Reflections on the I Ching

George Santayana once commented that, "The concept of Spirit does not interestme, except as a technicality; it is the life of Spirit that I'm talking about. . ." And sotoo with Professor Allan W. Anderson whose Reflections on the I Ching is writtenprecisely for the one engaging the life of Spirit. Throughout his career, ProfessorAnderson tirelessly explored and shared his understanding of the Perennial orWisdom Tradition whose essential features remain the same in every classicalreligion regardless of culture. This collection of Professor Anderson's work on the I Ching, the earliest of theChinese classics, serves as a companion volume to his Self-Transformation and theOracular. The transcription of a short lecture series will assist the student who ismeeting the I Ching for the first time. The articles delve deeply into the originaltext and so provide the philosophical underpinnings for the practice outlined inthe extended essay. Every scripture has its particular genius. Arguably the genius of the I Ching isits focus on making adequate passage from birth to and through death throughembodying timely action and awakening to the interplay of fate and destiny.The serious student of the Wisdom Tradition will richly benefit from the sagelyinterpretation Professor Anderson provides with Reflections on the I Ching.