The I Ching works be using these hexagram things, which are made up of two 'trigrams' which are made up of three lines, and there are two choices of
line, broken and unbroken.
So, there are two options wrt BL. One is that the gray rings in Bl with two gaps represent the 'broken line', the other is that the 'black' lines
between the rings represent the solid line, i suppose.
To construct a hexagram apparently you build up. Your first line starts at the bottom and is line 1. Topmost line is line 6. So, I will assume we go
thru the BL like a regular labyrinth. You start in the center and walk to get out.
So the first hexagram I am going to say is:
unbroken called the water trigram which can represent difficulty
broken called the fire trigram which can represent intelligence.
Now, there are 22 gray rings. That means that there are three sets of hexagrams, followed by rings 19, 20, 21, and 22, which, obviously don't form a
There is also something called a nuclear hexagram. You take a hexagram and write a new one by using the previous one's lines 2 3 4 and then 3 4 5 .
Here is the nuclear hexagram for the thrice repeating bl hexagram
broken now fire is on top
unbroken and water is on bottom
I had thought at one point 'what if i have the original hexagram backwards'? Say, I misplaced the lines and had figured broken for unbroken or
something. You get the reverse of the orignal hexagram, with fire on top and water on bottom and the nuclear hexagram for that is the original one.
So the two posibilities are thier own nuclear hexagrams, and the nuclear hexagram is supposed to 'show something of the original contradictoriness of
the original hexagram' or some such. But if you start from the center I don't seehow the first line can be anything other than 'unbroken'.
So what does the oracle do? Apparently you'd normally throw some sticks or a coin a few times to get the hexagram pattern, then you'd reflect on a
question you want the oracle to answer and the oracle woudl answer it based on these hexagrams and their interpretation.
I don't 'beleive' this sort of stuff. I think its bs.
is a description of the bl hexagram.
In hexagram 63 we find the successful end of a journey masks the beginning of another. The mask of completion helps memory to distinguish
events and some form of guide is useful for the new dangers ahead.
In the image, although one has completed a path, one recollects the bad times and is determined to be ready for them next time; the overall emphasis
is getting things done in the correct order for completion.
Nice and vague no? Sounds 'mysterious' enough to be like BL.
Anyway, the first question to ask is, is black labyrinth a game? I ask it using this
program/oracle. I used the 'yarrow stick' procedure, but I am not sure if it helps at all. I gives me some properly vague responses. I suspect
that the game designers don't intend for the game to be cracked this way, because the 'yarrow stick' method can give different results and other
methods can give other results, so its not 'controlable' from the aspect of a game.
Anyway right now its says "DO:Recognise that primitive forces and desires are driving the situation" and do not"Persist with firm action"
Is anyone else more familiar with these sorts of things?