Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Book of Changes is a symbolic representation—and explanation—of the cosmos written in binary code. Learn more about I Ching, The Oracle: benebellwen.com/i-ching-the-oracle
Over the millennia, beginning with King Wen and his son the Duke of Zhou around 1046 BC, poetic prophetic lines of text are ascribed to the 64 hexagrams that the binary code is set in, lines steeped in cultural and historical references. Five centuries later, Confucius (or scholars attributing their writings to Confucius) add commentaries that describe, pictorialize, and interpret the hexagrams.
In 10 minutes (-ish), we’ll introduce the framework of the I Ching and its metaphysical underpinnings.
If this video has inspired you to learn more, then check out my third book, I Ching, The Oracle, an updated translation of the I Ching with in-depth annotations, cultural and historical references, and related mystical practices.
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I Ching, The Oracle (North Atlantic Books, 2023), benebellwen.com/i-ching-the-oracle
- Amazon (US): https://a.co/d/cmm0qLP
- North Atlantic Books, a California-based non-profit publisher: northatlanticbooks.com/shop/i-ching-the-oracle
- Penguin Random House: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724023/i-ching-the-oracle-by-benebell-wen
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Read excerpts to supplement the video discussion:
CHAPTER 1: PREFACE, benebellwen.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/chapter-1-preface-1.pdf
CHAPTER 2: MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND CULTURAL HEROES OF THE I CHING, benebellwen.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/chapter-2-myths-legends-and-cultural-heroes-1.pdf
HEXAGRAM 30: LI. THE SPARK, benebellwen.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/hexagram-30-3.pdf
The Book of Changes is a symbolic representation—and explanation—of the cosmos written in binary code. Learn more about I Ching, The Oracle: benebellwen.com/i-ching-the-oracle
Over the millennia, beginning with King Wen and his son the Duke of Zhou around 1046 BC, poetic prophetic lines of text are ascribed to the 64 hexagrams that the binary code is set in, lines steeped in cultural and historical references. Five centuries later, Confucius (or scholars attributing their writings to Confucius) add commentaries that describe, pictorialize, and interpret the hexagrams.
In 10 minutes (-ish), we’ll introduce the framework of the I Ching and its metaphysical underpinnings.
If this video has inspired you to learn more, then check out my third book, I Ching, The Oracle, an updated translation of the I Ching with in-depth annotations, cultural and historical references, and related mystical practices.
***
I Ching, The Oracle (North Atlantic Books, 2023), benebellwen.com/i-ching-the-oracle
- Amazon (US): https://a.co/d/cmm0qLP
- North Atlantic Books, a California-based non-profit publisher: northatlanticbooks.com/shop/i-ching-the-oracle
- Penguin Random House: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724023/i-ching-the-oracle-by-benebell-wen
***
Read excerpts to supplement the video discussion:
CHAPTER 1: PREFACE, benebellwen.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/chapter-1-preface-1.pdf
CHAPTER 2: MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND CULTURAL HEROES OF THE I CHING, benebellwen.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/chapter-2-myths-legends-and-cultural-heroes-1.pdf
HEXAGRAM 30: LI. THE SPARK, benebellwen.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/hexagram-30-3.pdf
