Complete List of Lectures & Seminars

Developed by Richard Feather Anderson

The Mission of these programs is to help you:

• See with geomancer’s eyes

• Create and enhance your sense of place and community

• Live in harmonious relationship to the Earth

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Sense of Place

The Global Arts of Place-Making: Uniting Feng Shui & Western Geomancy - Illustrated Lecture

(For those who desire to become familiar with the many aspects of place-making from cultures around the world)

Did you know that every society on Earth has developed something like feng shui — to guide us to find the healthiest, most ecological locations for our dwellings and settlements? Or that feng shui and western geomancy originally went beyond interior design advice and guided humans to live sustainably in harmony with the Earth? Richard will expand your awareness to encompass all twelve branches of geomancy, and illustrate how they can help us enhance our sense of connection to places and communities, attune to Nature’s rhythms, read the lay of the land, sense subtle earth energies, and proportion buildings to resonate with the geometry of life. Unravel the common misconceptions about feng shui and discover how all the principles of place-making are based on the laws of Nature and some of the biological models that sustain life. Learn how to translate culturally-specific rules, based on one region’s weather and landscape patterns, into universal principles for good design that apply everywhere. In this illustrated overview Richard will synthesize American, European and Asian traditions into one integrated art and science, covering every aspect of enhancing sense of place and healing our relationship with the earth.

Creating a Sense of Place & Community - Illustrated Lecture or Experiential Seminar

Why do we love the quaint villages of New England, the hill towns of Tuscany, and Mediterranean seaports? Because we find a “there, there.” How can we create an equally strong sense of place in our own communities? By establishing a well-defined center, boundary and gateways. Learn how these essential elements also maintain the identity of biological cells, individual humans, social organizations, businesses, and nations. This “Center, Boundary, Gateway” model is universally applicable because it is based on the laws of Nature and the underlying principles of worldwide geomancy, or the “art of placement in harmony with natural patterns.” Learn how it can help you run organizations more successfully, increase your sense of belonging to a place, and bring focus to individual pursuits. View images from around the world that illustrate the power of applying this geomantic model.

"While other people, including myself, talk about geomancy and write about it, Richard actually lives it from day to day in the real world, and brings that life and liveliness into the classroom."– Tom Graves, leading British author on Earth Mysteries and dowsing, including Needles of Stone, Diviner's Handbook, and Elements of Pendulum Dowsing

Enhancing the Commons: Improving the Sense of Community - Field Trip Seminar

How well do your local public plazas provide gathering areas in which all citizens feel welcome and comfortable? Do they function as the center of the community, and give you a sense of connection to the town’s environs? We will evaluate if your public commons is abiding by or violating geomantic principles, and envision how the space might be improved to better engender a sense of community.

Creating Home as Sacred Space - Three-Day Seminar

Would you like to convert your home or garden into a temple for the soul? What makes a place “sacred?” Does your home’s facade and entrance project your true nature, and attract what you want into your life? Have you received the messages your home is communicating to help further your personal growth? How do subtle patterns, generated by your home’s layout, affect you psychologically? Richard will begin to answer these questions by conveying some of the vast body of practical and mystical knowledge within western geomancy, feng shui, environmental psychology, symbolic geometry, timeless architecture, and 300 years of Earth Mysteries research to support those who desire to create havens of harmony or sanctuaries for the soul’s development. Students will benefit directly from Richard’s forty years of distilling ancient wisdom into simple universal principles based on the laws of nature, and adapting it to the modern world.

Sensing the Spirit of Place: Essential Techniques - Experiential Seminar

Learn how to communicate with the spirit of place through geomantic dowsing and energy work. Develop an ability to receive messages from the spirit of place regarding which activities are most appropriate for and in harmony with each spot. Participants will also learn how to use energy channeling to ground, focus, and deepen the dowsing state of consciousness. Experience how to feel auras, talk to tree spirits, know what a plant needs, and tap into a place's "memory." Glimpse how to use dowsing in feng shui: to see qi paths, locate problems and identify the most effective remedies to adjust an environment's energy. This will be an experiential session, with lots of dowsing indoors and out.

"Richard combines an overview and deep knowledge of the principles of geomancy with practical steps to apply them, in a grounded specific way that no one else does." – Snow Wakeman, former editor, Earth Energy Network Newsletter

Finding the Right Place: Geomantic Site Analysis - Two-day Seminar

Learn how to use Richard’s comprehensive checklist of geomantic considerations to be able to identify the best spots for human activities, functions and structures. Learn some of the observation skills and dowsing and energy sensing techniques to be able to see, hear and observe the world with a geomancer’s expanded awareness. Experience how knowing what to look for increases your powers of observation. Gain a greater understanding of how the forms and patterns of any urban or natural landscape affect your daily life. Practice the geomantic use of dowsing to find locations for structures whose subtle energetic qualities best support the intended activity. This seminar will be especially useful to architects, planners, contractors, developers, permaculture designers, homeowners, community leaders, and event coordinators.

