What is Geomancy?

Geomancy is a process which acts as a bridge between the spirit of the community or individual and the spirit of the earth they inhabit. Geomancy is essentially a tool that is used to discern and influence the health of the spirit of an area. The earth is alive in an energetic and geomantic sense. With this understanding we can begin to comprehend the impact that any imbalance in the landscape can have upon its inhabitants. Thus the role of geomancy is to discern these imbalances and implement remedies or actions that need to be taken.

 

‘geo' - earth                ‘mancy' - divination of

The Nine Fundamental Aspects of Geomancy

 

1.      Geopathic stress
2.      Dowsing as a tool for perception
3.      The Omphalos as a focus for perception
4.      Genus Locus (spirit of place)
5.      Indigenous perspectives of the living earth
6.      History of geomancy
7.      Ritual
8.      The role of the practitioner
9.      The role of the client
 

 

Geomancy is about managing the interactions between people and place.
A fair amount of it is straight psychology, showing our clients that they have choices and that they are responsibility for their own lives[1]

 

 

The practice of western geomancy is multi-faceted. The process explored as a part of this course is an amalgamation of a number of systems and understandings of how we and the living earth effect each other. The basic premise of geomancy is that we have a close and subtle connection to the environment around us; a relationship which extends far beyond the obvious physical connection that we encounter everyday. Geomancy as a practice tends to deal with the location of particular types of stress in the environment and their relevant remedies, but it can also encompass topics such as sacred sites, sacred geometry, earth mysteries, sacred sound and so on. As students of geomancy there is great scope for research and exploration of wider and further reaching fields, than those covered in this course.

 

 

The primary focus for this course will be on finding and remedying various geomantic phenomenon such as:

 

  • Geo-magnetic lines
  • Geological fault lines
  • Ley lines
  • Schumann resonance
  • Under ground water (and their various types)
  • Negative and positive psychic impressions (static and moving)
  • Hartman and Curry grids

 

The art of geomancy is not simply about acquiring the necessary technical information. In fact, while this is an important and essential aspect of your development as a practitioner, the primary focus for all practitioners is to develop your own unique relationship with the land and the spaces you inhabit.

 

Figure of geopathic stress. Lightning has been found to strike consistently at areas of the land where underground water streams cross. Trees are more susceptible to cancer growth and traffic accidents occur more regularly in areas affected by geopathic stress. Hedges and plants are less likely to thrive in radiation zones, while individuals are more likely to have compromised immune systems when exposed to geopathic stress over a period of time.


[1] Tom Graves, Needles of Stone revisited, Gothic Image Publications, Somerset, 1986 (1978).

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