The Elven Book of Changes: by the Silver Elves is a magical interpretation of

the I Ching or Book of Changes, and is for magicians, elves, and magic
wielders of all kinds. It is written without gender bias and serves both as an
Oracle and as a book of instruction to help the magician find hir way
through the maze of modern life, the mystical worlds of spirit, and the
magical realms of Faerie.

From the Introduction of The Elven Book of Changes:

We

first learned how to do the I Ching from the Elf Queens

Daughters. We had encountered it previously and had done it,

but it was with the Elf Queens Daughters that we really
learned how to do it effectively, and have since that time been
doing it at least once a day for the last 35+ years.
The I Ching is one of the oldest, most organized, and in the
experience and opinion of these elves, the most accurate of
oracles. Whenever we have a truly important question, we
always consult the I Ching.
While most experts say, and historical data seems to support,
that the I Ching has been in use for at least three to four
thousand years, the tradition among the Elves is that it is at
least 8,000 years old.
Why a New Version of the I Ching?
There are many versions of the I Ching, the Wilhelm-Baynes
translation being one of the best in our opinion. However, there
are aspects of that great book that these elves found
unsatisfactory. First, it bore with it the cultural prejudices
concerning women that existed at the time it was created. We
have tried to create a version that is non-sexist. Most versions

of the I Ching speak of the superior man, which we find less

than satisfactory to many of our sisters.
Second, we wanted a version that spoke to elves, elfin magic,
and magicians and magic workers overall. This version is
created with that in mind.
Third, while we believe the Wilhelm/Baynes version is a truly
great translation, there were a few lines we simply couldnt
agree with. Also, some made no sense to us in terms of the line
and then the hexagram it changed into, so we began again, line
by line. While our interpretation is in some instances very
similar to the original, in some cases we have altered the
interpretation completely."

Excerpt from the Elven Book of Changes:

HEXAGRAM 1: MAGIC
The first hexagram represents the primal power from which
all things originate. It is conceived of as Magic in a pure
undifferentiated state, and thus exists as absolute potentiality.
It is energetic by it nature and of the Spirit, and thus
represents the Divine. It has all solid lines indicating that it is
strong and without weakness, therefore it represents power. It
is purposeful, directed toward a goal that may be conceived of
as Vision or Destiny. The first primal power is infinite in Being.
It is, has always been, and always will be. It extends itself
through Space, the second primal power, which exists by virtue

of its nonexistence, which because of its receptivity allows the

First Power to manifest within Space. This creates the idea of
motion, or sequential development from which we derive the
idea of Time. This sequential development creates the idea of
evolution, by which the Magic realizes its Vision by way of stepby-step development through Space/Time. This sequential
realization of the Divine represents a movement from Pure
Conscious Being into the Mental Realm and from there into
Materiality. This might also be conceived as a descent into the
Angelic realm, the Deva realms and downward into the
individualized material realm, where Divinely inspired Mages
illuminate the lives of receptive individuals.