How our Landscapes Impact our Prosperity, our Power, and our Health & the Importance of Land Form and Topography in Feng Shui

MODULE DESCRIPTION

This course will be taught in two parts; Module 5 (part I) and Module 8: Specialization Track A - Topography and Landform (part II). Part I is included in the core curriculum, and part II is available for those who would like to further their studies on land form and topography in feng shui. The modules will include on-site experiential work combined with in-depth classroom studies.

Our landscapes have the power to create or destroy entire civilizations. Ancient geomancers understood the relationship between the land and human destiny. They developed techniques that allowed them to use landforms and river systems as ways to increase political and economic power for monarchs and kings. Modern feng shui uses this knowledge as a way to increase personal or institutional potential, create prosperity, and foster health and longevity for clients large and small. Landscape analysis is a valuable tool that allows you to greatly augment you own success as well as that of your clients.

Students in this specialization track will learn to analyze both the form and the spirit of the land. We will begin by looking at the most auspicious combinations of land and water forms with examples from successful sites around the world, from Manhattan and San Francisco Bay, to the Forbidden City in Beijing, the power spots of ancient Greece and the ley lines of the British Isles. Dragon Veins, Water Dragons, Ley Lines, Power Spots, Energy Vortexes, and other formations will be described and evaluated for their impact on human destiny.

Particular attention will be given to the understanding of Power as a force in the land. This power derives not only from the physical form of the landscape but from its spiritual content as well. In order to understand this, students will be exposed not only to classroom instruction, but will also have an opportunity to see and walk on the ley lines that nourish the San Francisco Bay Area.

You will be instructed on the invisible energies that traverse the land, practicing dowsing techniques, learning how to locate ley lines, dragon veins, and auspicious sites, and discovering how to diagnose geopathic stresses (damaging earth energies) that may be impacting a client’s site.

In addition, you will also study and practice the fundamentals of earth and water rituals, ground-breaking ceremonies, and other processes that allow us to uncover and connect to the hidden spirit of land, sky, and waters.

All students will receive an initiation into the rank of shamanic practitioner of earth healing, also known in other cultures as dragon mastery.

Module 5: Walking The Dragon (part I)
with Alex Stark
March 20 - 23, 2009

• Basics of landform and topography.
• Dragon Veins, Water Dragons, Ley Lines, and    Power Spots
• Dowsing level One
• Map Reading

We will cover the basics of landform and topography. Dragon Veins, Water Dragons, Ley Lines, and Power Spots will be defined and explained. Outstanding examples from around the world will be introduced, including San Francisco Bay, Manhattan Island, Mt. St. Michel (France), Beijing, Stonehenge, and Delphi (Greece). We will undertake a deep study and understanding of topography, landform, feng shui dragons, and other topographical power systems. In addition to classical land and water forms known in feng shui to foster prosperity and success, examples will be given of contemporary businesses, developments, towns, and even cities that have used feng shui principles to create success through the manipulation of land form, water courses, and other feng shui cures. Examples will include the Center for Discovery Pediatric campus in Harris, NY, the Florida Panhandle development of Seaside, the town of Highland Lake in North Carolina, and the city of Auroville in India. We will also begin to explore landform and water systems to underground energies. This will begin our study and practice of dowsing, the art of engaging and decoding the energy patterns of the environment (see Dowsing description at foot of page) There will be examples of actual situations and how the topography in their cases impacted the outcome of people's lives, prosperity, and health. In part one, students will also learn how to read and analyze topographical maps an essential skill for understanding landform. Full day site visit We will spend at least one full day walking on the land, identifying dragon veins, dragon formations, and their relationships to human settlements, and the seats of political and economic power. This all-day excursion will take us to a location that will illustrate the classroom teachings. This site will be in a location in the mountains north of San Francisco that is part of the power system of the area, where we can relate landform and water patterns to the economic and political power of the larger metropolitan area. Students will be able not only to see that forms in the land that nourish the prosperity and influence of The San Francisco Bay Area, but will also be instructed on how to tap into this power for personal growth. Basic water and land rituals will be explained and demonstrated.

