction to our inquiry. He empowers us to understand and master our own destiny.I have worked with many different Yijing books for over 40 years and have found this method to be personally empowering and insightful. Through practice and frequent use, I have become increasingly intuitive with this process. As I become more familiar with the functions of the 8 energies and 5 elements, I quickly arrive at deeper understandings of the ways that patterns and outcomes unfold in my life. At times I can now calculate my trigram and see directly to the conclusion of the question without even referring to the chapter and descriptions Master Wu presents.Whether this is your first introduction to yijing, or whether you are an experienced practitioner, you will benefit from reading Master Wu’s deeply insightful book. I predict many of you will find great benefit from these pages of ancient wisdom presented by a contemporary master of the art of divination.

I have just read the first chapters of this book, I read it bit a bit to taste it the more. The book offers a whole experience drinking a tea "with the author" and doing some qigong exercises suggested by the author. I do not know whether this book may help to make predictions with the I Ching, I suppose it does, or it is doing, however this has become secondary.

Ein wahrer Meister schreibt tiefgründig meisterlich. Seine Bemühungen, diese schwierige Materie verständlich darzulegen,gelingt ihm unter anderem auch durch seine Einladung an den Leser, als Gast und Freund ihm bei seinen Teezeremonien entspannt zu folgen. Man hat das Gefühl, man kennt ihn schon lange und man wurde ausgewählt, dieses Wissen von ihm persönlich entgegen zu nehmen. Es hebt sich wohltuend von manchen anderen Büchern über dieses Thema ab, erkennt man sofort, daß er dieses Wissen inkorporiert hat und es als Lebenshaltung authentisch ausstrahlt. Er schafft es, den Abgrund zwischen Wissen und Weisheit zu überbrücken. Ein absolut gelungenes Werk über das Yi Ching. Wer sich mit ihm dem Yi Ching gewinnbringend auseinandersetzen will, kommt an diesem Werk nicht vorbei! Sehr zu empfehlen!

Not a bad approach to the Bagua prediction system. Does not go into more complex issues but also has a basic Taiji system in the book (I bought the DVD of this as I find its hard to follow the pictures).