'Geomancy' Articles
Geomantic practice has two sides to it. A divinatory practice, and an art that approaches “engineering”. Geomancers use a variety of techniques world wide and the “I-ching” is geomantic as well (I-ching = book of change). They all focus on first generating a pulse pattern, and then systematically arranging it using a binary algorithm, for lack of a better term. They read this pattern as it moves through you, and allow you to translate it into events that will manifest in that environment in the case of divination. In the “engineering” facet of geomancy, they recognize some energies and patterns as auspicious, as supportive.
“It is vitally important for a human-made structure to honour and make connections with the physical environment. This creates stability, acceptance by the spirit of the land, and very real anchor lines which allow energy flow between the structure and surrounding landscape.” Ivan McBeth
Invisible Energies
Geomancy is sort of a material “numerology”. But it doesn’t focus on numerological values, instead focusing on recurrent patterns in the earth and how they are reflected/reflect an almost mandala like pattern of the natural/cosmic order. The basic premise is simple. “Invisible” energies create visible imprints in our environment, but most don’t stop to notice them. Sort of like Jung’s concept of synchronicity, they observe that each set of patterns occur predominantly in the presence of a specific energy, like death say. There is no “subtle sense” needed to read geomantic patterns. The energies manifest in sets of patterns? Yes, like… Seek More
Power of Geography
How to ready “geography” according to geomancy? They were primarily concerned with two things: mountains and rivers. The arrangement of mountain to river was the basic way of determining the healthiness of the energy there, and mountains and rivers have been the most important places in every other tradition too, even if they have slightly different explanations for why. If a hilly range angles sharply into a rivers path, that is said to be a very bad place to live because no mana/chi/prana will be allowed to pool there. Not only that, but the mountain and the river were said… Seek More
Magick Answers
What do you know about feng shui or divination? Only that it means some lady comes to your house and says you must put your bed in such a place, and you must never open a door while you close a window, blah blah blah. Well, it’s more than that. It’s about energy flow. Even “ergonomics” and other “non-magickal’ disciplines focus on this. Geomancy just looks deeper into correspondences. It seems to turn me off when they talk about “must” and “never“. Yes. They don’t usually try to help you understand why. They wouldn’t bother to tell you why in… Seek More