Feng Shui: the Chinese Art of Harmonious Placement

The Chinese art of placement in harmony with the patterns and processes of Nature. A set of common-sense principles of good environmental design based on the laws of Nature. An ancient form of environmental psychology that reveals how the physical environment affects human behavior and your quality of life. Richard teaches and practices a unique synthesis of Form School and the metaphysically-based Tibetan Tantric Buddhist Feng Shui influenced by a background in western geomancy and timeless architecture.

The goal of these programs is to return Feng Shui to its roots, so that its practice can be based on a set of universal principles of good environmental design that are based on the laws of Nature; to expand Feng Shui beyond its current focus on interior design to a sophisticated approach to urban and regional planning, site planning, and architectural and landscaping design; and to show how to adapt arcane Chinese models and formulas, that are often confusing for westerners, into applications that make sense in the modern western world.

“Richard Feather Anderson is among the most original thinkers of our times. His powers of observation and interpretation constantly generate original insights into and expand the ways to use feng shui.” -- Nancilee Wydra, Founder, Feng Shui Institute of America

What is Feng Shui really about and how can it help you? - Short Introductory Lecture

(For those who have heard of feng shui, but don’t know much about it)

Contrary to popular belief, feng shui doesn’t really tell you to paint your front door red, or place mirrors, chimes and fountains all over the place. Unravel the common misconceptions about feng shui with Richard’s clear descriptions of its underlying concepts. Discover the essence of feng shui as an ancient, sophisticated set of common sense principles of good environmental design, based on the laws of Nature. Richard will show before and after pictures to illustrate the stunning transformations that feng shui produces, which can help you sleep better, become more focused and productive, or fall in love again with your home or work environment. Come with your questions about feng shui.

The Roots of Feng Shui: Design Principles from Nature - Illustrated Lecture

When you hear “feng shui” do you immediately think of common sense principles for good design - based on the laws of Nature? Probably not; but there really is more to Feng Shui than hanging mirrors! In essence, it is an accumulation of basic principles of good environmental design, acquired through astute observation of how Nature works. As an ancient form of environmental psychology, it reveals how the lay of the land, the arrangement of forms, and movement of people, air and water all affect the quality and best use of every spot. To help you reconnect Feng Shui to its organic roots, Richard will outline his “Language of Placemaking Patterns and Principles,” distilled over the last forty years from timeless architecture, environmental psychology, feng shui, ecology, and western geomancy. Stated in common sense terms, you can use these natural design principles to create aesthetically pleasing and optimally functioning dwelling spaces, get everything in the right spot, and enhance your sense of place.

“Richard has one of the greatest minds in the Feng Shui world. His lectures are absolutely amazing, and his explanations make sense of the I Ching, the ba gua, and the meaning of the cardinal directions.” — Marolyn Toule, co-director, NYC Feng Shui Forum

The Roots of Feng Shui: Using Design Principles from Nature - Experiential Seminar

When you know what to look for, you can easily find the best places to live and work. Learning Richard’s “Language of Placemaking Patterns” provides a sophisticated way to open your eyes to understand how complex spatial dynamics (like room layout, furniture placement, and pathways) affect how you feel or behave in a space. This language can guide you to analyze Qi flow and placement patterns within any environment. Richard’s restating of feng shui “rules” as desirable conditions helps you focus on what to create, rather than what to avoid. You will gain enhanced observation skills to recognize what you didn’t see before; understand the spatial dynamics that create welcoming entrances, natural socializing spaces, functional kitchens and offices, restful bedrooms, etc.; and learn how to analyze and improve your own home or workplace. Experience the phenomenal advantage of working from universal principles, rather than recipes, which makes it easier to invent westernized feng shui remedies that complement American aesthetics.

The Feng Shui of Entrances: Bringing in Enough Qi - Illustrated Lecture

How you enter a space is as important as what you do inside. Learn why feng shui remedies inside the house may not improve your life if the entrance is compromised, for “If the mouth is closed, Qi cannot fill the body.” Gain new insights on how to create inviting and welcoming entries that set the right tone for what follows. Take a second look at the entrances to your home, your property, and every room - and realize how they affect your ability to open to receive supportive energy from the world. Before and after pictures will dramatically demonstrate the power of feng shui and timeless design principles.

