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Secrets of the I Ching
The classic guide to tapping the practical benefits of an age-old book of wisdom--revised to captivate today's spiritual seekers. Based on the revered Chinese philosophy with a 5,000-year-old tradition, the I Ching, or Book of Changes, is rich in revelations. An eminent expert on the powers of the subconscious, Dr. Joseph Murphy opens the guiding force of this ancient text to anyone with an appreciation of the possibilities. With the help of three coins--ordinary pennies will do-- readers will learn to apply their intuitive abilities to receive the I Ching's answers.Dr. Joseph Murphy explains the I Ching hexagram system, revealing its roots in human psychology and the principle of constant change.Published by Parker Publishing Company, www.parkerpub.co
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232 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
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Joseph Murphy
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Joseph Murphy was a Divine Science minister and author.
Murphy was born in Ireland, the son of a private boy's school headmaster and raised a Roman Catholic. He studied for the priesthood and joined the Jesuits. In his twenties, an experience with healing prayer led him to leave the Jesuits and move to the United States, where he became a pharmacist in New York (having a degree in chemistry by that time). Here he attended the Church of the Healing Christ (part of the Church of Divine Science), where Emmet Fox had become minister in 1931.
In the mid 1940s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he met Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes, and was ordained into Religious Science by Holmes in 1946, thereafter teaching at the Institute of Religious Science. A meeting with Divine Science Association president Erwin Gregg led to him being reordained into Divine Science, and he became the minister of the Los Angeles Divine Science Church in 1949, which he built into one of the largest New Thought congregations in the country. In the next decade, Murphy married, earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Southern California and started writing. After his first wife died in 1976, he remarried to a fellow Divine Science minister who was his longstanding secretary. He died in 1981.
Joseph Murphy was a Divine Science minister and author.
Murphy was born in Ireland, the son of a private boy's school headmaster and raised a Roman Catholic. He studied for the priesthood and joined the Jesuits. In his twenties, an experience with healing prayer led him to leave the Jesuits and move to the United States, where he became a pharmacist in New York (having a degree in chemistry by that time). Here he attended the Church of the Healing Christ (part of the Church of Divine Science), where Emmet Fox had become minister in 1931.
In the mid 1940s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he met Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes, and was ordained into Religious Science by Holmes in 1946, thereafter teaching at the Institute of Religious Science. A meeting with Divine Science Association president Erwin Gregg led to him being reordained into Divine Science, and he became the minister of the Los Angeles Divine Science Church in 1949, which he built into one of the largest New Thought congregations in the country. In the next decade, Murphy married, earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Southern California and started writing. After his first wife died in 1976, he remarried to a fellow Divine Science minister who was his longstanding secretary. He died in 1981.
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February 17, 2010
The first half was good/interesting (or at least not too silly), but the second half with new "Christian" verses for the ancient I Ching is just too much for me. I'll stick to the old verses, but still his thoughts about how the universe are worth reading.
August 8, 2022
Very inspiring stories.
January 3, 2022
Książka sama w sobie ciekawa. Dużo interesujących faktów, proste wyjaśnienie metody działania wyroczni I Ching, jednakże spodziewałam się czegoś więcej po profesorze Murphym. Pół książki zajmuje interpretacja heksagramów (w mojej opinii jest to zbędne - owe interpretację znajdziemy również w oryginalnym wydaniu lub internecie). Raczej nie sięgnęłabym po nią 2 raz, aczkolwiek znalazlam parę wartościowych cytatów lub rad.
December 31, 2022
If you are new to I Ching or are familiar, Father Joseph provides the background and relates it to biblical verses. Intersection of different faiths and guideposts to life, answers are in I Ching for believers
March 27, 2020
Secret and beautiful
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Tao Wu Wei spirit
July 25, 2013
Accurate and easy to follow
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