The I Ching (pronounced ee-ching) is the oldest & most respected oracle or divinatory system in the world. There are currently two translations available which offer somewhat conflicting interpretations
- the popular Confucian version & an earlier Taoist version called Zhouyi. Reconstructed by twentieth-century scholars & archaeologists, Zhouyi presents the highly imaginative world of myth & ritual that is the hidden base of thousands of years of Eastern thought. Now, for the first time ever, Stephen Karcher fuses these two traditions using modern scholarship & archaeological & linguistic research, along with a wide background in Eastern philosophy & comparative religion, & presents them to the modern Western reader in a comprehensive & accessible new form. TOTAL I CHING is a complete oracle with instruction for immediate use in all life situations, but is also the first translation to detail the mythology of the divinatory system, offering a revolutionary new approach to the world's oldest wisdom tradition.