“The Revelation of Absoluteness in the Phenomenon of Living”

Yijing – the Book of Changes, first of all its ingenious translation by Richard Wilhelm, is mostly known as “scripture of wise advice”. Its wisdom and power to touch result in a general understanding based on the power of its statements and recorded conclusions. Even if the Book of Changes as a whole may seem quite strange, it touches an intuitive depth of understanding apart from rational comprehension. It appears that collective wisdom inheres, which moves deeply without revealing clearly to the person that is touched by it what is actually moving him. The allurement of the Yijing is based on the principals of change, because change is development, is the revelation of the hidden in time.

René van Osten has made his mark as an author and international lecturer on the topic of the Yijing. In his new book he solidifies a completely different level of understanding of the Book of Changes. Its focus is not on the usual texts in new interpretations; it rather deals with the bar codes of Trigrams and Hexagrams and their hidden flow patterns of changes in different areas of life. Since it is not just an analytical reference to existing Chinese texts, it is extending the approach of how to interpret them in a different way

The author penetrates the structures of Trigrams and Hexagrams in a deep and delicate way, which uncovers the hidden patterns of change and connects them with the knowledge and teachings of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), psychology, social and natural science and the arts, Feng Shui and in general with the patterns and phenomenon of life. No other universal system is able to illustrate the deep movements and inner correlations of life in such an ingenious way than the Trigrams and Hexagrams of the Book of Changes. Indeed, a “book of life”! Unimaginable not to get enthusiastic about it!

The book at hand by René von Osten is a milestone on the path of Western interpretation of the Yijing. It has a clear, concise and systematic structure and leads beginners from one thought and step of understanding to the next in an easy to follow and didactically well prepared way. Those already familiar with the matter step by step will gain an even deeper understanding. Thus, the book is an essential enrichment also for advanced students.
Dr. med. (Medical Doctor) Walburg Maric-Oehler
1 st Chair of the German Doctors’ Association of Acupuncture / DÄGfA
Associate Lecturer of Acupuncture at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Institut für Ost-West-Medizin (Institute for East-West-Medicine), Bad Homburg vdH, Germany

The Author René van Osten

René van Osten studied music and used to work for many years as an educator and therapist, before he discovered his “spiritual survival pack Yijing” in books and scriptures in 1986. Since then he is dedicated and committed to its ideas and in 1993 conceived “Symmetric Movements of Life Based on the Bar Code of the Yijing”. As a consequence René von Osten conducts successful seminars at the “ZhanDao Academy of the Yijing” in Germany and abroad. Over a period of three decades he dedicated his work and energy to the Book of Changes and its bar codes and movements of life and today is a recognized expert in the area of Yijing research and lecturing.

René van Osten is the author of “Yijing – The Book of Life” and “Plum Blossom Numerology” as well as countless lectures and scripts. In addition to managing the “ZhanDao Academy of the Yijing”, which he founded in 2002, he is engaged in lectures and seminars held at different facilities and associations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.