#1001

28 pp. $8.00, includes:   Order Form

1. "Geomancy: Divining the Spirit of Place" - overview of geomancy, its history, principles and practice. The scope of the article reflects Richard's broad all-inclusive approach to geomancy, which integrates more disciplines than other practitioners. Suggests the interrelationships of placemaking, cosmology, Gaian paradigm, earth stewardship, earth energies, sacred sites, astronomy-astrology, earth rituals, architecture and sacred geometry.
   
   
2. "Earth Energies, Megaliths, Sacred Sites and Human Consciousness" - concise introduction to the Earth Mysteries investigations of the patterns of Earth Energies found at sacred sites, and their effects on human awareness. Summary of observations and theories of a network of Earth Mysteries researchers in America and Europe. Includes the connections between "energy leys," "primary water" and the balancing and expansion of human energy fields; thoughts about the use of megalithic temples as places for transformation and rites of passage.
   
   
3. "Guidelines for Creating Places for Peace from a Geomantic Perspective" - suggestions for the use of geomancy in environmental design, especially but not exclusively for peace gardens and parks.
   
   
4. "Celebrating Earth Cycles" - a four-part series on ancient seasonal customs, myths and rituals that are the basis of current holidays and how to update and apply them today.

#1002

Richard's own interpretation of the Ba Gua, or "eight trigrams" (the Chinese cosmological mandala and basis of the "I Ching"), which gives a new way to read and use this symbol for feng shui analysis and self knowledge. The "Four Pairs" approach treats the ba gua as four complementary pairs of archetypal forces of creation, rather than eight separate ideas. It makes the wisdom of the ba gua more accessible by translating ancient Chinese ideals into modern American equivalents. This approach was generated by applying numerology, geometry, psychology and astrology to the interpretation of the ba gua, and by comparing it to other cosmological mandalas and oracular systems. It reveals how energy naturally circulates between the polarities of each aspect of life, represented by opposite guas. For example, wealth is actually a cycle of prosperity generated by giving and receiving support. Consciously linking the pairs in one's life and environment amplifies the benefits of feng shui adjustments. 15 pp. $8.00   Order Form

#1003

Many westerners have a hard time remembering the names of the three-line symbols or guas (trigrams), which hampers facile reading and use of the ba gua. This sheet offers extremely simple mental images to connect the symbols to the primal forces they represent. $2.00   Order Form

#1004

Richard shares his breakthrough of unraveling the assumption that the Chinese and Western sets of elements describe the same phenomena, and offers a way out of the confusion most westerners experience by creating an alternate way to understand and use the theory, which is more attuned to the original insights. Realizing that the common English terms of wood, water, metal, etc. merely refer to one example of each element, he offers different terms that refer to their dynamic impulses toward change. Includes a chart which illustrates, for the first time in a single diagram, the interrelationships between all four of the Chinese cycles of changing dynamics, enabling one to make more complete and refined use of the theory for feng shui adjustments. 4 pp. $3.00   Order Form

#1005

Description of the eight patterns that Nature uses to create and sustain all life on planet Earth. Knowing these patterns enables you to see the world more fully, understand the basis of feng shui, and recognize the archetypal power of single-path labyrinths. 5 pp. $4.00   Order Form

#1006

Essay on the nature of sacredness and the creation of sacred space, from a radically different, fresh point of view. Explores connections between the processes involved in personal, spiritual development and the building of temples. Offers insight into the next step in the evolution of human consciousness. 10 pp. $4.00   Order Form

#1007

A pathway for the Soul's journey toward wholeness, which leads one to explore the basic archetypes of lover, caretaker, protector and seer, and to create a fifth archetype, the sacred ruler or integrator, which resides in the center of the psyche. A map to embody the order of the cosmos in one's home or community. A new synthesis of Irish mythology, cosmology, geomancy and ethical codes. Essay with diagrams and charts from the workshop. 11 pp. $5.00   Order Form

#1008

Included is: The essential mystery of labyrinths; What to do when you meet a labyrinth - information on the use of labyrinths, different ways to traverse them and simple experiments to try; How to draw an ancient 7-circuit unicursal (Cretan/Hopi) labyrinth; Historical information on the Cretan and the Chartres Cathedral labyrinths, and the triple spiral from the Caucasus Mountains; A seven-fold labyrinth meditation, relating the chakras to the seven rings of an ancient labyrinth; The seven levels of initiation into labyrinth mysteries; Range of materials from which to create labyrinths. 7 pp. $4.00   Order Form

#1009

Expanded Version. Detailed illustrated directions to create an accurately proportioned labyrinth, as generated by Richard for Grace Cathedral's labyrinth in San Francisco. Includes template for laying out turns and lunations; 13-pointed star mandala used to generate proportions for path width, center circle, and flower petals so that all the parts relate coherently and harmoniously to the whole; overlay showing divine proportions within labyrinth. 11 pp. $4.00   Order Form

#3001

120 min. $40.00, includes:

1. "Labyrinths as Transformative Pathways" - Covers the origins, common elements and different types of labyrinths; their meanings as archetypal symbols; their functions as metaphors as well as physical pathways for the transformative journey. Results of three years of research into the effects of labyrinths on human awareness, physical and psychological balancing, aura expan?sion, etc. Pilgrimage experience walking the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral. Relationship of labyrinths to geomancy, dowsing, spirals, meanders, death-rebirth rituals, hopscotch, etc.
   
   
2. "Clues to the Mysteries of Life" - Includes Richard's discovery of some of the most important universal patterns of life encoded within the 7-circuit unicursal (Cretan/Hopi) and Chartres Cathedral labyrinths. Connections between these labyrinths and medicine wheels, Celtic cross, Kabala tree of life, Holy Grail, human chakras, color spectrum, vortex ring/torus donut shape used in physics to model how light energy stabilizes to come into material form.

From the British Society of Dowser's International Congress, York, 1993.   Order Form

#2001

Overview of multifaceted holistic science of geomancy, and how it has been used to maintain harmony between humanity and the earth - by divining the most appropriate place, time and orientation for activities and buildings; by attuning to regional qualities, the lay of the land, seasonal rhythms, and earth energies; and by shaping buildings according to the universal proportions and geometry of life. Richard outlines his "center, boundary, gateways" theory on the essential elements of creating sense of place, community and self.
Historical and contemporary examples discussed. From seminar at Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Sept., 1990. (120 min.) $10.00   Order Form