PORTLAND, OREGON-- April 1, 2002 Visionary Networks launches www.iching.com, the company's latest offering in authentic online oracles.

Dating back more than 3,000 years, The I-Ching is the oldest known oracular system in the world. Used for centuries by sages and emperors of China, consulting the I-Ching has traditionally involved the tossing of yarrow stalks or "I-Ching" coins, to create a 6-line pattern of yin and yang lines -- a "hexagram" -- which is then interpreted. In total, there are more than 322,560 possible 'responses' or permutations of the coin's basic 6-line structure and 64 hexagrams.

Adapting an ancient oracle to a modern medium, people around the world can now access the I-Ching by going to www.IChing.com and tossing the coins using a mouse. The website interprets the oracle for them and delivers its message directly to them online -- without the intervention of priests, swamis or psychics.

The experience is not only mathematically authentic, but it is also what Paul O'Brien, CEO of Visionary Networks, describes as "energetically authentic" because "the casting of the lines is not done by a random number generator, but according to a user's timing with the mouse." I Ching.com visitors can also save readings in an online journal for future reference and reflection, as well as have the ability to e-mail their readings to others.

"The I-Ching is excellent for receiving clarity on problems or issues that logic can't handle," notes O'Brien. "Call it an intuitive decision-making tool, or a meditation aid or just an enlightening experience -- it's all of these, depending on how you use it. When used with sincerity, it is a powerful resource for thinking outside the box."