Handout for the I Ching Seminar in Stow, Massachusetts, 2005. Stow
12 pages, pdf format

Table of Contents

Definition of a Human Individual 1
The Role of the Cosmic Family and the Human Family for the Individual 1
What Separates the Individual from the Cosmos and from Nature is the Ego 2
The Role of Fate in Breaking Spells 3
The Family Myth as the Cause of a Family Fate 4
Family Fates, and how they Lead to the Adoption of Roles when their
Causes are not Understood 5
How Alcoholism in the Family Influences the Roles taken on by a Child 8
The “rescuer child” 9
The “scapegoat” 9
The “rebel child” 10
The Birth of a Child as a Cosmic Gift 10
The Ego Definition of Family and the “Human Family Complex” 11
The Family Secret in the Closet 12