Community I Ching
Using Divination for Individual and Collective Guidance
A Practice Group with Satya Doyle Byock
two sessions
Saturdays, August 24th & 31st, 2024
10am-12pm PT | 1-3pm ET | 6-8pm UK
All seminars are hosted online. Recordings are provided to all registrants.
“For more than thirty years I have interested myself in this oracle technique, or method of exploring the unconscious, for it has seemed to me of uncommon significance.”
Carl Jung was instrumental in introducing the I Ching to the Western world, and he regularly used this ancient Taoist divination tool in his own life. He found tremendous comfort in the parallels between his then burgeoning understanding of psychology as a dance between the masculine and feminine, and the Taoist pursuit of balance between the yin and the yang.
What is The I Ching?
The I Ching is a method of divination in which the rational mind is set aside for a moment to invite in the “irrational” or yin wisdom. The easiest parallel might be to the Tarot, although the Tarot is a deck of cards and The I Ching is comprised of what’s known as Hexagrams, which are arrived at by throwing three coins and recording their pattern.
No one can quite say how divination works, but once you’re in relationship with a tool like this, you experience undeniable insight. Think of it as adjusting an antenna to pick up radio signals that you wouldn’t have otherwise been able to hear.
In this two-part series, Satya Doyle Byock will introduce how to “throw” The I Ching for beginners in the first hour of four. All are welcome to attend to learn for the first time, or for review. The second hour of the first session (August 24th), and the entire second session (August 31st) will provide space for “Community I Ching” in which we ask questions individually and share responses for group reflection. Satya will facilitate throughout to support maximum insight, and safety for participants.
This book of 64 Hexagrams can be used to support self-knowledge, the development of consciousness, and an exploration of “right practice” within a struggling society. Within our time together, you are welcome to inquire into big and small life decisions, questions about personal relationships, or guidance on responding to collective suffering.
Satya encourages all registrants to purchase one or two translations of the I Ching, if you don’t already own your own copy. Her favorites for beginners are Susan Dening’s The Everyday I Ching & Stephen Karcher’s Total I Ching.
Register:
Cost: $65
Self & Society Paid Subscribers: New and existing paid subscribers of Self & Society have access to a code for 15% off this class. The code can be found here.
Scholarships & Discounts: It is important to us that this material be accessible. If finances would prevent you from participating, please send an email with a short note. We would love for you to be able to join us.
Materials: To participate fully in these sessions, you’ll need three pennies or coins of the same value; a journal and something to write with; Translations of the I Ching or you can use this online resource.
Recordings: All sessions will be recorded and provided to registrants within 24 hours of the live gathering. It is not necessary to attend live.
About Satya Doyle Byock, MA, LPC
Satya Doyle Byock is the director of The Salome Institute, a psychotherapist in private practice, and the author of Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood (Random House + Penguin Press). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Oprah Daily, Literary Hub, Psychological Perspectives, goop, and on NPR, the BBC, and many podcasts. She has lectured on various topics at C.G. Jung societies in the US and the UK and is the co-host of Carl Jung’s Red Book Podcast (now completed). She writes regularly for her Substack newsletter, Self & Society and has over twenty years of experience in dreamwork and The I Ching.