Full day site visit

We will spend at least one full day walking on the land, identifying dragon veins, dragon formations, and their relationships to human settlements, and the seats of political and economic power. This all-day excursion will take us to a location that will illustrate the classroom teachings. This site will be in a location in the mountains north of San Francisco that is part of the power system of the area, where we can relate landform and water patterns to the economic and political power of the larger metropolitan area. Students will be able not only to see that forms in the land that nourish the prosperity and influence of The San Francisco Bay Area, but will also be instructed on how to tap into this power for personal growth. Basic water and land rituals will be explained and demonstrated.  

Module 9: Walking The Dragon (part II)
with Alex Stark
June 19 - 22, 2009

Plots and Plans; Exterior Feng Shui and Site Planning

We will cover topographical issues as they relate to real-case scenarios, with many of examples of diverse situations. Rather than the macro scale, we will focus on individual plots and how they relate to landform, plot shapes, and other exterior feng shui criteria:

This will focus on the analysis of the client’s property in relation to the regional landform, watercourses, underground water, and other factors of exterior feng shui such as plot shape, slope, and proximity to roads and streets. In addition to classical land and water forms known in feng shui to foster prosperity and success, examples will be given of contemporary businesses and developments that have used feng shui principles to create success through the manipulation of land form, water courses, and other feng shui cures. Examples will include the Center for Discovery Pediatric campus in Harris, NY, Lynmar Winery in Sonoma, Whole Foods Markets in Edgewater, NJ, and the Aspen Institute in Aspen Colorado, among others.

Earth Energies, Land Rituals, and Earth Healing

Focusing on developing more complex rituals to promote prosperity and harmony on the land

This will focus on techniques for understanding and measuring earth energies, underground water, and geopathic stresses (earth energies that are detrimental to humans). Basic skills in dowsing and visual diagnosis will be covered, with the intention of making complex assessments of earth vitality, quality of chi, and also for the diagnosis of geopathic stresses. We will learn rituals that promote well being, health, and prosperity. Land blessings, energy clearings, ground-breaking rituals, and consecrations ceremonies will be introduced. Earth Healing techniques will be explored both for the curing of geopathic stress, as well as for traumas caused by historic events such as wars, crime, or even excessive construction.

The Earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first,
Nature is incomprehensible at first,
Be not discouraged, keep on,
there are divine things well enveloped,
I swear to you there are divine beings
more beautiful than words can tell.

-Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892, American Poet)

Dowsing

A technique for understanding and measuring earth energies, underground water, and geopathic stresses (geopathic stress relates to the stress suffered when a human body (or even animal or plant) spends time in contact with areas of distorted energy running through and along the Earth.
We will discuss what causes Geopathic Stress, the differing types, where they are found, how they affect us, how they can be detected and what to do when they're discovered). Basic skills in dowsing and visual diagnosis will be covered, with the intention of making complex assessments of earth vitality, quality of chi, and also for the diagnosis of geopathic stresses.
Detecting and understanding invisible energies and forces is an essential part of achieving optimum design in relation to health and well being.
Dowsing has been utilized in one form or another in every culture and tradition since the beginning of time and refers to tried and true techniques for tapping into universal consciousness. These techniques permit the dowser to seek information and guidance that may not be easily available in any other way and often allows the gathering of information and answers that reach beyond our rational, intellectual mind and our physical senses.
You will learn the seemingly magical use of the 2 primary Dowsing tools: the L rod and the Pendulum.
We will explore their many uses:
• Detecting and interpreting Earth energies (the lines and sinews of Chi that run in, through and over the body of the Earth. Sometimes called ley lines or earth grid energies).
• Detecting underground water (veins and primary reservoirs).
• Detecting residual energies that we encounter in homes
• Detecting stuck entities inside the home
• Using the pendulum to verify information
• Using the L rod to detect energy boundaries in spatial design
• Using the L rod to detect electromagnetic fallout