| In our modern age, we have more reason than ever | | | | Can the same be done for one's home? In short, yes. |
| before to find the sacred amid the mundane. Can | | | | A few of the most common changes which people |
| ancient ceremonies help us to restore harmony | | | | have experienced when harmonizing their space with |
| between man and the environment? | | | | their environment: more energy, better sleep, enhanced |
| The beating of a shaman's drum, the labyrinth at | | | | learning among students, improved relationships, |
| Chartres, stone monuments in Ireland, Feng Shui, what | | | | increased financial flow, increased plant growth, better |
| do they all have in common? All are attempts by | | | | health among animals in the area, and more. |
| different cultures to harmonize their space with their | | | | While anecdotal stories abound, scientific research has |
| environment. Temples throughout time from | | | | been conducted in Europe studying the connections |
| Stonehenge to the Great Pyramid attest humanity's | | | | between environmental stresses, earth energies not in |
| desire to create sacred space, a doorway bringing | | | | a state of harmony, and A.D.D. (attention deficit |
| Heaven here on Earth. A kind of Yoga of the Land | | | | disorder), cancer, and numerous other diseases. One |
| integrating mind-body and spirit. | | | | such study was conducted in Germany. It showed out |
| In ancient times this knowledge of how to harmonize | | | | of 5,000 cancer patients, a correlation between |
| our living space with nature and the cosmos was | | | | exposure to negative electromagnetic energy lines and |
| passed down from the ancient Celts, Chinese, | | | | their patient's cancer in 93% of the cases studied. In |
| Egyptians, later the Pythagorean schools in Greece, | | | | Austria, Kathie Bachler studied 3,000 students with |
| and into West through Europe. However where can | | | | A.D.D. who had negative earth energies running |
| these traditions be found alive today in our modern | | | | through their homes. When negated, the ADD behavior |
| culture? Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of | | | | was reduced in over 90% of the cases. |
| harmonizing our homes with our surroundings, is | | | | These studies and many more are just some of the |
| inaccessible to most people and has become | | | | examples of the effects of imbalance in our Earth's |
| increasingly left in the hands of experts. | | | | energy systems today. If we accept the belief of |
| The earth is viewed by many indigenous cultures as a | | | | indigenous cultures, we could add to the list of the |
| holographic reflection the human body. Ancient Chinese | | | | effect of these imbalances distortions of weather |
| and Vedic medicine believed that humans have a | | | | patterns globally, increased volcanic and earthquake |
| meridian system that carries the currents of life energy | | | | activity, and other "natural" disasters as well. Our |
| throughout our bodies, when they are open, flowing | | | | ancient ancestors knew that prayer, ritual and |
| and healthy, so are our body's systems. Similarly, the | | | | ceremony were an essential part of keeping in |
| earth also has these meridians as well. They have | | | | balance the harmony of humanity and Nature. This is a |
| been known by cultures all over the world for | | | | tradition lost to most of us in our modern culture. |
| thousands of year. More recently coined "ley lines" by | | | | Today, our modern cities are testaments to a world |
| Alfred Watkins in 1921 in England, this concept has now | | | | addicted to unbridled growth at any cost. |
| found its way into the common vernacular of our | | | | Electromagnetic stresses, pollution, and negative telluric |
| society. By attending to these sacred lines of energy | | | | energies plague us in a manner unprecedented in |
| within the body of the earth, through prayer and | | | | human history. In such conditions, is it possible to create |
| ceremony we help to restore a lost and ancient | | | | sacred space in our living environments today? |
| relationship of humanity with the Earth by creating a | | | | While times have changed, basic principles have not. |
| living bridge between Heaven and Earth. | | | | Sacred sound, sacred geometry, prayer, ceremony--all |
| And while this may sound too simple for most to | | | | are still effective methods of raising the vibrations of |
| believe, case histories surprise even those who have | | | | the space where we live, and for our planet as well. |
| witnessed the results, attesting to the timeless power | | | | Our modern times have created greater problems, but |
| of such practices and intentions. Cities throughout the | | | | have also created different solutions to the same |
| world, Frankfurt, Bilbao, Auckland, Los Angeles, just to | | | | age-old quest: how to create sacred space on earth. |
| name a few, have experienced such results as lower | | | | Now is a crucial time to make our homes our |
| crime rate, reduced drug use, lower pollution levels and | | | | temples--places where the sacred vibrations will |
| revival of natural resources-all with such simple | | | | radiate out to heal our families and communities. |
| techniques that our ancestors practiced in times past. | | | | |