The ancient Oriental cultures had many active
shamans from which evolved many related
but different paths, traditions and skills. The
martial arts developed as a study of the connection
between the mind, body and spirit. The healing
shamans also used that same connection, and
added the study of the plant and mineral worlds
as primal forms of medication. The psychic
shamans explored our mental abilities, our
relationship to spirit and how spiritual realities
related back to us. The Feng Shui shamans
added to our understanding of how we relate
to our environment and how the environment
effects us.
In more modern times, especially during the
past twenty years or so there has been a renewed
interest in these areas. The new age, human
potential, holistic, alternative health and environmental
movements have been the breeding ground for
modern shamans, healers and psychics of
all types, skills and interests.
The ancients called everything [ spirit ], modern
science has established that everything is [ energy ],
so Feng Shui today would be seen as the study
and correction of energy patterns around us, or
what I call [ environmental energetics ]. However,
energy or spirit would mean the same thing to
most Feng Shui consultants, including myself.