Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Let NT and EH report to THEM, hold Round Table and site meetings to keep THEM informed and allow one of their representatives to climb Silbury annually to proclaim "There is no God!" It's all about democracy, not misinterpreting some nancy advice in Conservation Guidelines that says always involve the locals and those for whom the places are special. It's the 21st century, we all have the internet and transport so we're ALL local and we ALL have very, very special interest in the places so how about outreaching to and flattering and fully informing US?! And FIRST - since we vastly outnumber the others and we're paying the bills!

Sorry I was a touch blunter than I intended.

To clarify, I'm saying nothing about the beneficial effects of the I Ching, on yours or anyones life. Just that to follow its guidance one must take a leap of faith that the path the I Ching shows you is going to be a beneficial one.

I understand and appreciate the role faith plays in many lives, for the vast majority it gives them hope and guidance, and who am I to take that away.

No..I was referring to our"national institution"(as he is often called these days)..the sometimes comical...yet regularly pompous La Fry, who is promoting another book...so needs to be in the public eye.

Jane,

I think that your quote below says everything perfectly.

cause offence, we prolong their unfair privilege.[/quote]

Totally agree,
Regards,
TE.

Excuse my limited understanding of the I Ching, but isn't its guidance couched in such a way that it is intended to make the user make their own decision (i.e. it doesn't say "go to the shops"; "burn a bible"; "make lasagne", etc).

In a way, it's similar to a creative block remover (say, Eno's Oblique Strategies cards) that really get you to think around a problem and then ultimately reach your own decision. I didn't think it was about "belief" or "faith" as such. Like I say though, not my area of expertise so feel free to correct.

Spot on Mr t. The Richard Wilhelm translation has a forward by C G Jung that may be of interest. Writing in 1949 Jung points out that -

"The method of the I Ching does indeed take into account the hidden individual quality in things and men, and in one's own unconscious self as well. I have questioned the I Ching as one questions a person whom one is about to introduce to friends: one asks whether or not it will be agreeable to him. In answer the I Ching tells me of its religious significance, of the fact that at present it is unknown and misjudged, of its hope of being restored to a place of honor -- this last obviously with a sidelong glance at my as yet unwritten foreword, and above all at the English translation. This seems a perfectly understandable reaction, such as one could expect also from a person in a similar situation."

In other words Jung is projecting his conscious and subconscious onto the relatively simple answers the I Ching provides.

I don't want to get into EH or NT bashing when so many in EH are threatened by the cuts but I hope one good thing at least comes from EH merging with the lottery fund - that they'll finally "get it" that they're guardians not proprietors.

(I reckon that's what's behind almost every criticism that's ever been levelled at either organisation since the year dot).

I see. I don't know anything about Fry's new book.
*...goes off to find out more...*