THE BOOK
The Tao of Birthdays
Paperback - 320 pages (August
2000)
Charles E Tuttle Co; ISBN: 0804832005
List price: $16.95
Based on
a 5,000 year-old system from the I Ching, The Tao of Birth Days offers
Western readers a new way to examine their lives and their destinies. Once
readers find which of the sixty-four birth signs they fall under, they
can begin the process of uncovering the traits, abilities, and possibilities
they were born to possess. The Natal Hexagram explores all aspects of an
individual's life, from family to work to love, in a way no other system
has done. Compatibility charts, exercises, and a listing of each sign's
positive and negative traits help readers to understand not just themselves,
but their interactions with other signs and the world at large.
THE AUTHOR
Denny started
exploring the ideas of myths, magic and history amidst the many cultures
of New York where he grew up. In 1979 he received his BA in Education from
Oneonta University and his undergraduate thesis was on the Kabul and Hebrew
mysticism. He later was awarded an MA in Ancient History from Western Washington
University, his graduate thesis being on the Sun Gods of Mesopotamia and
Egypt. He has taught at several colleges, community colleges and
academies, always amassing information on various religious and mythic
traditions along the way. He has recently returned from teaching at Sundai-ELS
Junior College in Tokyo, Japan, where he lived and worked for the last
four years. In Japan he had an ecological textbook published called Heal
the Earth!, (Dawn Press, 1991) and he was a journalist for Eye Ai Magazine,
City Life News, Via Magazine, Tokyo Today, The Japan International Journal,
and The Japan Times Weekly. He also wrote regular columns for The Tokyo
Weekender, Mini-World and the Asahi Evening News. His last book, published
by Llewellyn Worldwide (1994), is Global Ritualism, Myth and Magic around
the World a comprehensive survey of the ritual components of religious
traditions from around the world. He is an avid student of Eastern
religions and has been studying and giving lectures on the I Ching for
about two decades. He received the wisdom of Natal Hexagrams from
Shri Gurudev Dadaji Mahendranath in 1980. This book is the fruit of this
research and these ideas.
LECTURE
/ BOOKSIGNING
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE I CHING & YOUR NATAL HEXIGRAM
Who are we and what is our path in life? The I Ching is the oldest book in human history and gives us some of these answers. It reveals every possibility of life encoded into 64 symbols and, by working with this system, we can learn about ourselves and the universe. The I Ching has mostly been seen as an Oracle, and this very important. Yet the I Ching can also be a powerful tool for meditation and for helping us clearly understand our lives and make them better. Together we will explore the history, uses and keys of the I Ching. This lecture is based on the new book THE TAO OF BIRTH DAYS, an in-depth system for deeply understanding yourself and the people around you interms of the timeless wisdom of the I CHING hexagrams they were born with. Everyone in this lecture will discover their natal hexagram, the Taoist image of their ‘Way’ in life that clearly describes our own unique gifts and spirit. The Natal I Ching is clear, easy to grasp and a system that is open to all.