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Geopathology

What is geopathology or radiesthesia? The term geopathology is derived from Greek geo “earth” and pathos “suffer”. It is also called radiesthesia. This means the teaching of investigating the disease-causing effects of the earth, the geopathic pollution or earth rays

He Tu

He tu (Chinese 河圖 hé tú),  “river map” oder “map of the Yellow River”, is a graphic model of world explanation. An old legend tells form a dragon headed horse with a special pattern on its back seen at the

Heavenly Stems

A heavenly stem, Chinese 天干 tiān gàn, is part of the Chinese calendar existing of repeating pairs of the ten heavenly stems and the twelve earth branches. The heavenly stems represent respectively the yin and yang aspect of the five

Kan Yu

Kan yu, Chinese 堪舆 kān yú, roughly means  “heaven and earth”: 堪 kān = high place, cover, 舆 yú = cart, deepest point of a cart, chair (cart with coach-roof or heaven and earth). The term is based on a

Karma

The term karma is derived from Sanskrit karman or kamma and means “action, deed”. It is a spiritual concept according to which every action has inevitably consequences (in this or future lives). In the Indian religion the term is strongly

Li Ji

Li Ji, Chinese 禮記 lǐ jì,  “The Book of Rites, Customs and Practices”: possibly written in the 2nd century B. C. One of the five classics of Confucianism which mainly deals with the correct moral behavior and the etiquette as

Li Qi

Li qi, Chinese 理氣 lĭ qì, “qi natural science”:  besides the luan tou (巒頭 luán tóu) one of the main systems in classical feng shui. It deals with the evaluation and examination of qi (氣 qì) or the qi movement

Life Gua

The Life Gua or Ming Gua (Chinese: 命卦 mìng guà) is attributed to a person based on his year of birth. This number plays an important role for feng shui audits. This personal gua number is interacting with the energy

Luan Tou

Luan Tou, Chinese 巒頭 luán tóu, “mountain head”: the second main system in classical feng shui besides li qi (理氣 lĭ qì). It deals with the study of landforms, especially mountains, rivers, locations and so called dragon spots. In modern

Luck Pillar

Luck pillar, Chinese 大運 dà yùn, also called “big life cycle”, ia part of Ba Zi Sunaming.  It is a period of each ten years a person passes through during his life and interacts with his birth chart and wih