Description:

On this companion recording to the book, Michael Drake instructs the listener in playing the rhythmic patterns described in I Ching: The Tao of Drumming. He provides explanations and examples of the Binary, Elemental, and Trigram rhythms, as well as a 30 minute example of the Timewave of Change. More than an oracle, the I Ching is a symbolic blueprint or map of reality. It is an extraordinary symbol system that represents the fundamental aspects of our physical, mental, and spiritual experience. The pattern images convey paradoxical truths regarding the nature of reality in an intuitive, non-linear manner. They provide a means of exploring and developing the inner self. Each linear image depicts a particular drum pattern, which renders the essence of each archetype into sound. The drum pattern projects onto the body a supportive resonance or sound pattern to which the body can attune. By drumming the rhythm archetypes, one can attain a level of intuitive understanding beyond linguistic interpretations.