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KUO P'U ON THE POWER OF THE LAND
To understand spirit energy in the land, we need to examine the spirit energy of dragon veins. Short veins are less powerful than long veins, and disorganized veins are less benevolent than organized veins. If you want to find strong spirit energy in the mountains, you must look for veins that seem short but are really long, that seem weak but are really strong, and that appear and disappear among clouds.
Some lands carry tremendous power, some carry small amounts of power, and some have no power at all. Some lands have enough energy to nourish one person, some enough to nourish one family, some enough to nourish one town, and some enough to nourish one province. Only the great veins have enough energy to nourish an entire country. At the boundary between the sky and the earth are the gates of waterways. Subtle and ephemeral, water cannot be judged as pure yin or pure yang. Likewise, hills cannot be judged as effective or ineffective protectors according to their relationships to a site. All protector hills must be evaluated with the vein that feeds them.
Great power spots (hsueh) are rare. They command respect and awe in all who see them. Most people don't dare to talk about power spots when they see one and don't dare to use it if they possess one. Great power spots can affect the fortunes of a country. If you understand the nature of energy in the land, you will know how to tap energy from land with great power and not waste time and effort forcing energy out of land with little power. This is the secret way of taming the dragon. Mountains surrounded by swirling clouds and mist have power to inspire great visions. Gentle rolling hills with forested slopes have power to support spiritual endeavors. Hills with brightly lit slopes that are alive with songbirds have power to bring prosperity, health, harmony, and respect to families and individuals. Mountains that rise suddenly, their peaks penetrating the clouds, their fluid-like form hiding the stars and the moon, their craggy slopes graced by ravens, and their lakes glittering like dancing dragonflies, have power beyond human imagination. These mountains are home to immortals and enlightened beings who live far from the dust of the world. It is no coincidence that Fu Hsi lived among the peaks of the K'un Lun Mountains and King Wen built his home in the rocky hills of western China.
High mountains give birth to hills, valleys, and rivers. Typically, power spots are not found among lofty ranges. However, if you find among the high peaks an area of flat land that is covered with thick groves of trees, you can be sure that these are the lands of immortality. Such places receive the primal energies of the sky and the earth and are shaped by thunder and transformed by wind and fire. Even deities and spirits are awed by the power inhabiting these places.
The most powerful dragon veins have rocky mountains as ancestors. They journey through the elements of fire and wood, dropping thousands of feet and rising again. High mountains have no collection basins and offer no protection. Rather, they contain the raw energy that nourishes the lower mountains in the mature part of the vein. Because they contain untamed primal energy, they can eradicate poisons from other ranges, invigorating every mountain, hill, lake, and river they touch. When a vein slows down and begins to stop, power spots are formed. Water will flow out, collecting in basins and never returning to its source. Power spots are usually formed in areas protected by gentle hills. However, a spot cannot attract energy unless it has an unobstructed horizon. Although far from the high mountains, power spots in mature parts of the vein can contain wild and chaotic primal energy. To absorb this energy is likened to being carried by the momentum of raging waters. Strong and wise as a great warrior, you will defeat all adversaries; endowed with the vision of a skilled archer, you will always find your targets.
Fu Hsi: The father of Chinese divination arts and the discoverer of the Ho-t'u (River Pattern or precelestial pa-k'ua.). King Wen: The founder of the Chou dynasty (1122-221 BCE) and the first to use the principles of the Lo-shu (Book of the River Lo) to set up the postcelestial pa-k'ua and apply it for divination.
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