I Ching

Peggy Jones

'The I Ching: Points of Balance and Cycles of Change offers the modern reader a clear path into the inner realm of an ancient Chinese classic which elucidates the Truth of Heaven and Earth - indeed the Truth of human life. Peggy Jones has made a real contribution to the all too obvious needs of our dramatically changing modern times, which cry out for a sense of compassion and understanding, through making an effort to reach "the still point of the turning world".'- Terence Moore, co-author of "Heal your Spirit, Heal Yourself", Alpha Centre lecturer and workshop leader'Among the many available versions of the I Ching, this new rendering by Jungian analyst Peggy Jones deserves a special place. It presents the wisdom of the ancient Chinese oracle in lucid, psychological language that speaks directly and insightfully to contemporary situations. Remaining faithful to the spirit of the original, Peggy Jones's I Ching guides us sagely in the task of maintaining psychological balance in a world of rapid change. Not least, this is a workable I Ching that stands up to the ultimate, practical test by providing illuminating responses when questioned.While there has been a long association of the I Ching with Jungian psychology, the appearance of this version wholly rendered by a Jungian analyst and suffused with the wisdom gleaned from long analytic experience is an important event in itself.'- Roderick Main, PhD, author of "The Rupture of Time: Synchronicity and Jung's Critique of Modern Western Culture" and "Revelations of Chance: Synchronicity as Spiritual Experience", Deputy Director at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex'In Peggy Jones's book there is no determining historical or theoretical setting to what she writes, rather there is the voice of someone consciously dealing with the personal experiences of the inevitability of change. It is an ageless voice which creates an awareness of her having an inside line to a timeless space in the reader, a space which is the whole history of time - an all encompassing interactive net of past, present and future.'- Chuck Schwartz, Jungian analyst (Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists)'This is a fascinating book which I recommend to anybody interested in the process of deep and spiritual change in life, particularly to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists who will discover in it a totally different approach to the problem of opposites in our life.'- Dr Ryu Suzuki

• Introduction , The Hexagrams , Ch'ien / The Creative, Heaven , K'un / The Receptive, Earth , Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning , Mêng / Youthful Folly , Hsü / Waiting (Nourishment) , Sung / Conflict , Shih / The Army , Pi / Holding Together (Union) , Hsiao Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Small , Lü / Treading (Conduct) , T'ai / Peace , P'i / Standstill , T'ung Jên / Fellowship , Ta Yu / Possession in Great Measure , Ch'ien / Modesty , Yü / Enthusiasm , Sui / Following (Tracking) , Ku / Work on What Has Been Spoiled (Decay) , Lin / Approach , Kuan / Contemplation (View) , Shih Ho / Biting Through , Pi / Grace , Po / Splitting Apart (Letting Go / Release) , Fu / Return (The Turning Point) , Wu Wang / Innocence (The Unexpected) , Ta Chu / The Taming Power of the Great , I / Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment) , Ta Kuo / Preponderance of the Great , K'an / The Abysmal (Water) (The Deep, The Depths) , Li / The Clinging, Fire , Hsien / Influence (Wooing) , Hêng / Duration , Tun / Retreat , Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great , Chin / Progress , Ming I / Darkening of the Light (‘Wounding of the Bright’) , Chia Jên / The Family (The Clan) , K'uei / Opposition , Chien / Obstruction , Hsieh / Deliverance , Sun / Decrease , I / Increase , Kuai / Breakthrough (Resoluteness) , Kou / Coming To Meet , Ts'ui / Gathering Together , Shêng / Pushing Upward , K'un / Oppression (Exhaustion) , Ching / The Well , Ko / Revolution (Moulting) , Ting / The Cauldron , Chên / The Arousing, Thunder , Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain , Chien / Development (Gradual Progress) , Kuei Mei / The Marrying Maiden , Fêng / Abundance , Lü / The Wanderer (The Outsider) , Sun / The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) , Tui / The Joyous, Lake , Huan / Dispersion , Chieh / Limitation , Chung Fu / Inner Truth , Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small , Chi Chi / After Completion , Wei Chi / Before Completion , >The Trigrams and the Sequence of Later Heaven , The Lines , Further Comments on the Process of Consulting the I Ching and Instructions for Dividing the Yarrow Stalks , The Sequence of Earlier Heaven and the Tao , : The Grid