Author Archives: Sparhawk

Looking at things in a certain way

Posted on February 14, 2004 by Sparhawk

Today I was reading what I consider one of the best online journals around and had an epiphany: This world, behind the fluttering banners of “Big Pharm”, is walking right into the gates of hell (albeit with the sound of … Continue reading →

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Dragones negros…

Posted on January 29, 2004 by Sparhawk

Hace algunas noches tuve un sueño bastante inquietante y curioso. Como podrán saber, uno de mis hobbies es la fotografía. Siempre ando de arriba para abajo con una mochila llena de cámaras y lentes mientras mi trípode y monópodo viajan … Continue reading →

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When the Yi stops talking to you…

Posted on January 7, 2004 by Sparhawk

One of the worst things that can happen to a student of the Yi is that it will stop talking to her/him. Sure, you can keep asking to your heart’s content and something resembling an answer will come up, but, … Continue reading →

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Hilarious…

Posted on December 31, 2003 by Sparhawk

I almost fell off my chair laughing. I was just checking my web stats and saw that somebody arrived to my site using the following search terms: “very smart thoughts” No comments…

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Wild searches

Posted on December 17, 2003 by Sparhawk

Now, this is not a new sport. I was introduced to it by reading one of my favorite ranting blogs about “ways to look at things” . It is about looking into your website’s logs to see where the references … Continue reading →

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Karl Haushofer and Chinese Mysticism

Posted on December 16, 2003 by Sparhawk

I was browsing one of Gen. Cheng’s books and noticed the following name in western characters: “Karl Haushofer”. The fact of finding western characters in a completely Chinese written book is very interesting and prompted me to search the web … Continue reading →

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Book Three

Posted on December 13, 2003 by Sparhawk

The diagrams of third book are now online. This book is quite special in that is has lots of math formulas and tables. As with the other two books, there are diagrams that are repeated, however, for the sake of … Continue reading →

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Here goes the second book…

Posted on December 11, 2003 by Sparhawk

I just finished scanning and uploading the diagrams of the second Gen. Cheng’s book. I brought some books to work and used the scanner I have in the office. It is a slower process than using a camera but to … Continue reading →

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Starting the scanning of my Chinese Yi books

Posted on December 7, 2003 by Sparhawk

Today I started scanning my set of chinese Yi books. As you can see from the pictures, they are mostly scans of the diagrams in the books. I am posting this in the hope that some of my fellow Yi … Continue reading →

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Have you ever looked for signs?

Posted on August 30, 2003 by Sparhawk

Well, I am always looking for them. I don’t usually find them, but, sometimes they just jump at you. For the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed a few. Some of them can make you reflect about what comes next… … Continue reading →

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