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A Guide to the I Ching [Paperback]

Carol K. Anthony
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Book Description

December 31, 1988
Used by its readers as an oracle, this book, based on the terminology used in the classic Wilhelm/Baynes translation, puts the I Ching into modern language. This allows its wisdom to be applied to the situations of everyday life. Decoded are words such as the superior and inferior man, and the inferiors, which refer respectively to the true self, the ego, and the bodily self. Expressions such as crossing the great water and seeing the great man are seen to mean getting past the danger of giving up on oneself, and remembering the potential for good in every person. Understanding such words and phrases occurs in the context of the reader's following his/her innermost feelings, since it is these that bring one into harmony with the ever-loving Cosmos and its protective powers.

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When this book was first published in 1980, I was convinced that no one could add to the monumental commentary of Richard Wilhelm... I was wrong. Ms. Anthony has made a genuine contribution to our understanding and use of the oracle. --Harry Goldgar, New Orleans Times Picayune

From the Publisher

This book, published first in 1980, is here presented in its third revised and enlarged edition. It remains the best selling I Ching book for its major independent press distributors in the U.S. and England, and it has been translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Croatian. It has attained a dedicated and enthusiastic worldwide following from readers of all interests and backgrounds.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 334 pages
  • Publisher: Anthony Publishing Company; 3rd Revised edition (December 31, 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0960383247
  • ISBN-13: 978-0960383245
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carol K. Anthony majored in creative writing at Ward Belmont College and the University of Iowa (1950), but did not find "her medium" until a friend brought her the I Ching in 1971, during a mid-life crisis. It was seven years later, when she realized that the notes she was keeping each time she experienced an "Aha," (to something the I Ching was trying to get her to understand) were something also of potential help for others. These notes would become her first book on that subject -- "A Guide to the I Ching." Ms. Anthony has been sharing her "Aha!s" ever since in one well-received book after another: four by herself until 1994, and three more in collaboration with Hanna Moog, a translator of all her books into German, and an expert publisher's editor on the I Ching for Eugen Diederichs Verlag.
Ms. Anthony states of her relationship with the I Ching, "It came to me at a time of personal crisis, and helped me in ways I could not have imagined. It showed me that times of crisis are also times of opportunity -- the opportunity to connect with the unique inner resources each of us possesses, but may have forgotten. They are the very resources we need to make our lives meaningful. The I Ching is a guide for this journey. It shows us that when we value and are true to ourselves and to our potentials, the whole Cosmos comes to our support. Today, more than ever, this 3000 year old book and its philosophy is needed

Customer Reviews

Bravo to Carol K. Anthony. catherine de saint phalle  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
One never knows when, but that the good will happen is reassuring. James W. Ausmus  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars On the Road September 1, 2000
Format:Paperback
The I Ching has been in my life since I was nineteen. I am now four-four. My interest has not waned. But since I have read C.K.Anthony's books, ( only a year ago ) what I had only felt obscurely, like swimming under water, has been put into words. The author has not only written efficiently but has expressed a deep personnal commitment. As if she had blended two opposites : a personnal truth and the contact with the outside world. Bravo to Carol K. Anthony.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars the best July 3, 2003
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Format:Paperback
After comparing at least seven or more 'guides to the i ching' over a period of 10+ years, I have found this to be the best. While other books tend to look at other beings in a negative light when translating some of the i ching hexagrams, this book cautions the reader to look at their own inferior qualities.

Other books seem to have explanations that will make the student feel better, this book has translations that are less pleasing, but perhaps more honest. I look at this translation as an introduction to physics of the spirit.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to the I Ching May 27, 1998
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Format:Paperback
This book is an outstanding place to begin work with the I Ching. Especially compared with direct translations. I don't know about you, but I'm not familiar enough with Chinese symbolism to understand what "four horses grazing in the meadow; there is no blame" means. Fortunately for those of us similarly afflicted, Carol Anthony and Wilhelm/Baynes have done the hard work for us.
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5.0 out of 5 stars In Depth Guide
I have a few other I Ching guides, but this one is the most in-depth and spiritually based of them all. It's a favorite!

Connie Stewart, www.soulsync.com
Published 20 days ago by Connie S. Stewart
3.0 out of 5 stars Frustrated With Large Lapeses in Digital Version
I own the paper-back version of this book by Carol Anthony - it is a masterful work that I have used daily for years and recommended to many of my closest friends and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dr. Wm. C. Corrado
5.0 out of 5 stars good bye USA
Great book in great condition. If you truly absorb this book you will no longer want to live in the US-s***hole-of-A or take part in int's capital pig ways.
Published 1 month ago by DAVID FRANK LAMPKE
5.0 out of 5 stars Book of Changes
Although this method of interpreting the nature of the inevitable changes life brings was developed about at least 5,000 years ago, the counsel it offers is fresh and restorative. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pamela Bennett
5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual Seekers - Include this book in your library
I have tried reading the I Ching and applying the Wisdom that it offers and have found it difficult to interpret for modern living. Read more
Published 2 months ago by T.J. Harvey
5.0 out of 5 stars First impressions: Carol Anthony's I Ching
I've been using the Carol Anthony version of the I Ching on and off for years, and have read and journaled daily on it for nearly a straight year now. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ima Jazzoid
5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible and wise
We have been using the Carol Anthony guide to the I Ching for years. (I finally bought a kindle edition. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Guillermo
4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe a touch introverted. However, very instructive.
After following along with Ms. Anthony's book, I must say that it is a challenge, albeit sometimes a wonderful one, to follow along as she guides the way. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Bryce Conner
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books for interpretation of the I ching
Really, I have a lot of books of I ching, including the bests, like Wilhelm, Blofeld, Huang,Schlumberger
Legge,Karcher and others,these books are very good and very technical,... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Juan A. T. Fuentes
5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide to the I Ching:an indispensable adjunct to my recovery!!
This book was introduced to me while I was taking Tai Chi in the Feather River foothills in the '80's. I found it again in Mendocino in the 90's and felt it spoke so eloquently. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sue
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