The “Four Pairs” Approach to the Ba Gua - Illustrated Lecture or Experiential Seminar

Discover a new way to understand and use the Ba Gua, or eight trigrams mandala, as an essential tool in feng shui analysis. Richard unfolds its symbolism as a creation story that depicts dynamic relationships between primal forces that are at play in every environment, influencing every aspect of life. The “Four Pairs” approach reveals that the eight trigrams actually represent four sets of archetypal polarities, rather than eight separate aspects of life. Since opposite guas are two reflections of one issue, energy circulates naturally between them. For instance, wealth is actually a cycle of prosperity generated by giving and receiving support. Learn how to use this unique insight to magnify the benefits of feng shui adjustments.

“Your Ba Gua booklet is the most succinct, easy-to-understand writing on feng shui I’ve ever read. It made sense in a practical, common-sense way to my western layman’s mind.” – Andy Nusbaum, executive director, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA

Is My House a Very Fine House?: Feng Shui Analysis Demonstration - Application Practicum

Watching a master practitioner in action is a fun and easy way to witness how feng shui analysis and problem-solving works. Get a taste of the unique approach Richard has developed, which grounds feng shui in the laws of Nature, and updates ancient wisdom for contemporary Americans. Bring photos and floor plans of your home and glimpse how to apply feng shui insights to your own living space. Ask one of your burning questions about how your environment is affecting your life. Have you been uncertain which rooms correspond to the ba gua cosmology, or if you have “missing areas”? Is your bed or desk in the best spot to support rest or study? Is your home allowing you to receive the support of your community? Take advantage of a golden opportunity to get a sample of what feng shui can tell you about your most important environment.

Creating Harmony in Place: Using Symbolic Geometry with Feng Shui - Illustrated Lecture or Experiential Seminar

(For designers & feng shui practitioners.)

Did you know that Chinese temples, pagodas, and palaces were originally designed with sacred geometry? How did the ancient master builders create temples and shelters that still inspire us with their beauty, feed our Souls, and connect us with the Cosmos? Expand your feng shui or design practice from harmonious placement into harmonious proportions. Tap into Sacred Geometry as one of the greatest sources of Nature’s laws of harmony. Richard will share his passion for creating new applications for this forgotten knowledge. Ground all this information in simple exercises to train yourself to recognize the proportions found universally in Nature. Glimpse how to divide living spaces harmonically, so the subdivisions carry the same “tune” as the whole. See where to place furniture to create sitting and dining areas that resonate with the proportions of the parent space, so the subspaces don’t feel like orphans. Become aware of the full set of building blocks of creation, not just the well-known “golden ratio.” Don’t go home without the full designer’s deck of cosmic creation cards!

“After our brief journey with you I started to really “get” how Feng Shui works. Your non-dogmatic approach and synthesis of cross-cultural wisdom really spoke to me!” – Marie Bishop

Celtic Geomancy

“This is the best workshop of any kind I’ve ever attended in my entire life.” – Vivienne Hillgrove, film editor, owner, Mom’s Head Gardens

The Five Voices of the Land & its People: A Celtic Wisdom Wheel - Illustrated Lecture

Learn to hear the “Five Voices” that speak within the land, society, and human psyche. Explore a unique self-cultivation process, which develops the archetypes of lover, caretaker, protector, and seer in a way that awakens the “peacemaker” and “sacred ruler” at the center of your psyche. Discover how your power to create peace, abundance, and oneness with all life emanates from this integrated core.

The “Five Voices” is Richard’s unique synthesis of Celtic cosmology and geomancy (the art of placement in harmony with natural patterns), ancient Irish mythology and ethical codes, and the origins of the Arthurian legends - into a modern model for living. Enjoy Richard’s retelling of Irish myths and be inspired by the reclaimed history of an ancient egalitarian society.

Glimpse how to use this geomantic map as a feng shui, environmental design tool, a form of “Celtic Ba Gua,” to choose the most appropriate spots for your daily activities. Let it reveal how the archetypal qualities of the cardinal directions interact to form the defining character of a city, region or nation. Employ it as a business development or community-organizing tool to identify the voices, perspectives and skills that are missing, and must be added, for the group to function optimally as a whole. Apply this ancient medicine wheel to your own path of evolution to discover your place and mission in the world. Discover how the “Five Voices” ultimately provides a model to transform us into a nation of peacemakers and Earth stewards.

The Five Voices: A Model for Living - Experiential Seminar

Journey through this Celtic Wisdom Wheel and delve into each of the five archetypes within the land, society, and human psyche in more detail, through storytelling, reclaimed history, and personal discovery. Learn how to use the Five Voices as a geomantic tool to understand the defining and operating dynamics in regional or organizational culture, so you can understand what makes the place and people the way they are. Explore the ancient concept of sacred center and sacred ruler as a path to transform yourself and your nation into earth stewards and peacemakers. Glimpse the power of this model to cultivate, balance and unify the diverse aspects of your personality and forces within your psyche. This forgotten knowledge and newly inspired evolutionary process is one of the greatest gifts we have from the ancestors to a present generation.

