THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS OF FENG SHUI

CLASSICAL SCHOOLS: There are many ‘Schools’ that were developed over time. Principle among these are:
Xuan Kong, or the Time / Space Dimensional School and Fey Xing or Flying Stars School. These are the most sophisticated and dynamic schools and the only ones to take into account the influence of time.

Another is San Ke or Three Harmonies which is commonly applied throughout Asia and pays significant attention to the placement of water within the environment. The famous Water Dragon Theories.

Another aspect frequently applied is the Eight Mansion or Pa Chai, Ba Dzai theories, sometimes applied as a school in its own right. However, it is generally recognized that without taking into consideration the time/Space factor, one is only ever gaining a partial insight as to what is most likely to be happening to the feng shui. The beauty of the Flying Star School correctly applied, is its ability to accurately predict trends and events within a building and even to avoid some of the more negative.

Frequent reference in much of the literature available in English today is made to the Form School and the Compass School. However, these are not true schools in and of themselves but rather differing aspects of the same thing. One might think of Form (landscape and the surrounding environment) as the hardware while the Directional or Compass aspects provide the software. No feng shui assessment can be made without the use of a compass. No assessment!

NON CLASSICAL SCHOOLS: Unfortunately, recent developments have seen a plethora of newer schools invented in the west. Most are less than a few years old, bear little if any resemblance to the classical applications and are primarily eclectic mixes of colour therapy, modern interior design and what their western inventors think Chinese philosophies ought to be about. The primary source of all these break-away schools is the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist Black Hat Sect, a California registered church set up by Mr Lin Yun. Laying claims to both Taoist and Buddhist backgrounds this ‘school’ has been especially pernicious, giving birth to any number of so called schools such as the Western School and the Southern Hemisphere School both with their idiotic notions of what the Chinese sciences are about. VEspecially it is their lack of understanding of the Ba Gua that has led to much confusion. Unfortunately, the changes proposed and used by these proponents mostly to age old, proven formula, are little more than gibberish.

Remember, no feng shui assessment can be made without the use of a compass. No assessment! I suggest readers follow the link to www.qi-whiz.com for further insights to these issues.