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‘The Power of the Hexagrams’ course coming up!

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In September I’ll start another The Power of the Hexagrams Course!
 
If you agree with one or more of the following statements, then this workshop is for you:
 
– I always find it difficult to interpret the answers from the Yijing
– I only use the text of the Yijing, and would like to do more with the hexagrams
– I don’t know how to practically apply the trigrams
– I know that every line in a hexagram has a general meaning, and I would like to use these in a reading
– I have been using the Yijing for years, but I still feel like a beginner
– I want to know more about the Chinese philosophy behind the Yijing
– I want to pick Harmen’s brain on the Yijing
– I want to have more confidence in my own interpretations
– I want to integrate the Yijing into my own profession
 
If one or more of these statements apply to you then you will benefit from this online workshop. In eight lessons you will learn the power of the hexagrams, how to read them, and make them useful and meaningful for every question that you address to the Book of Changes.

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Crossing the great river

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In this video we are going to look at the phrase she da chuan 涉大川, ‘cross the great river’ and the early usage of the keywords from this phrase.

Online Workshop ‘The Power of the Hexagrams’: start September 2020

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(Click on the picture to hear the text in a video)

The Yijing, the Chinese Book of Changes, is a book of divination that is used by thousands of people all over the world. For more than twenty-five hundred years it is offering advice to those who have doubts and struggle with uncertainties in their lives. But many users of the book find it difficult to interpret the answers that the book gives them. This online workshop wants to help you with that. If you agree with one or more of the following statements, then this workshop is for you:

  • I always find it difficult to interpret the answers from the Yijing
  • I only use the text of the Yijing, and would like to do more with the hexagrams
  • I don’t know how to practically apply the trigrams
  • I know that every line in a hexagram has a general meaning, and I would like to use these in a reading
  • I have been using the Yijing for years, but I still feel like a beginner
  • I want to know more about the Chinese philosophy behind the Yijing
  • I want to pick Harmen’s brain on the Yijing
  • I want to have more confidence in my own interpretations
  • I want to integrate the Yijing into my own profession

If one or more of these statements apply to you then you will benefit from this online workshop. In eight lessons you will learn the power of the hexagrams, how to read them, and make them useful and meaningful for every question that you address to the Book of Changes. Continue reading →