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The Feng Shui of Volcanoes

Jason Buchanan. The Feng Shui of Volcanoes. Things You Need to Know for This to Make Sense. Context framework That the Earth is not a solid That I am not a physicist A few important geophysical concepts A few non-Western theories on energy Volcanoes don't always go BOOM How to have fun.

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The Feng Shui of Volcanoes

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  1. Jason Buchanan The Feng Shui of Volcanoes

  2. Things You Need to Know for This to Make Sense • Context framework • That the Earth is not a solid • That I am not a physicist • A few important geophysical concepts • A few non-Western theories on energy • Volcanoes don't always go BOOM • How to have fun

  3. Geological time scale

  4. Geological Flow • River currents • Wind currents • Ocean currents • Plate motion • Slump The ocean current rips around the Atlantic at an average rate of about 7.6mm/sThe Earth's magnetic pole rockets toward Russia at an average rate of about 1.2mm/s.

  5. So where does Volcano stop and Magma begin?

  6. Flow patterns • 1. Expansion (fill to fullness) • 2. Excitation (move toward movement) • 3. Conversion (this becomes that) • 4. Convergence (like attracts like) • 5. De-excitation (move toward stability)

  7. Energy phase patterns Generative (wood) Expansive (fire) Stabilizing (earth) Contracting (metal) Conserving (water)

  8. Destructive interference!!! (Aka rock, paper, scissors)

  9. Now for the Cool Stuff!!!

  10. Volcanic Island formation Two powerful liquids

  11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gn7fWSAZhLYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gn7fWSAZhLY • 70m from the surface, 20m into the airand when the tip finally reaches the surface...

  12. KABOOM!

  13. Then it settles for a while, before the rainwashes it away.

  14. Et voilá!

  15. Credits • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clEIYQKrS1E&feature=player_embedded • Agonia, Pat “TdP3_20.” 12/2009 photo <http://www.flickr.com/photos/46402285@N08/4270907637/> • Allen, Mark and Robinson, Gary. Taichido. 2000-2009 <http://www.taichido.com/chi/taoist/five.htm> • Cabildo insular de El Hierro. “Fotos del proceso eruptivo en la isla de El Hierro” 11/3/2011 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabildoelhierro/6312235808/in/set-72157627950412437/> • Chuen, Master Lam Kam. Feng Shui Handbook. 1996 Henry Holt & Company, New York, NY • Dave. “El Hierro Volcano Eruption Reaches the Surface” 2011/11/10 photo <http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2011/11/10/el-hierro volcano-eruption-reaches-the-surface-video/> • Feldman, Gene Carl. “Tracking Ocean Currents” Ocean Planet: Smithsonian 1995 <seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html> • “Geomancy.”Wikipedia. 10 September 2012 at 15:33 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomancy> • Giambertone, Chiwi. “Chilean Volcano Aftermath.” photo 6/17/2012 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/pentagons-suspicious-package-chilean-volcano-aftermath weiner-resignation-questioned/2011/06/17/AGldzjYH_blog.html> • Hale, Gill. The Feng Shui Garden. 1998 Storey Books, Pownal, VT • Moss MD, Charles A. “Five element acupuncture: treating body, mind and spirit.” Alternative Therapies, Vol. 5 No. 5, Sept. 1999.pp. 52-61.<fiveelementtraining.com/article_1.html> photo • US Department of Interior. “Types of Volcano Hazards” 2009 <http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/> • “Volcanic Island Hawaii.” Photo. <http://www.marcusrohrerspirulina.co.za/additional-pages/discover-more-about-the-volcanic island-hawaii/> • Wood, Dr. Chuck et al. “Submarine Volcanoes.” Volcano World. 1995 <volcano.oregonstate.edu/book/export/html/138>

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