Eclectica
Copper – The Metal of Venus
In the next few blogs, I am going to explore the fascinating relationship between planets and metals in ancient astrological lore and the effect this correspondence has on us today. Each planet has a metal assigned to it: Sun – gold, Moon – silver, Mercury – mercury, Venus – copper, Mars – iron, Jupiter – …
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Geography of Time
I recently read a fascinating book called “The Geography of Time.” We’re so used to equating geographical locations with space that we overlook the possibility that time is also geographical. In Classical Feng Shui, both space (the magnetic direction a structure faces) and time (the year the building was built) are used to determine the …
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First Sleep, Second Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is a very common concern that many of my Feng Shui clients experience. In fact, forty nine percent of Americans report difficulty in sleeping. Anxiety and stress over waking up during the night and not being able to go back to sleep, often leads to taking prescription sleeping pills etc., …
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West Coast Dowsing Conference
June 29 – July 3 Santa Cruz – University of California Campus “Intuition into Action” This year, presenters at the conference will focus on how dowsing and intuitive practices are applied to improve our lives and the lives of others. My talk will be: Invisible Architecture There is more to seeing than meets the eye! …
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2018 – Year of the Brown Mountain Dog
February 15th, 2018 ushers in the Year of the Male Brown Mountain Dog. This year is not ruled by a dachshund, poodle, or terrier, but by a strong, stubborn, powerful, straight-forward, tough, conservative, no nonsense Dog, who is resistant to change. The underlying elemental energies are yang earth (mountain) over the yang earth (mountain) energies …
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The Winter Solstice
PAINTING BY CHARLES BURCHFIELD (my favorite American Painter!) Today we are crossing over the magical threshold of the Winter Solstice on our annual journey from Darkness into Light. From now until the Chinese Solar New Year that begins on February 4th, 2018, we are in a period of flux, as one cycle winds down and …
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Walking on Air
We have a few more months of the strutting, crowing and chaos of the annual Yin Fire Rooster energies before the Brown Earth Dog arrives on February 16, 2018. Although the Rooster is the male of the species, it is considered a yin symbol. This is why you often see this year referred to as …
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Fake News Antidote
For years I have heard the phrase, ”The Seven Liberal Arts,” tossed around in various educational settings. But, until recently, I wasn’t aware of the brilliance and true meaning of this ancient method of learning.. The “Seven Liberal (should be liberating) Arts” actually provide a time tested technique to aid us in seeing through the …
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Walking Through Doors Makes You Forget
Since we have just passed through a major yearly portal, the fall equinox, I decided to revisit a really interesting newsletter article I wrote in 2014, with some new updates. In both Feng Shui and Vastu, and many other cultures, the vital importance of doorways as transitional or transformational points was always part of the …
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This article was written/provided by: Thomas Joseph Brown — Our modern life is littered with clashing ideas and ideologies, with perspectives oft shifting dramatically with single events or thoughts. People are influenced by culture, race, geography, religion, science, and, to be thorough, ignorance. A single meme can inspire, trigger, change one’s world view. Yet at …
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