Chapter 27 - Houses That Produces High-ranking Officials

I, Living Buddha Lian Shen, have studied the book A Book on the Secrets of Land Spirits, and after years' of careful observation, know everything about houses.

Some people asked me, "What kind of houses produce high-ranking officials?"

I replied, "Three layers of golden branches and jade leaves or red snakes winding around the seal; or dragon buildings and phoenix pavilions; or powerful objects with horns."

"These are very mysterious terms. Could you explain each of them in simpler language?"

Let me give you the following explanation:

"Three layers of golden branches and jade leaves" - the place we are to build the house on, is surrounded by three layers of other houses at the right, left and back, and these houses are in the shape of jade leaves on a golden branch. If this is to be in a mountain, it is necessary to examine what is to be behind the house and what is to be on both sides of it - there should also be three layers of arched things in protection.

"Red snakes winding around the seal" - In a complex city, we need to find its "master" - very much like the central point in the lines of the hand. If we can find that center in terms of land spirits and build a house upon it, it is then red snakes winding around the seal. The comparison between the central point in the lines of the hand and red snakes winding around the seal is very appropriate. Only the best geomancers can find where the center is.

The house of the Japanese Prime Minister - Yasuhiro Nakasoni is a seal surrounded by red snakes.

"Dragon buildings and phoenix pavilions" - The "dragon" and "phoenix" here both refer to the people in the houses, which means they are extraordinary houses. In geomancy, this extraordinariness lies in the grandeur of houses. The imposing manner can only be detected by best geomancers. (It is said, for example, that the dragons should be spiraling up and the phoenixes should be soaring to the sky.)

"Powerful objects with horns" - An experienced geomancer knows how to design a "powerful object" in a little shabby house. This powerful object can help the people living in the poor house. It can bring them great success or fame or positions of high-ranking officials. This powerful object can only be designed by the best geomancers, for if it is well-designed it can bring fame and success; if it is wrongly designed, it brings misfortune.

To do all the above, the geomancer should know the following:

• The earth imperial mandate leaves a wooden trace.

• The fire imperial mandate leaves a golden trace.

• The golden imperial mandate leaves a wooden trace.

• The water imperial mandate is in the north.

• The wood imperial mandate is in the south.

From these principles, predictions can be made about the rank of officialhood and the direction of a certain position held by the people in the house.

Generally, military officers of high ranks should be in houses of a pointed shape; the pointedness is an indication of power and grandeur. But at the same time, the house must be accompanied by "honesty" and "faith" on the right and the left.

If the "powerful object" is not set up properly, one may lose the position of a military officer and may become an ordinary man or even become a scoundrel.

There is a verse that goes like this:

With the shining of honesty and faith, the house produces military officers.

An avaricious wolf on a flat roof foretells misfortune.

Flags and drums on both sides may result in murder lawsuits.

Born from a shining place one may hold military power.

(This is a verse about graves, but houses and graves are in fact closely related.)

I, Living Buddha Lian Shen, find that although graves make use of land forces and houses make use of vitality forces, the two types of forces go together, without much difference. For example, if water is above earth, water goes along with earth. If wind is above water, it goes along with water. They tend to go in the same direction.

The principles concerning houses that produce high-ranking officials are highly confidential. Only on rare occasions do I pass on these secrets to disciples. Such secrets are priceless. There are special pithy formulas for the way to study them. It is no easy job to understand these formulas without instructions from the best geomancer.

Among my disciples, there is a young man who, according to my observation, has the looks of a high-ranking official.

I told him to set up a "powerful object" in his little room.

This young man now is the first among the students, and later he will be doing a Ph. D. degree.

When he enters his official career, he will be in the rank of a duke, as the verse goes:

He will be an honest official with great learning and writing talent.

He will be the best judge with imperial mandates.

A true scholar living in a dragon building and phoenix pavilion,

He is rewarded for his outstanding service.

I have got miraculous powers of geomancy. For a poor young man to become a high-ranking official requires the working of the vitality forces of the house.

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