COMPARISON SUMMARY OF THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE AND THE DIVINATION SYSTEMS
DNA HELIX - BOOK OF LIFE I CHING - BOOK OF CHANGES
Discovered 1953, Watson/Crick Created 1100 BCE?, King Wen
A POLAR helix of PYRIMIDINE & A POLAR complex of YIN & YANG
PURINE chemicals written in symbols written in language of
language of 4 NUCLEIC ACIDS 4 EMBLEMATIC SYMBOLS taken 3 at
taken 3 at a time for 64 CODONS a time for 64 HEXAGRAMS aka KUA
Complementary base pairs bond Kua constructed using the
with 2 or 3 hydrogen atoms numbers 2 (yin) and 3 (yang)
Combined, the codons provide Combined, the kua provide
INSTRUCTIONS (GENES) for the INSTRUCTIONS (MEMES) for the
functioning of a living being behavior of a citizen and, by
and, by extension, the extension, the effective
functioning of the biosphere functioning of a society
Process of gene expression: Process of I Ching divination:
DNA->pre-mRNA->mRNA->Proteins 3 kua->2 kua->1 kua->result kua
/ \ / \
junk DNA; introns (out) ground kua1; ground kua2 (out)
tRNA as link between NUCLEIC TRUMPS as link between KUA &
ACID & AMINO ACID "ALPHABETS" HEBREW LETTERS (symbol alphabets)
DNA->mRNA via Transcription BOOK OF THOTH (Tarot) A. Crowley
Codons <--> tRNAs Kua meanings <--> Trump meanings
mRNA->Proteins via Translation BOOK OF CREATION "Sefer Yetzirah"
tRNAs -> assigned Amino Acids Trumps -> assigned Hebrew Letters
22 GROUPS cover all 64 CODONS 22 Tarot TRUMPS & LETTERS, with
(19 Amino Acid groupings plus their meanings, to be compared
1 start codon +2 stop groups) with 64 KUA in 22 GROUPS
in 3 CLASSES: in 3 CLASSES:
CODON CLASSES TRUMP CLASSES LETTER
3 Punctuation codon groups 3 Elements 3 Mothers
7 Non-polar/Hydrophobic Acids 7 Planets 7 Doubles
12 Polar/Hydrophilic Acids 12 Zodiac Signs 12 Simples
Productive of ?? Proteins Productive of ?? Thoughts
giving rise to an approximate giving rise to an approximate
infinite no. of life species. infinite number of texts.
64 CODONS coding for 22 64 KUA coding for 22
CHEMICALS in 3 CLASSES. LETTERS in 3 CLASSES.
Codons composed of 4 NUCLEIC Kua composed of 4 BASIC IMAGES
ACIDS of 2 TYPES: (taken 3 at of 2 TYPES:(taken 3 at a time)
a time)
PURINES - Adenine YANG - Old Yang 9--o-- -----
and -----
Guanine Young Yang 7----- -----
-- --
PYRIMIDINES - Thymine in DNA YIN - Old Yin 6--x-- -- --
Uracil in RNA -- --
and
Cytosine Young Yin 8-- -- -- --
-----
Adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) Old Yang
MAIN energy supplier for The MAIN image of energy in
cellular metabolism. I Ching symbolism
structure of Adenine: pentagon has numerical value of 9
& hexagon = 9 external points
Guanine-triphosphate (GTP) Young Yang
LESSER energy supplier and The LESSER image of energy
Guanine has similar chemical in I Ching system
structure to Adenine. numerical value = 7
By chemical complementation: By symbolic complementation:
Thymine/Uracil and Cytosine Old Yin and Young Yin
have chemical structure of a have
hexagon for 6 external points numerical values of 6 and 8
3 classes of CODON GROUPS: 3 classes of TRUMPS & LETTERS:
3 Punctuation groups 3 Elemental and Mothers
( 4 codons ) ( 4 kua )
7 Non-polar/Hydrophobic AA 7 Planetary and Doubles
( 24 codons ) ( 24 kua )
12 Polar/Hydrophilic AA 12 Zodiac signs and Simples
( 36 codons ) ( 36 kua )
CONTENTS
- Why the I Ching symbols are like the codons of the genetic code.
- Why the letters of the Hebrew alphabet are like the amino acids of the genetic code.
- A new way of looking at the I Ching divination procedure.
- How the new divination procedure for the I Ching models the process of protein production.
© Copyright 1996, Steve Krakowski,
krakowss@digital.net