Symbolic Geometry & Natural Proportions

"If geometry had been taught to me like this, I would have loved it!" — most commonly received appreciation from students

The Eight Creative Patterns of Nature - Introductory Illustrated Lecture

Receive a deeper appreciation of the wonders of Mother Nature. Is it really true that Nature needs only eight patterns to create and sustain all life? See what spirals, meanders, and other dynamic patterns do for plants, animals, and humans. Understand why sacred geometry is Nature’s only way to create relationships. Learn how flowing water purifies itself through geometry. Realize how your own thought and behavior patterns mimic these eight patterns. The world will never look the same after viewing these astounding images and acquiring the ability to recognize cosmic patterns in ordinary things!

What is Sacred Geometry All About & What Does It Do for Us? - Introductory Illustrated Lecture

Rediscover geometry, not as a part of mathematics, but as philosophy, cosmology, and the “physics” of ancient civilizations. Come learn why Richard says that “without geometry, existence would not exist.” Sacred Geometry is truly the “code of the cosmic dance,” playing an essential role in the continual creation of the physical world. Geometry is the universe’s secret way to turn energy into matter, and guide the growth of all forms of life. It holds the key to the identity of DNA, a molecule, or an organism. It enables Nature to implant a sense of identity into molecules and organisms, and to form harmonious, life-enhancing relationships. Tap into sacred geometry as one of the greatest reservoirs of Nature’s laws of harmony - essential knowledge to create beauty in art and architecture so they can feed the human soul. View a multitude of awe-inspiring images and awaken to the staggering recognition of the order and harmony of our universe.

“You gave the best presentation of the whole conference! I learned more about sacred geometry from you in one hour than from any other talk.” — Ursula Rabe, feng shui consultant/astrologer and fine artist, Grass Valley, CA

Reading the Messages in Temples, Cathedrals & Mandalas: Geometry as a Symbolic Language - Illustrated Lecture

(Especially for artists, architects, & symbologists.)

Learning geometry as a language gives us the ability to interpret the symbolic meaning of geometrical shapes, patterns, ratios, and numbers. Richard will demonstrate how to read the geometry of buildings to reveal the symbolic messages the original builders wanted the edifice to embody and convey. Discover the hidden world of ancient mystery school teachings that use geometry to teach philosophy, cosmology, physics, and reveal the universal truths behind the material world. Join us for a visual tour of Chartres, the most glorious French Gothic Cathedral, and learn how geometry is employed to symbolically represent and energetically express the intended use of a sacred space, show us where to enter respectfully, and even teach the laws of incarnation and manifestation.

From Resonance & Geometry to Intention & Manifestation - Illustrated Lecture

(Especially for metaphysicians, dowsers, & intuitives)

All things arise out of, and are maintained in material form by, a geometrical field of resonance. This is the nature of existence, as we understand it. Before the Big Bang, there was nothing except “Pure Geometry.” Geometry is the ultimate tool of creation; it guides energy into matter and gives a sense of purpose and identity to all forms of life. It creates harmony between all things, which would otherwise be lost in a chaotic sea of separation, disconnection and estrangement. How can we apply this knowledge to manifest intentions, enhance our intuition, and evolve human consciousness? What does it mean when we say we “resonate” with another human being? Receive a new perspective on life that may change your sense of your innate power to co-create reality.

From Golden Ratio to Golden Rule: An Experiential Exploration of the Cosmic Code of Life - Two-Day Experiential Seminar

Why has the Golden Ratio intrigued everyone from ancient temple builders to stock market analysts? What was Leonardo da Vinci trying to tell us with his famous drawing of the man in the circle and square? Why is the spiraling nautilus shell so beautiful? Explore the Golden Ratio as a universal code that guides the growth of plants, animals and humans – in a holistically visual, tactile, kinesthetic way, so that you fully grasp its staggering mysteries. Learn to recognize it in Nature; recreate it by drawing golden rectangles and spirals; and apply it to your own art and environment. Discover its relationship to the Golden Rule, DNA, and human consciousness. Gain a new appreciation of the Golden Ratio’s ability to create beauty and harmony in our art and environments.

