Di Li
Di li, Chinese 地理 dì lĭ, literally “earth patterns”, an older term for feng shui (風水 fēng shuĭ). This word is part of some titles of famous feng shui classics.
Earth branch
Earth branch, Chinese 地支 dì zhī: part of the Chinese calendar. As a rule, they are named after the twelve Chinese signs of the zodiac. The earth branches are each assigned to the yin or yang aspects of the five
Electric Smog
The term electric smog or electrosmog is a combination of “electric” and “smog”. According to Wikipedia, this is a colloquial expression for the totality of electrical, magnetical and electromagnetic fields supposed to have (unwanted) biological effects. It summarizes the potentially
Esoterism
Esoterism definition: deduced from Greek Esoterikos, “internal, belonging to the internal circle”: means vaguely secret science. This term summarizes today numerous thinking and explanation of world models not clearly assignable in the Western world. Therefore here are categorized schools of
Feng Shui Cures
The term feng shui cures means especially in New Age feng shui accessoires and artefacts to harmonize and energize rooms or direct the qi. But most of these items originate from the Asian folklore and superstition, e. g. ba gua
Five Arts
The five arts, Chinese 五術 wŭ shù, also called the “five methods”. The ancient Chinese have developed five so called arts dedicated to the metaphysics: destiny studies (命學 mìng xué): these include the Chinese astrology like the four pillars of
Five Elements
The five elements, Chinese 五行 wŭ xíng, literally translated means “the five changing phases”. It is a Chinese theory to describe nature. Everything in the world can be assigned to one of the five elements representing the five different material
Flying Stars
The Flying Stars, Chinese 玄空飛星 xuán kòng fēi xīng, is feng shui method to evaluate the energy quality of a house. There are althogether nine Flying Stars numbered with the numbers 1 to 9. They represent specific elements and are
Form School
The form school, also called “landscape school”. New Age feng shui classification defined as the study of landforms (see luan tou). This term is misleading, because the li qi as well as the luan tou are considering landscape aspects as
Geomancy
Geomancy, from ancient Greek geo, “earth” and mantie, “prophecy”, is a prophecy method probably hailing from North Africa; arrived in Europe during the 12th century via Latin translations; orcacle since the Renaissance. Nowadays it is an esoteric empirical science with