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Oriental Fortune Telling
Oriental Fortune Telling brings to the Western reader a novel way of using cards, dice, coins, and "subconscious" numbers to arrive at modern interpretations of a fortune telling school that has existed in Asia for more than three thousand years.
It is a "complete" book in that it gives the reader a brief history of Ti, describes several methods of arriving at the right "key," and finally, uses the "key" to unlock Yi's answers to questions involving the future. The instructions are clearly written, easy to understand, and the methods of finding answers are both novel and entertaining. The Ti fortunes answer both specific and general questions, always giving a clue as to when one's pattern of luck will change. The "key" that provides the answers is the listing on the front and back inside covers. When the reader has reached the correct combination, he need only check this listing to find the appropriate page number of his fortune. Whether the reader is a dyed-in-the wool mystic, or skeptic, this book is sure to provide endless hours of entertainment and amusement.
It is a "complete" book in that it gives the reader a brief history of Ti, describes several methods of arriving at the right "key," and finally, uses the "key" to unlock Yi's answers to questions involving the future. The instructions are clearly written, easy to understand, and the methods of finding answers are both novel and entertaining. The Ti fortunes answer both specific and general questions, always giving a clue as to when one's pattern of luck will change. The "key" that provides the answers is the listing on the front and back inside covers. When the reader has reached the correct combination, he need only check this listing to find the appropriate page number of his fortune. Whether the reader is a dyed-in-the wool mystic, or skeptic, this book is sure to provide endless hours of entertainment and amusement.
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1965
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October 14, 2009
My first book concerning the I-Ching (or "Yi" as the book calls it). All the hexagrams are in here. I like it, and am still using it since the first day I got my hands on it (around the mid '70's).
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