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become wrongly equated with Satanism. (Please note, though, that in England, there are
several traditions that use the inverted pentagram as a symbol for a second degree -which
obviously has nothing to do with Satanism).
5. A male Witch is not a "Warlock". This is a Scottish term, meaning "traitor", or
"oathbreaker". (A male Witch is a "Witch").
6. Witchcraft is a legal religion protected under the First and Fourteenth amendments.
We are non-proselytizing; we don't seek to convert anyone . We feel that all religions are
equally valid, and that you should be free to choose the one with which you are most
comfortable. No religion has the monopoly of God (despite what some may claim). As
long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others, we all have a right to our own method
of worshipping the Deity.
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General information: What is the I ching (yee jing)
Posted by: Mysteron on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 01:59 PM
It may be the oldest book in the world. Originating thousands of years ago
among the courtly shaman-diviners of ancient China, it springs out of the
unadulterated consciousness of primeval humanity. Here are truly
fundamental perceptions of reality, distilled into inter-related images of
physical and spiritual reality. The images are associated with numbers, and
the numbers may be derived from certain technical manipulations that
enable a skilled reader to use the book as an oracle. In fact, the book has been used and
abused for fortune telling from its earliest days. It had itself evolved out of a still more
ancient divining tool known as the Tortoise Oracle, whose wisdom it incorporated.
In Chinese, "ching" means book. "I" means change, or changes. Thus the name may be
translated as The Book of Changes. But "I" means not only change. Strangely enough, it
also means permanence, or the unchangeable. The Book of Changes views all of the
changes that we and the world go through as an unfolding of the immutable laws and
principles of existence. By explaining our present situation in terms of the natural laws
that have given rise to it, we can know where we are headed and what the future is likely
to be.
The I ching views the universe as a natural and well-coordinated system in which the
process of change never ceases. It presents human nature and destiny as based on
principle and order. Study of the I ching thus makes it possible for us to orient individual
human activities and situations within the larger context of harmonious interactions
between people, nature, and the cosmos.
The I ching is a practical guide through the perplexities and insecurities of daily life. It
roots our actions, experiences and expressions in the fundamental ground of existence.
It's beautiful commentaries help to give us the moral strength we need to fulfill our
ideals. The loveliness of its images provide endless joys of meditation, study and
contemplation.
The heart of the book is in its images. There are sixty-four in all, and the reader must be
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