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Stephen Skinner is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. He is responsible for introducing the science of feng shui to the West, and wrote the first 20th century English book on the subject in 1976. His first profession was that of Geography Lecturer, but now he spends time writing and researching feng shui and the Western Hermetic tradition. He is the author of more than 30 books published worldwide in 20 different languages.
He was responsible for launching and publishing the first full
colour magazine on feng shui, Feng Shui For Modern Living, which
was distributed in 41 countries with translated editions in German and
even in Chinese. At
its peak the English edition sold 121,000 copies per month, and Stephen
was nominated at the PPA awards as UK 'Publisher of the Year' (the UK print media equivalent of the Oscars).
He was educated at Sydney University graduating in English Literature, Geography and Ancient Greek Philosophy. His interests include feng shui, ancient civilisations, geometry, travel, computers, magic and the Middle Ages.
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Virtually a Complete compendium of Classical feng shui
Publication Date: June 2008
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62+ Tables, 149+ Illustration, 24 Colour Plates ISBN 978-0-9547639-9-2
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Guide to the Feng Shui Compass or lo p'an a compendium of Classical feng shui including a short history of feng shui and a detailed description of 72 rings of the lo p'an Stephen Skinner
Material never before available in English…and difficult to find even in Chinese
How to read the San He and San Yuan lo p'an, with an explanation of each ring in detail, the history and background of feng shui and the lo p'an (luo pan).
This large book is 448 pages in size, and packed with information which is very clearly explained, so that after reading it anyone should be comfortable using even the most complex lo p'an. This book is the result of 30 years of research and practice. More than 50 rings are illustrated, tabulated, and classified by Plate and School, with their use and history. Anyone reading the book can go from being a complete novice to complete familiarity with any lo p'an, ancient or modern that they may pick up. It clearly explains for the first time in English how feng shui developed and the relationship between San He and San Yuan.
There are over 62 Tables, more than 149 illustrations, and 24 full colour plates. These include rare pictures and analyses of Ming and Ch'ing dynasty lo p'ans.
Every technical term, book title or person's name is carefully footnoted in traditional Chinese characters with supporting pinyin and Wade-Giles transliterations. There is a also a detailed feng shui time line.
The book may not be available through Amazon or bookstores.
"No Classical feng shui practitioner can afford to be without this book.”
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Partial List of Contents
A Short History of Feng Shui History of the Compass - Misconceptions The Shih Board The Chai Ching Earth Plate Reading the Lo P’an How to Align the Lo P’an Tricks of the Trade How to Buy a Lo P’an Physical Structure of the Lo P’an The Rings of the Lo P’an Rings, Plates and Needles Mistaken Western Identifications The 4 Seasons and Celestial Animals The 8 Mountain Killings or yao sha The 8 Wandering Stars of the 8 Mansions The 9 Flying Stars or fei hsing The 9 Numbers of the Lo Shu The 10 Heavenly Stems or t’ien kan The 12 Earthly Branches or ti chih The 12 Jupiter Years or tz’u The 12 Life Stages Palaces or kung The 12 Provincial divisions or fen yeh The 12 Sovereign Hexagrams or p’i kua |
The 12 Yellow Springs or huang ch'üan The 24 Heaven Stars or t'ien hsing The 24 Mini-Seasons or chieh ch’i The 24 Mountains or shan The 24 Robbery Sha or chieh sha The 28 Lunar Mansions or hsiu The 60 Earth-Penetrating Dragons or tou ti lung The 60 Root Hexagrams or pen kua (San He) The 60 Sexagenary Combinations or chia tzu The 60 Uneven Dragons or ying so The 64 Hexagrams or kua The 72 Mountain-Piercing Dragons The 120 Golden Divisions or fen chin The 240 Golden Divisions or fen chin The 360 new Western degrees or hsien tu The 365.25 Chinese day-degrees or tu The 384 Hexagram lines or kua yao The 940 Degrees of the Complete Calendar or shou shih li The ‘Alphabet’ of Feng Shui Chinese Dynasties and Feng Shui Chronology The Schools of Feng Shui Catalogue of Common Lo P'an Rings
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The Complete Magician's Tables Stephen Skinner
The Complete Magician's Tables These more than 888 magical tables are the most complete set of tabular correspondences covering magic, astrology, divination, Tarot, I Ching, Kabbalah, gematria, angels, demons, pagan pantheons, religious and mystical correspondences ever printed. They are more than four times larger and more wide ranging than Crowley’s Liber 777.
The source of the data in these tables ranges from unpublished manuscript mediaeval grimoires and Kabbalistic works, Peter de Abano, Abbott Trithemius, Albertus Magnus, Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Dr John Dee, Dr Thomas Rudd, Tycho Brahe, MacGregor Mathers (and the editors of Mathers’ work, Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie), to the most modern theories of prime numbers and atomic weights. The sources include many key grimoires such the Sworn Book, Liber Juratus, the Lemegeton (Goetia, Theurgia-Goetia, Almadel, Pauline Art), Abramelin, and in the 20th century the grimoire of Franz Bardon.
All this material has been grouped and presented in a consistent and logical way covering the whole Western Mystery tradition and some relevant parts of the Eastern tradition.
