The Kuan Yin Oracle: The Voice of the Goddess of Compassion

This book is a spiritual link between all the faiths of the world but its most beautiful essence is in the depiction of the simultaneous evolution of Buddhism and Christianity along the silk road. "The place where this spiritual wisdom was truly cultivated was on the silk road in what is now called northern China and India 600-800 CE. This was a great melting pot of spiritual paths Mahayana or Tantric Buddhists mixed with Manicheans and Nestorians,Zoroastrians,Sufis,Taoists and practising spirit mediums. All were out laws in one way or another from Christian to Confucian, and they lived in the dangerous world of the silk road.All of these out law religions seemed to believe in two things; a radical separation between the endless wheel of birth,death,greed, and suffering and a fertile spiritual world that the individual could reach."The second element in this religious melting pot was gnostic. Between 400-600 various sects associated with the "great heresy" of Gnosticism entered Northern China, driven out of the mediterranean area by violent persecution of the Orthodox Church. Gnostics were not really heretic Christians; they were pseudo-christian just as they were pseudo-jewish and pseudo-pagan. They represented an ancient strain of thought that attached itself to various symbol systems and deconstructed them in order to orient us towards the gnosis or direct acquaintance with the spirit, a practise that may have originated in the old pre-Rabbinic form of jewish worship. Gnostics saw the passions as demons that literally fasten onto our souls like wolves on the kill and turn to compulsive materialism. The Gnostic figure of Sophia the Redeemer who reaches out to awaken the divine spark in each being may have been the catalyst that produced Kuan Yin,the Compassionate One,out of her male form Avalokitesvara."

Sadly didn't come with the sticks :/ But still an interesting book.

To understand more about the Goddess of Compassion. a good description of the method helping you to focus on your path

Karcher better known for his superb 'tour de force' on the I Ching scores another hit with this oracular book. The story prefacing the oracle is essential reading in the quest for the 'Goddess of Compassion", although Blofeld's book on Kuan Yin is also a big hitter. If this is the only book you buy this year make it this one.

Its a lovely book, very practical, and obviously well written, but for a western audience. But from other chinese people I know they talk about the oracle having more meanings assigned to each oracle.

This book is very interesting and anything which speaks of heart-felt compassion has to be welcome in the world. I find the I Ching to provide more 'accurate' readings but this is worth consulting none-the-less.

Stephen Karcher's books are essential to help the Western mind understand and benefit from the Eastern perspective. Good for beginners.

This book is a great source of information and direction for all things that I’d hoped for. It’s easy to read interesting and useful!

I love this book. The tranlsation by Karcher has been perfect in comparison to what Im used to when consulting the orginal poems provided by the temple. But I think this book may be print on demand. It took almost a month to get to me. I had to keep telling myself: Buddhists know how to wait. Buddhists know patience. So I recommend, buy at least two when you order - in case you lose one.

This was written by the author of The Total I Ching, Stephen Karcher. Very good oracle for all questions.

This Book the Kuan Yin Oracle guide to poems which gives insight into where you are in your karmic pathway. Well written and with great back ground insights into the meanings of the I Ching Book of Changes and it's development. A treasure for those who want clarity of their purpose.

For a long time, I keep asking others to translate and no one can give me a word to word. Instead they instantly want to put their own impression to my selection. This can prove confusing and misleading. I am so glad he translated the poems and also the what can and cannot happen. He even added a prologue of some history and insight so you can understand what is being told to you. IF you really believe in the kuan yin oracle and cannot read Chinese as I do, then this is so helpful. Thanks Stephen Karcher.