Geopathic Stress
Emotional imprints in a building are most commonly felt in it's atmosphere, and through
definite changes in our feelings as we pass from room to room.

Though we rarely stop to think upon it, we encounter subtle changes of this nature between
different rooms in practically every house we enter, but it is only in circumstances where such
feelings are dramatic and overwhelming, that corrective action to disperse them is necessary.
For instance, if a room in the house has been used for a long unhappy convalescence - more
especially where the person subsequently died there - this of itself may leave residual
pervading feelings of melancholy or coldness in the room.

In other instances, we might trace such an overwhelming atmosphere to a specific item of
clothing or furniture perhaps. Sometimes 'charged' items generate discomfort in a room, or
indeed throughout the whole house, as a direct result of their own 'held' memories of the past.
Most certainly, we should all cherish our many mementos, treasuring them for the happy
memories they bring us, but it is equally the case that sometimes an item can be carrying a
‘unhealthy’ or ‘unwelcome’ vibration attached to it.


Spirit Presence - Haunting

Geopathic Stress is natural radiation that rises up through the earth and is distorted by weak
electro-magnetic fields created by subterranean running water, certain mineral concentrations,
fault lines and underground cavities. The wavelengths of the natural radiation disturbed in
this way become harmful to living organisms.
Electropathological energy created by modern technology can also contribute to geopathic stress
in the form of high and low frequency energy from telecommunication towers, electricity
pylons, transformers, radar and radio towers.


Geopathic stress in a building usually causes listlessness and feelings of being 'drained' for
those working or sleeping in effected areas. This can contribute to long term health problems
of all kinds. The problems result from our sensitivities to certain geological anomalies in the
ground, including the presence of underground water streams. In urban areas such
underground water courses will normally carry heavy pollution. This can make their effects
much worst and they are they are known as 'Black Streams' in dowsing terminology.


Spirit presence most usually make itself felt through sudden changes in the sensation of a
place. We may experience sudden dramatic feeling which come and go. There may be
sensations of being watched. A sudden cold breeze may appear from nowhere. We may
glimpse something out of the corner of our eye, but when we look again isn't there. Things
may even go 'bump' in the night, there might be unexplained odors and smells, or we might
actually feel something touch or brush up against us.

And just as there are a myriad of different manifestations here, there are also many different
sources of such disturbances including discarnate soul parts, earth spirits, elementals, etc.


Removing Geopathic Stress and /or Balancing the Space

Emotional imprints are examined and deciphered very accurately using simple shamanic
techniques, since such practices connect us so fundamentally to land and place. In this way
items or room spaces with particular difficulties quickly show up to us, often with flashbacks
to past traumas or intense feelings of confusion, misunderstanding, melancholy or whatever.

And indeed we may go much further in this practice, making contact with the spirit of the
house or place itself and listening to it's story. We may be privileged to share with that spirit,
creating greater understanding and awareness between the land/place itself and the people
who live there. We can choose to clear staleness and atmospheres from room spaces using the
drum or rattle. Further help may be enlisted from incense, sage or purified scented water. And
to finish, perhaps we are prompted to sing some traditional or impromptu song, one that re-
establishes and celebrates the life force and vitality of the place, moving it to reach out and
touch us in return, blessing us with it's spirit and it's own song. Where problems in rooms are
caused by specific items, these too may be cleansed using our own preferred ritual methods, or
alternatively the offending items can be removed from the premises completely.   

Shamanic journeying practice can be employed to determine what 'spirits' or entities are
present in a house, and the same techniques are also used in deciding the course of action to be
taken. There are many different ways of working with the situations we find. Each healer's
method must be firmly based in their own particular experience, background and abilities. It
must be the result of their own individual training and practice - for this work carries with it a
great onus of responsibility and is intimately informed by our own genuine human respect,
personal honesty and simple reverence for what we do.

It is never sufficient to imitate the rituals, methods or practices of another, no matter how
impressive they seem to be. Each healer's individual distinctive practice grows from within -
based firmly in their own work and understanding of self. Shamanic training builds strong
relationships with guides, spirit helpers, animals and teachers. It also ruthlessly faces us with
who we are. Our helpers and spirits work closely with us in all we do, indeed, if we find
ourselves called to work in this area, it is they who have lead us here in the first place. They
remind us constantly that any work we undertake first requires understanding.


We always begin by making connection with place and remaining open, listening to what
comes through, allowing the place to touch us in it's own time and tell us it's own story. Often
in fact, so much of the healing process itself lies in the very act of listening to this story. The
healing power in open acknowledgement, in a genuine sharing of past troubles, in the relief
that comes from a simple act of relating our situation to another who is willing to listen and
genuinely concerned, is very far reaching indeed. And if, for instance, earth bound soul parts
are involved, our participation may lie in raising awareness and understanding, in easing
confusion and fear. Our guides may bring someone in spirit to them - someone who was
perhaps already waiting for them but whom they could not see nor recognize before now, for
some reason. In this way a soul part may be encouraged to move on. But each situation here is
entirely unique, we must first seek understanding and always act from there, if action there
need be.

Shamanic practice is eminently suited to this work. Many times we may be prompted to do
things which seem unusual or irrelevant in the rational sense. However this merely serves to
reaffirm all the more, that importance of seeking clear understanding before moving on to act
in such situations.   


When a building appears to be causing ill health or 'non wellness' in people, most common
conclusion is that the building may be subject to geopathic stress. However there are in fact at
least three distinct areas to be addressed in house clearing work and for satisfactory results we
must attend to them all.
One of the problem areas when dealing with 'sickness of place' is indeed the debilitating effects
related to geological anomalies and underground water courses in or about buildings. The
other two categories however, relate to strong emotional imprints in a place, and what can
loosely be called 'spirit' presence. When working in houses  search for all three of these factors
and build up an overall picture by taking them together.
Difficulties in dwellings are seldom straightforward. They tend more often to derive from
various combinations of influence rather than neatly fitting into one category or another.
Moreover, there is usually a natural sequence by which we should proceed. For instance, it is
strongly recommended in situations where 'spirit presence' is encountered, that this aspect be
attended to first, before moving on to apply any corrective measures indicated for geopathic
stress anomalies found.