“Richard is the first person to explain the golden mean in a way I could understand.” – Jillian Brorby, feng shui consultant

The Root Harmonies & Geometrical Shapes: From Polygons to Yantras, Islamic Mosaics & Platonic Solids - Experiential Seminar

Become familiar with the vibratory, geometrical building blocks of the material world and how they form the relationships that give rise to fundamental shapes like polygons and polyhedra. Understand how the “Root Harmonies” provide the inherent qualities of these shapes; inspire sacred art like yantras, Islamic mosaics, and Gothic Cathedral rose windows; and correspond to the material elements and the human chakras. Acquire a grounded experience of the revelation of the Pythagorean Theorem, and understand it in a visual, kinesthetic, non-mathematical way that increases your ability to recognize the Root Rectangles in the world around you. Learn the mystery of how the Root Proportions naturally subdivide themselves into harmonic parts, which is the secret to create art and architecture that resonates with the human soul.

Musical Harmonics and Architecture as Frozen Music - Experiential Seminar

The ancient Greeks perceived Nature’s laws of harmony and realized that the same laws operated in both the worlds of architecture and music. To them, musical harmonics and visual, spatial harmonics were one and the same. See how to convert the octave, the perfect fifth and other musical harmonics into proportional rectangles. Rediscover how musical harmonics once formed the basis of a timeless architecture that resonated with humans, Nature, and the Cosmos. Experience an alternative visual, geometrical way to understand the mathematical ratios used to describe the natural sequence of musical overtones. Explore how familiar concepts in musical composition (like consonance, accord, counterpoint, resolution, repetition, and variations on a theme) all have meaning in building design.

Creating Harmony in Place: From Symbolic Geometry to Feng Shui - [See Description in Feng Shui section]

Cosmological Mandalas & Creating Sacred Art

Mysteries of Mandalas & Creation Stories: Revealed through Symbolic Geometry - Illustrated Lecture

Why has every culture from Tibetan to Islamic to native American made up creation stories, cosmological mandalas or medicine wheels to try to make sense of the world, grasp the primal forces behind creation, and search for signs of an orderly universe? What do these myths and mandalas tell us about our own powers to create? Uncover deeper metaphysical messages within the Genesis and other Creation Stories by seeing them translated into Geometrical Mandalas, like the “Flower of Life.” Let the geometrical symbolism reveal an alternative meaning for the “seven days” of creation. Be amazed by how accurately the mandala depicts the growth of embryos and the formation of matter. Ponder why these mandalas are all constructed from similar esoteric sacred geometry grids. See how the grids influenced the layout of villages, homes and Gothic cathedrals, in order to align us with the Cosmos. Glimpse how to use the mandalas as meditation tools to reclaim a sense of oneness with all creation.

Creating Beauty & Harmony with Symbolic Geometry - Three-Day Experiential Intensive

How can we create art that feeds the human soul, moves us to tears, and connects us with the Cosmos? We will explore this desire by delving into the vast body of timeless knowledge within symbolic geometry and metaphysical approaches to art and architecture from the Pythagorean-Platonic Mystery School, Islamic art, and Mystical Christian traditions. We will remember the universal laws of harmony and beauty, by drawing pure geometrical forms, mandalas and mosaic patterns with compass and straight edge. Learn about all of Nature’s proportioning systems, including the golden ratio and musical and “root harmonies.” Explore the mysteries of cosmological mandalas, the symbolic messages hidden in a building’s geometry, and techniques to divide areas into harmonious subspaces that carry the same “tune” as the whole. This will especially benefit artists, designers, architects, and anyone else who wishes to learn how to apply symbolic geometry to bring deeper meaning to their creative endeavors.

“You helped me get all the connections, including the surprise of how geometry applies to group process. When I’m with a teacher who loves what he’s doing, I understand it in my body.” – Gail Gardener, massage therapist

Drawing out the Mysteries in the Genesis Creation Story - Mandala Drawing Class

Did you know that the words in the Genesis Creation Story can be converted into a geometrical mandala, commonly known as the “Flower of Life”? Come draw out all the symbols that lie hidden within this Mandala - to uncover the deeper metaphysical meanings within the Genesis story. Watch in wonder as the stages of Creation are precisely illustrated by the emerging mandala images, amazingly depicting embryonic cell development and the formation of matter. Learn how the original meaning of “seven days” broadens the story into a guidebook for any creative process. Hear explanations of the true meaning of the many confusing archaic Aramaic phrases. Claim the story’s guidance to use your own powers to create and manifest your visions. This class will particularly feed the hearts and minds of those interested in metaphysical wisdom, the ancient mysteries of sacred geometry, cross-cultural mythology, and the reclaiming of the original messages in ancient teachings.

