The I Ching as a Potential Jungian Application: History and Practice

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Reflection on the paper: Art as a modern ritual. A way to dialogue with the unknown, to symbolically act or perform, to integrate fragmented selves, to connect inwards and outwards.

Ritual as a Method of Inquiry

• Divination is a ritual act that connects the inner world (psyche) and outer world (event) through synchronicity.

• Jung treated the I Ching consultation as a sacred dialogue with the unconscious, often mediated by symbolic tools (yarrow stalks, coins).

  
  

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• My work of burning, incense, and darkroom processes reflects this. The material becomes symbolic, alchemical.

• The work/process can be interpreted as an oracle, making the invisible visible.

 Synchronicity and the Image

• The hexagram is not predictive in a linear way; it mirrors the psychological or archetypal state of the moment.

• Jung emphasised this synchronistic encounter between the oracle and the reader as an expression of the Self.

Reflection:

• My work emerges from a similar space: the image is not pre-determined, but arises from material interaction and chance.

• Try to create the conditions for meaning to emerge, rather than forcing it. A synchronicity between matter and intent.

• The work is a mirror, not just for me, but for the viewer. It invites meaning-making beyond language.