Geopathic stress known as earth faulting is of major importance to geomancers. Radiation is released from rock fissures and fractures underneath the Earth's surface which produces a strain on the atmosphere of the environment and people living above them. They act as release points for psychological and physical stresses, not to mention various forms of naturally occurring radiation from within the Earth, such as radon. While living above a geopathic fault zone, imbalance and disharmony may manifest in the occupants physical, emotional and spiritual life. The width of these faults changes according to soil moisture and the distortion of the magnetic field, that results from the fault, changes according to daily, monthly and seasonal cycles. Drought conditions cause the earth to expand and we may well see more faults being created according to such movements.