Yijing Research
Harmen Mesker
Historical sources, Classical Chinese, textual analysis and the foundations of divination methods. Harmen contributes research, translations and course material grounded in the original texts.
Teaching and collaboration
Yijing Research & Nourishing Destiny Academy
Where classical sources meet practical application. Harmen Mesker and Johannes Bloemsma bring historical research, traditional divination and practical teaching together.
A shared approach
Research meets practice
Some of the most important insights into the Yijing come from returning to the original Chinese texts. But understanding how a method developed is only part of the work: it also has to become meaningful when someone actually uses it.
Harmen Mesker and Johannes Bloemsma have known each other for many years. Their collaboration grows from a shared interest in the Yi and a complementary way of working. Harmen concentrates on the language, history and sources of the Zhouyi and Wenwang Gua. Johannes brings that knowledge into practical interpretation, teaching and work with real questions and cases.
Together, they aim to connect careful study of the original material with a method that students can understand, test and use for themselves.
Nourishing Destiny Academy
Johannes Bloemsma
Practical interpretation, guided application and teaching through questions and real-life cases. Johannes helps connect traditional methods to students' experience and their work with the Yi.
Learning together
Courses and shared teaching
Nourishing Destiny Academy hosts courses developed and taught through this collaboration. Two important strands of their teaching are Wenwang Gua and working with the structure of the Yijing hexagrams.
文王卦
Wenwang Gua: The Hidden Architecture of the Yijing
Learn to read the relationships within a hexagram through classical methods, with both textual foundations and worked examples. Harmen and Johannes teach together, combining source-based explanations with practical application.
周易
Yijing: The Power of the Hexagrams
Study the structure and components of hexagrams as a foundation for interpretation. Harmen provides the research-based recorded teaching, with Johannes supporting students through questions, practical cases and live discussion.
Explore the courses
For current course descriptions, availability and enrolment, visit Nourishing Destiny Academy.
Read Harmen's personal account of how this collaboration developed →