Missing Witches

WF Benebell Wen: It Meets You Where You Are, And Then It Will Take You To Higher Ground.

Nov 2, 2023
Benebell Wen, author and occult scholar known for deep I Ching and tarot research. She traces I Ching origins, shamanic and mythic roots, and how the oracle meets practitioners where they are. Conversations cover lineage, feminine voices, dreamwork and descent practices, cultural framing and appropriation, and using occult tools for personal and collective liberation.
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ADVICE

Read The I Ching As Reflective Scripture

  • Use the I Ching as a reflective scripture rather than a tool to push boundaries; maturity brings restraint.
  • Wen shifted from experimental uses to treating the I Ching as philosophy for harmony and self-reflection.
ADVICE

Use I Ching To Reconnect With Ancestry

  • Use the I Ching to reconnect diasporic Asian Americans to ancestral lineage when genealogies were lost.
  • Wen notes her family records trace 27 generations while many mainland families lost books during the Cultural Revolution.
INSIGHT

Queen Mother Anchors Shamanic I Ching Use

  • The Queen Mother of the West evolved from a feral primordial goddess to an immortal patron of shamans, linking her to I Ching use.
  • Wen describes Yiwangmu's mountain realm for shamans and her role as patron of shamanic divination.
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