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LIBER

THE YI KING

CCXVI

T HE Y I K ING (I C HING )

A N EW T RANSLATION

OF T HE B OOK OF C HANGES

T HE M ASTER T HERION

(Aleister Crowley)

Key entry on this electronic copy

by Steven Santiago for the O.T.O.

completed May 1 , 1989 .

Subsequent formatting

and editorial work

by Frater T.S.

Note: In this work Crowley employs the transliterations of Chinese

names used by Legge in the Sacred Books of the East series. These

differ somewhat from those employed by more recent writers using the

Wade-Giles or Pinyin systems.

Despite the subtitle this is not a new translation: it is a free English

verse paraphrase of Legge’s translation of the hexagrams. The method

of forming the hexagrams appears to be of Crowley’s own devising:

while it speeds up the process, it means that exactly one ‘changing’

line appears in each hexagram; whereas the traditional methods

(forming the lines one at a time using yarrow stalks or coins) generate

anything from zero to six.

T.S.

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Publication in Class B

INTRODUCTION

The Yi King is mathematical and philosophical in form. Its

structure is cognate with that of the Qabalah; the actual apparatus

is simple, and five minutes is sufficient to obtain a fairly detailed

answer to any but the most obscure questions.

To Mega Qhrion

THE TAO

1. TAO concentrateth itself upon Kether as a point.

2. TAO directeth itself within Chokmah and becometh the

Male Force. He is called YANG, and is symbolized by a Solid

Line.

3. TAO expandeth in Binah and becometh the Female Force.

She is called YIN, and is symbolized by a Broken Line.

4. These three: TAO, YANG and YIN, bring forth heaven and

earth, and all contained therein.

THE APPARATUS

0. TAO is the source of the Yi King, as of all.

1. Thou shalt obtain 6 Chinese coins. Five shall be of one

metal and the sixth of another. One side ye shall call Yang,

and the other Yin (Heads and Tails).

2. These coins should be kept in a wrapped black cloth, and no

other should lay his hand upon them. For they swell with

thine aura when used with sincerity and repetition.

3. Hast no coins? Six sticks will serve. Paint one side solid and

the other broken. One of the six is especial; It should be

made unique by painting one end on both sides. Care for

thine sticks as though they were coins.

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