“Your process gets quickly to the juicy-ness of sacred geometry (and sacred art) and makes it accessible to people who think they aren’t artistic.” – John Lloyd, Brooklyn artist, faculty Academy of Sacred Geometry

Exploring the Mysteries of Islamic Mosaic Patterns - Mandala Drawing Class

Feed your Soul’s need to create symbolic art! Come and be initiated into the practice of drawing sacred mandala art, as a meditative process that re-connects your body, heart, and mind with the inherent order of the Cosmos. See how these Islamic Patterns embody the cosmic realities and archetypal forces of creation that lie behind the material world. Learn a traditional three-staged process for drawing Islamic mosaics, which begins metaphorically in the unseen, invisible realm of pure potential. Be enriched by learning the symbolic meaning of patterns, shapes and colors in sacred art, and use them to set and energize your own intentions for what you want to express or transform in your life. Enter into a calm, grounded, expansive state in which time stands still and your intuitive, spatial and logical ways of thinking start to merge.

“I enjoyed every minute of your Mandala workshop; it was fun, interesting, full of information, and gave me tools to take home to practice the art of sacred geometry.” – Joyce Kleiman, NJ

Labyrinths

“These are the most exciting lectures I’ve ever heard on labyrinths – absolutely fascinating! Richard has really given us something to think about.” – Michael Bentine, British actor

How Labyrinths Work as Spiritual Tools - Illustrated Lecture

Why do labyrinths possess the astounding ability to center, balance and revitalize us; calm the mind; re-integrate body, mind and spirit, and inspire fresh insights about life’s challenges? A labyrinth is a meandering pattern that leads you on a single path to "the Center" — of your quest, self or world. Gain deeper insights into the labyrinth as a transformative pathway for the evolution of human consciousness. Discover the relationship between the ancient labyrinth’s seven circuits and the seven chakras or levels of consciousness. Learn about the many types of labyrinths and their meanings as archetypal symbols. How is it that labyrinths stimulate meditative states and revelations about life - quickly and easily without the need for years of spiritual practice? Richard’s long search for answers lead to discovering connections between labyrinths and medicine wheels, the Kabala Tree of Life, the Holy Grail, Arthurian legends, the human charkas, the function of spirals and meanders in Nature, the purifying power of water vortices, and the toroidal field of energy-consciousness. Concludes with a vision of the Classic Cretan labyrinth as a catalyst for the evolution of human consciousness, and the awakening of the peacemaker within us all.

"I still remember that marvelous slide presentation about labyrinths — one of the most dynamic and thought provoking programs I've ever seen at the West Coast Dowser's Conference. Richard’s dramatic re-creation of his experience [walking the labyrinth that was covered by chairs] at Chartres Cathedral was incredible; his only props some chairs and a slide of the cathedral shining on the wall behind him." – Barbara Prisbe, Grants Pass, OR

Using Labyrinths for Conscious Evolution - Experiential Seminar

Experience the rejuvenating, insight-generating, consciousness-evolving, healing power of walking a labyrinth as a spiritual pilgrim. Practice walking meditations that can stimulate fresh insights that solve old problems, release old habits and blocked energies, and stimulate visions for the next step to unfold your life purpose. Learn how to draw and lay out the ancient 7-circuit (Cretan/Hopi) labyrinth and recognize more of the astounding universal patterns of Nature encoded within it. Explore the correlations between the seven circuit path and the seven chakras or states of consciousness, through numerous drawing and coloring exercises. Learn how to use meditations based on the unique sequence through the chakras, which the labyrinth path suggests, as a way to generate your inner Holy Grail, prepare for the mystical marriage of Heaven and Earth, and facilitate the next step in the evolution of human consciousness.

“You have touched me deeply with your wisdom and humility. It is rare to find a teacher with so much wisdom, who is also so humble and playful.” - workshop participant, Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa, CA

Designing Sanctuaries for Labyrinths - Experiential Seminar

Have you ever walked a labyrinth that didn’t do anything for you? Ever wondered why some labyrinths are used continually and others seem abandoned? We will discuss why I believe the design of the surrounding environment is more important than the labyrinth itself. What are the essential features we need to incorporate into the surrounding space to create a sanctuary-like setting that will support the most meaningful experiences in labyrinths? How can we create a sense of containment that helps us focus and not be distracted? We will learn how to use dowsing and knowledge from feng shui, geomancy and environmental psychology to determine the most auspicious location, size, orientation, and other important elements to be able to create the most conducive settings for labyrinths that enhance the beneficial effects of walking them.

Nature’s Rhythms

Riding the Waves of the Earth's Rhythms: Cycles That Empower - Lecture or Seminar

Journey around the Wheel of the Year and reclaim the spiritual and psychological meaning of holiday customs, which originated from the myths and rituals of ancient Earth-centered cultures. Learn why modern beliefs (like "March 21 is the first day of spring") put us out of sync with the actual cycles of Nature. Receive models that make more sense, from the ancient Celtic Calendar and indigenous Californians. Discover how to recognize your emotional cycles as internal reactions to the Earth’s rhythms. Learn how to catch the natural waves of the seasons and lunar cycles, and let them carry you toward your life goals. Let Mother Earth help you be more empowered and productive by coming into sync with her pervasive rhythms.

