There is nothing in the univers
Which lasts forever.
Everything behaves like high tide an low tide.
All things created carry
The seed of change inside themselves.
Which lasts forever.
Everything behaves like high tide an low tide.
All things created carry
The seed of change inside themselves.
Ovid
The "I-Ging" is an oracle invented in China in order to talk with gods and spirits.
Nowadays it is used to predict the future for certain situations. When translating
the word I-Ging it means the "book of changes". While time passes nothing remains
the same. Everything changes its shape.
You can apply the I-Ging most easily by throwing 3 coins simutaneously.
According to the upsides of the 3 coins you will eather get an open line
(Yin) or a whole line (Yang). By doing the same procedure 6 times in a
row you will obtain 6 lines starting from the bottom to the top.
This figure is called a hexagram consisting of the upper and lower trigram.
There are 8 possible combinations of hexagrams.
About 800 years BC Homer describes how Hermes streched dried sinews across
turtle shell and held it up to the wind. He was, so-to-speak, the first to use
an object to create resonance.
Instead of throwing 3 coins there is a more traditional way using a bunch of
50 yarrow-stalks. By separating this bunch with your hands a couple of times
you will get an open or closed line as well. Doing the same process 6 times
you will obtain a hexagram. This method is much more time consuming but leads
to more precise results.
The CD carries a special sound-track to each of the 8 trigrams. Using only the sound
of wind harps, hand played harp and some natural sound effects give you a colorful
image to each of the trigrams.
