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<h2>I Ching resources</h2>

<p>
  There are a lot of resources on I Ching, as it is an ancient and
  classic textbook and permeates the Eastern culture.
</p>

<p>For a starting point
  check <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching">the wikipedia
  article</a>.
</p>

<p>Quoting from Wikipedia:
  <quote>
    During the Warring States Period, the text was re-interpreted as a
    system of cosmology and philosophy that subsequently became intrinsic
    to Chinese culture. It centered on the ideas of the dynamic balance of
    opposites, the evolution of events as a process, and acceptance of the
    inevitability of change.
  </quote>
</p>

<p>The most important source of knowledge of I Ching in the Western
  culture is the first and still more known and appreciated translation,
  is the translation by Richard Wilhelm's from Chinese to German,
  which was then translated to English by Cary F. Baynes. The book
  reference for the interested book is:
  <quote>
    Richard Wilhelm's and Cary F. Baynes translation "I Ching: Or, Book of
    Changes" [3rd. ed., Bollingen Series XIX, (Princeton NJ: Princeton
    University Press, 1967, 1st ed. 1950)].
  </quote>

  You can find a version of the
  book <a href="http://www2.unipr.it/~deyoung/I_Ching_Wilhelm_Translation.html">here</a>.
</p>

<p>There are not many more translations available, another one which I
  included in this website is due to the most famous occultist and
  freak of all the times, Mister Alistair Crowley, which wrote a
  translation tagged as "Liber 216" under the title of Master Therion,
  which was the name which Crowley was using as O.T.O. minister.
  I don't know if Crowley was able to translate the text or if he was
  helped by others, that would be interesting to know.
</p>

<p>You can find an online version of the Crowley's translation
  <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib216.htm">here</a>.
</p>