For many thousands of years our ancestors have been visiting and venerating the power places of Europe. One culture after another has often frequented the same power sites and the story of how these magical places were discovered and used is filled with fairies and nature spirits, sages and astronomers, and enigmatic myths of world destroying cataclysms.

Read more here: » Sacred Sites: Pilgrimage in Ancient Europe - Megalithic and Celtic Sacred Space

Read more here: » Sacred Sites: Places of Peace and Power

Creating Sacred Space In Your Home

Many modern Celtic pagans today are faced with a difficult question: how can I bring my religion into my home? Whether we live in a dormitory, an apartment, a duplex or a mansion, most of us like to have our homes reflect our personalities and the things we are interested in, and that includes our spiritual practices, but many of us don't have back yards in which to practice and set up more permanent shrines, or 24/7 access to our favorite places in nature. For some, just setting up an altar somewhere in the home is either undesirable, unachievable or just not enough.

Read more here: » SacredSpace: Creating Sacred Space In Your Home

In India we find the oldest continually operating pilgrimage tradition in the entire world. The practice of pilgrimage in India is so deeply embedded in the cultural psyche and the number of pilgrimage sites is so large that the entire subcontinent may actually be regarded as one grand and continuous sacred space. Martin Gray spent the last 20 years visiting more than thousand sacred sites around the world and he guides us to some of the sacred sites of India.

Read more here: » Sacred Places: Sacred Sites, places and temples in India

Ever paid attention to the staircase that winds its way around or outside your house? Stairs in a building strongly influence the flow of chi . A stairway is a potent channel of chi , and the shape of the staircase determines the movement of chi .

(See also: Feng Shui, Vaastu Shastra, Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space)

Certain features in your external environment can adversely affect the feng shui of your building. These 'poison arrows' can be responsible for ill-fortune in the form of robbery, legal entanglement or serious illness. It is, therefore, necessary to identify the not-so-obvious 'poison arrows' in your environment and to deal with them.

(See also: Feng Shui, Vaastu Shastra, Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space)

It is very important to understand the feng shui of your house as it influences the lives of the occupants in many ways. This was experienced by Anil who was earlier a non-believer of feng shui . Anil an eligible bachelor in his thirties was having difficulties in finding a life partner.

(See also: Feng Shui, Vaastu Shastra, Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space)

Feng Shui began when people had a very different way of explaining the world. They regarded the heaven, the earth and themselves as part of one system. This holistic view of life has persisted in many cultures, especially where health, medicine, food and life styles are all connected.

The modern city dweller may never actually see food growing or for that matter the night sky with twinkling stars due to the high pollution levels. The modern world has problems that did not exist in the ancient world. However, today we must take these into consideration when studying Feng Shui. In the West, scientific development created different disciplines that advanced in isolation from each other while providing explanations for the goings-on in the natural world.

(See also: Feng Shui, Vaastu Shastra, Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space)

 The science of house building is very ancient in India. The knowledge has come down from creator Brahma through an unbroken succession of sages.

 According to the Vishwakarma Vaastu Shastra, the celestial architect Lord Brahma got a thorough knowledge of his science from Lord Shiva.

Read more here: » Vaastu: A Brief Introduction to Vaastu

 The whole universe is made up of five basic elements, the earth, water, fire, air and space. Our body is also made up of these five basic elements of nature. The  pancha-mahabhootas  are related to our five senses of smell, taste, hearing, touch and sight. Any imbalance in our external and internal Vastu translates into unhappy situations. Vastu teaches the individual to live in balance and harmony with the panchamahabhootas.

Read more here: » Vastu: Five Elements Of Vastu

 Vaastu instructions about Positive Energy Centres, Negative Energy Centres, Prayer Room, Planning of Prayer Room, The Havan and The Roof Of The Pooja-room.

Read more here: » Vaastu: Postive and Negative Energy Centres in Vaastu

 Vaastu instructions for the Location Of Dining Room In The House and Interior Planning Of The Dining Room.

Read more here: » Vaastu: Vaastu For Your Dining Room

 The beginning of the New Year is the right time to carry out some   Vaastu  measures to bring love, peace and prosperity for your entire family. It's the time for get-togethers with family and friends and for strengthening old ties that might have been ignored for sometime. 

 While you welcome the New Year, these  Vaastu   measures will bring along love and luck.

Read more here: » Vaastu Shastra: A Vaastu Welcome for the New Year

 The Vaastu Purusha who is the indwelling energy of the Earth itself, is first propitiated before any building activities are begun. This energy pervades the built space and enhances the life of the occupants. When the texts speak of not harming the energies they are offering guidelines for design, which safeguard the existing environmental patterns.

Read more here: » Vaastu Shastra: Energy and the Earth

Read more here: » Vastu Shastra: Size, Shape, Orientation and Location in Vastu

Important Points While Planning the Bedroom in accordance with Vaastu Shastra:

Read more here: » Vaastu Shastra: Vaastu Shastra For Your Bedroom

The following defects are to be avoided to have a blemishless house.

Read more here: » Vastu Shastra: Criteria for a Defective House

 It is our tradition from time immemorial to erect a statue of Lord Vinayaka (Elephant God) or the figure of an elephant, as a remedial measure in the case of the entrance of a house or building faces a lane or a street.(The lane or street jutting into the house of building)

The rule says that it is a great defect to have a house facing a lane or street, and those who live in such a house will lose peace of mind.

Read more here: » Vastu Shastra: House facing a Street or Lane

Vastu Shastra

One of the most important rules to be followed is not to have a marshy land across the maindoorway of the house. Honing such a marshy land across the maindoorway will lead its resident to rain. Allowing the drainage water to flow across the house will lead the resident to poverty. If an assemblage of people is forward talking infront of the house, or if a well is located in front of the house the residents of such a house will suffer from incurable diseases

Read more here: » Vastu Shastra: Defective Main Doorways

 The popular abbreviation 'VaastuÕ has somehow come to stay in the social system, particularly in connection with business organisations. With a 15 year background in this field let me try to clarify the subject so that the really mysterious nature of energies and their impact on phenomena on the one hand, and the pseudo mysticism of irrational relationship between cause and event on the other may be better understood.

Read more here: » Vaastu Shastra: The Vaastu Shastras In The Modern Context