Recognizing California’s Seasons - Lecture or Seminar

Hear the story of the real seasons of the San Francisco Bay Area. How often have you heard someone say they love the Bay Area, but miss not having seasons? Come hear why looking for signs of the temperate “four seasons” gets in the way of recognizing the real rhythms of California's Mediterranean climate. Explore the Ohlone Calendar of the area’s indigenous people, and learn what to look for to align ourselves with what is actually happening in Nature. Discover how the turning points of the wheel of the year in the Celtic Calendar are very similar to the Ohlone festival cycle. Learn how the seasons have influenced the unique culture and psychological mindset of today’s Californians. Reap the benefits of shifting from being out of sync to living in harmony with Nature’s rhythms.

Regional Geomancy

Listening to the Story of Place: The Sacred Geography and Geomancy of Cities & Regions - Illustrated Lecture

Why do so many cities and regions possess a unique Spirit of Place? Ever thought to look for answers in the geological history, weather patterns, and lay of the land? That’s what “regional geomancy” inspires you to do. Richard will describe the process he created to hear the “story of place” in any region, using his life-long exploration of the San Francisco Bay Area as an example. Why is San Francisco referred to as the “City of Love”? Why do the people of the Bay Area consistently generate revolutionary ideas that change the world? Learn how the "personality" of the region is generated from the synergistic interaction of its geology, geography, ecology, climate, natural history, and the culture that natives and emigrants created in response to their environment. Illustrated with stories, photos and feng shui land form maps, Richard will share a fresh new, holistic way to relate to the area in which you live.

Searching for the Heart of the Dragon: Exploring your City’s or Region’s Story of Place - Experiential Field Trip Seminar

Feel more aware of and deeply connected to the rhythms, energies and dynamic patterns of the city or landscape in which you live -- by learning how to see with “geomancer’s eyes,” perceive your region’s sacred geography, and listen to the “story of place.” Experience how to use the perspective of “Land Form” Feng Shui to recognize the mountain and river dragons that form the local landscape. Study mountain-valley formations to witness the uncanny way that feng shui can explain why certain towns become havens for particular industries or human pursuits. Experience how adopting the feng shui perspective of relating to ridges, valleys, and rivers as dragons brings the landscape alive. Learn how to synthesize information about the natural and cultural history of a region to gain a deeper understanding of the area's "personality."

Regional Geomancy of the San Francisco Bay Area

Angel Island: Heart of the San Francisco Bay Area — Exploring the Spirit of Place, Dragons & Geomancy of the Bay Area - Field Trip Workshop — Using Tiburon Ferry to journey to Angel Island

Offered annually in May or Sept. — Other Trips may be booked by private groups

Read the Story of Place!

What makes San Francisco such a unique, magical place - the “City of Love”?

Earth Mysteries

"Richard’s knowledge of Earth Mysteries is deep and extensive and his teaching is empowering." – Starhawk, co-founder of Reclaiming, a center for feminist spirituality, and author of Spiral Dance, Dreaming the Dark, Truth or Dare, The Fifth Sacred Thing

"Richard’s particular talent is compelling due to the unnerving fact that he actually does what he talks about.  He is possessed of a fine-tuned, human radar which he uses to dowse and read the spirit of a place towards geomantic diagnosis.  I've always noticed how attentive I get in his presence." – Antero Alli, ritualist, author of All Rites Reversed?!, Akashic Record Player and Angel Tech and director of ParaTheatrical ReSearch

Earth Energies, Power Spots & Human Consciousness - Illustrated Lecture

How do earth energies at power spots affect human consciousness? What role do megalithic temples play in personal transformation, reconnection with the Earth Spirit, and healing the Earth? Was the ley system humanity’s first internet? Are standing stones earth acupuncture needles that maintain the Earth’s fertility? Learn about the complex variety of mysterious energies explored by geomancers, dowsers and the British Dragon Project since the 1970’s. Visit some of the most spectacular stone rings, passage mounds and natural sacred places of Europe and America via Richard’s photos and personal experiences.

