Swami Anand Nisarg has been a practitioner of both western magick and eastern mysticism for over twenty years, and has been studying the I Ching for the same length of time. He is the Guru of a Tantric Mystery School lineage, devoted full-time to teaching on the principles of universal mysticism, and works with a focus on encouraging authentic practice for the experience of Truth, choosing to work closely with a small number of dedicated students rather than seeking to appeal broadly to a popular audience. In his work with the Mystery School he has sought to study and express the common core of Eastern and Western Esoteric symbolism.

Acknowledgements
About the Author
Preface

The Unfolding of the Changes

Note I: If You Are An Absolute Beginner at I Ching

Note II: If You Are A Western Magician

Introduction

Chapter One: The Esoteric Foundations of the I Ching

Tao, Yin, and Yang

The Trigrams

The I Ching, Taoism, and Confucian Thought (or True Will and the Great Work

Transformation Through Symbols (Taoist Study of Nature)

Fu Xi

Confucius: Seeking the Superior Individual (Philosophy of the Will)

Shao Yung

Zhang Shi, Zhu Xi, and the Law of Change

The Map of Time

"The I Ching is Not About You"

Chapter Two: How to Use the I Ching

I Ching Reading Methods

Method I: The "Four Stave" Method

Method II: The "Three Coin" Method

"Method III: The "Six Coin" Method

Method IV: The Intuitive Methods

A Note On Probabilities

How to Read the Hexagrams

A Guide to Common Phrases and Words in I Ching Hexagrams

Reference Table for the Hexagrams

General Notes on Interpreting A Reading

Rule 0: Look At What is Being Said, Don't Look For What You Want to Hear

A Case Study on the Subject-The Fall of the Shang

Further Guidelines

Chapter Three: The Text of the I Ching

Outline

A Note on Notes

The Core Text of the I Ching

Chapter Four: Advanced I Ching Studies

Permutations of the Hexagrams

Overturned Hexagrams and Opposite Hexagrams

Nuclear Hexagrams

Reversed Hexagrams

Directional Theories of the I Ching

Correspondences

I Ching Trigrams and Magical Elements

The Trigrams and Court Cards of the Tarot

The "Double Element" and "Big Element" Hexagrams

Planetary Correspondences

The I Ching and the Qabalistic Tree of Life

Yi-Fa as a Magical Word and Current

Chapter Five: The Shao Yung "Plum Blossom Method" of I Ching Numerology

Fate Trigram

Summary of the Plum Blossom Method Standard Procedure

Appendix I: Setting up a Daily I Ching Practice
Appendix II: Aleister Crowley and the I Ching
Appendix III: References