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Alchemy and Alchemists Angels: Biblical and Gnostic Astrology: Zodiac, Planets, Decans, Mansions Fixed Stars and Constellations Buddhist Meditation Colour Scales Demons Dr John Dee’s Angels Emblems Feng Shui and Taoist Magic Gematria Geomancy Grimoires Herbs Isopsephy Kabbalah
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Letters, Alphabets & Numbers Magic and Sorcery Natural Magic: Plants, Stones Orders, Grades and Officers Pagan Pantheons Perfumes & Incenses Planetary & Olympic Spirits Questing and Chivalry Sacred Geometry Tarot Timeline: Magicians, Kabbalists, Alchemists, Astrologers, Knights Templar Vedic and Hindu Meditation and Magic Wheel of the Year: Hours, Months, Seasons, Festivals Yi Jing / I Ching |
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The Goetia of Dr Rudd Stephen Skinner & David Rankine
The Goetia is the most famous grimoire after the Key of Solomon. This volume contains a transcription of a hitherto unpublished manuscript of the Lemegeton which includes four whole grimoires:
Liber Malorum Spituum seu Goetia Theurgia-Goetia Ars Paulina (Books 1 & 2) Ars Almadel
This manuscript was owned by Dr Thomas Rudd, a practicing scholar-magician of the early seventeenth century. There are many editions of the Goetia, of which the most definitive is that of Joseph Peterson, but here we are interested in how the Goetia was actually used by practising magicians in the 16th and 17th century, before the knowledge of practical magic faded into obscurity.
To evoke the 72 demons listed here without the ability to bind them would be foolhardy indeed. It was well known in times past that invocatio and ligatio, or binding, was a key part of evocation, but in the modern editions of the Goetia this key technique is expressed in just one word ‘Shemhamphorash’, and its use is not explained.
This volume explains how the 72 angels of the Shemhamphorash are used to bind the spirits, and the correct procedure for safely invoking them using dual seals incorporating the necessary controlling Shem angel, whose name is also engraved on the breastplate and Brass Vessel.
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Volume I: The Water Dragon Stephen Skinner
Water Dragon formulas are key feng shui formulas which show how water should be organized outside a house to provide the maximum benefit. They are usually associated with creating and increasing wealth.
This Water Dragon text comes from a collection of key feng shui texts collected during the reign of the Emperor Ch’ien Lung (Qianlong), by Chang Ping Lin a feng shui master from Fukien in the early 18th century. This text is from an authentic source, which has never previously been available in English. Its formulas, some of which are derived from Yang Kung (Yang Yun Sung, fl. 888 AD), are clear and easy to apply, provided you have an a lo p’an.
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Volume II: The Original Eight Mansions Formula Stephen Skinner
The Original Chou Shu Door Opening Method, the key to Eight Mansions feng shui from a rare 1739 text. Originally the Eight Mansions formula was used to determine the best main door positions. The positioning of the main door is much more critical than the utilisation of the interior rooms. This formula finally solves the problem that has perplexed many modern practitioners: as to which (the building or the apartment) entrance should be used for feng shui calculations.
The present text dates back more than 250 years. It predates many Chinese texts, and is definitely much older and more authentic than anything else available in English on the Eight Mansions. This classic examines each of the 24 Mountain sitting positions. The translation comes with facing Chinese text, and the original illustrations.
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Volume III: The Key San He Feng Shui Formulas Stephen Skinner
This book contains the authentic San He five Element formulas, including San He water formulas, 12 Life Stages, Yao Sha, Robbery Sha, and Kitchen stove positioning, laid out very clearly. It was compiled in the early Ch’ing Dynasty, but the formulas date back to the T’ang. It is translated from the Chinese with illustrations and facing the original woodblock Chinese text.
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Volume IV: Mountain Dragon Formulas Stephen Skinner
This book contains the authentic Mountain Dragon formulas, including San He water formulas, 12 Life Stages, Yao Sha, Robbery Sha, and Kitchen stove positioning, laid out very clearly. It was compiled in the early Ch’ing Dynasty, but the formulas date back to the T’ang. It is translated from the Chinese with illustrations and facing the original woodblock Chinese text.
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The Practical Angel Magic of John Dee's Enochian Tables Tabula Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes Stephen Skinner & David Rankine
From two previously unpublished 17th century manuscripts on Angel Magic, with instructions for their use as used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Rev. Ayton, F L Gardiner and other early members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
The authors have discovered what happened to John Dee's most important manuscript, his book of personal angelic invocations which he kept in Latin, and how it was preserved and developed by 17th century magicians into a full working magical system. How only a small part of this material reached the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the 1880's. Even this was then suppressed by the chiefs of the Order, and it did not appear in Israel Regardie's monumental work on the Order rituals.
They have also traced how the classical techniques of invocation and evocation drawn from late mediaeval grimoires, were passed through John Dee's magic, via Elias Ashmole, to the aristocratic angel magicians of the 17th century, including some of the most powerful and influential figures in England.
In the 20th century many fanciful constructions were added to GD Enochian by writers such as Aleister Crowley, who were however all unaware of the completely developed system that already existed, and which is here published in full for the first time.
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