The Book That Answers in Shapes

By Altair Seerstone

Benebell Wen has done what I never could: explained the I Ching without flattening it. She treats the Book of Changes as what it has always been for me, a way of holding one question steady long enough to see its shape. I keep the coins on my desk and I rarely cast them. Just having the book near me changes how I ask. If you have ever wondered why the oldest book on some of our shelves is a book of changes, this is a good door.