Working with Earth Energies & Power Spots - Experiential Seminar & Field Work

How can we benefit from the last three hundred years of accumulated Earth Mysteries wisdom? Learn to dowse for energy leys, water domes, bands of polarity, or other patterns of Earth Energies commonly found at power spots, using the procedures developed by the American Society or Dowsers Earth Mystery Study Groups and the British Dragon Project. Learn how to enter a sacred site respectfully, tune into the spirit of place, and use the energies to expand awareness, stimulate visions, and commune with all life. Gain a deeper understanding of how geomancy was used to generate, accumulate, and direct energy and thought forms for the benefit of humans and the Earth. Discuss how to apply this ancient geomantic technology in the modern world.

"Richard's classes are filled with practical information and great insights into mystical earth energies. I've gained greater confidence in my dowsing skills through working with him." – Jenna Avery, Life Coach, Berkeley, CA

Anyone Can Learn to Dowse Right Now! - Beginners Dowsing Class

Dowsing gives a systematic way to focus and expand your intuitive abilities. It has been used for millennia to find water well sites, underground pipes, missing persons, lost objects, subtle earth energies, and to get useful answers to everyday questions. It enables you to tune into what you can't see, and stretch your mind beyond what you consciously know. Richard uses a simple, no-nonsense approach to teach basic dowsing quickly; and makes it fun to learn and practice. He has many hints and exercises to help you get into the “dowsing state of mind.” He generously shares his wealth of experience of what works well and what can get in the way of successful dowsing. Time permitting he will discuss how he has used dowsing professionally as an essential tool for environmental design, geomantic site planning, feng shui, labyrinth building, and problem solving.

“I really appreciate your accessible and no-nonsense approach. It helps make these strange ideas I intuitively gravitate towards take root in my skeptical but starving consciousness. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience!” – Jon S., San Francisco

“As my first experience with dowsing, I was very quickly able to locate water and other energies. I thoroughly enjoyed your playful method of teaching." – Jennifer, Sebastopol, CA

Exploring Hidden Messages in Crop Circle Geometries - Illustrated Lecture

The crop circle phenomena is the new “Earth Mystery” for our times. We all intuitively know that the designs contain rich meaning and important messages, but how do we coax it out of them? To do just that, Richard will introduce you to the vast treasury of ancient mystery school teachings that will give you new insights into the symbolic meaning of the geometrical shapes, ratios and numbers being laid down in the fields. Hear about the astounding signs of conscious communication, the underlying themes, and ongoing messages to humanity from decades of designs. Glimpse how to read the symbolic language of crop circle geometries, so that you get more out of viewing or visiting the crop circles.

De-Coding Crop Circle Geometries - Experiential Seminar

Receive a solid starting point to be able to decipher the geometrical symbols within crop circles, by delving into the “handbooks” given to us by ancient geometry mystery schools. Learn Richard’s techniques to quickly and accurately recognize the underlying grids and symmetry patterns hiding within the glyphs. Experience how drawing a design with compass and straight edge deepens your understanding of the subtleties and nuances of the patterns. Come and experience how the practice of sacred geometry can connect you with the primal cosmic source of all creation, which is exactly what many crop circle enthusiasts believe is being given to us by whomever is creating them.

Earth Healing & Earth Acupuncture

It’s All About Energy & Intention - Mentoring Program

A long-term mentoring program focused on earth acupuncture, space clearing, house blessings, Qi transfusions for declining trees and plants, and transforming earth energies detrimental to humans and plants – all in the context of communicating and cooperating with the spirit of place. Conducted in three modules, to guide committed groups of individuals through the process of developing the techniques and acquiring the sensitivities needed to feel confident about doing earth acupuncture on your own. The program is infused with three components: tuning into self, tuning into the Earth, and Earth healing; and incorporates esoteric techniques not readily available to the public from European Goddess traditions, Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, “Cherokee Tai Ch’i” (aka Tslagi Prayer of the Seven Directions), and Geomantic Dowsing.

“To become a healer, one must know that which is unnamed, invisible, and immaterial, yet efficacious.” -- Paracelsus, 16th Century physician, alchemist

Module One gives you the core geomantic practices of dowsing, energy sensing, and inter-species communication:

• A Foundation of the essential skills to feel, move and shape life energy;

• An Introduction to some of the energies that are detrimental to human health and trees;

• Demonstration of some of the geomantic techniques to mitigate deleterious energies;

• A Taste of techniques for space clearing and releasing disincarnate spirits.

In Module Two you are guided to ground the basic skills through practical application, by applying your new sensitivities, awareness and techniques to conduct actual earth acupuncture and earth healing to do things like:

• Divert or transform constricted underground water veins that are detrimental to human health;

• Give Qi transfusions to declining trees;

• Conduct space clearing or disincarnate spirit releases.

Module Three prepares participants to practice on their own, as they are guided to work as a group conducting earth acupuncture and healing, gently nudged and supported to remember all the steps in the processes, doing them in an effective way, in the correct sequence, and with the appropriate awareness.