Question:
Is Feng Shui (or geomancy) a popular belief or practice today acceptable as a practice by Christians before God?
Answer:
That Is a good
question. The word
literally translated
means "wind / water"
in Chinese. Feng
Shui is a Chinese
philosophy about the
relationship between
humans and their
environment. It is
about how everything
is connected and
affects our
spiritual and
physical well-being.
Its theories attempt
to offer man a way
of understanding why
certain things occur
and how to create a
comfortable
environment that
apparently lets us
live and work
positively in
harmony with the
earth elements.
Feng Shui is
based on the Taoist
philosophies of
nature: these
include the Yin-Yang
Theory, Five Element
Theory and the
trigrams of the
Yi-Jing. It is
believed that
Everything is made
of ‘qi’ or energy
which is organised
into metal, fire,
water, wood and
earth and associated
to the trigrams.
These five elements
are perceived not as
static physical
elements but cosmic
energies. The Theory
explains how "qi"
cycles in nature,
constantly changing
from phase to phase,
since energy is
neither created nor
destroyed.
Consequently,
everything around us
is connected and has
the potential to
affect our spiritual
and physical
well-being. Today,
Feng Shui is a
multi-disciplinary spiritual
study that
encompasses
architecture, urban
planning, geography,
astrology,
environmental
psychology and many
others.
Developed over 5,000
years apparently as
a system of how to
survive and excel in
harmony with nature,
Feng Shui theories
came from
supernatural
understanding of
so-called natural
causes and effects
that apparently was
passed down from
generation to
generation. Feng
Shui all points to
worshipping and
trusting or
manipulating
creation or the
created for better
results rather then
trusting and obeying
the Creator, God
Almighty Himself.
Those who practice
Feng Shui, are also
known as
"Geomancers" or
those who practice
"Geomancy".
According to the
Webster’s
Dictionary, Geomancy
means: divination by
geographic features
or by figures or
lines. Divination
means fortune
telling by occult or
super natural means.
Look at what God has
to say about that in
the word of God.
Consider the
following verses:-
Lev 19:26b - …we
are warned of the
practice any form of
divination or
sooth-saying that Is
displeasing to God. Deut
18:11-13 There
shall not be found
among you any one
that maketh his son
or his daughter to
pass through the
fire, or that useth divination,
or an observer of
times, or an
enchanter, or a
witch, Or a charmer,
or a consulter with familiar
spirits, or a
wizard, or a
necromancer. For all
that do these things
are an abomination
unto the LORD: and
because of these
abominations the
LORD thy God doth
drive them out from
before thee (another
strong admonition
against the use of
the supernatural to
influence our
lives). Isa 47:13
says, Thou
art wearied in the
multitude of thy
counsels. Let now
the astrologers,
the stargazers,
the monthly prognosticators,
stand up, and save
thee from these
things that shall
come upon thee. (We
are clearly
forbidden to use the
natural elements
like the stars moon,
earth, wind and fire
to manipulate them
to so-called
positively influence
our lives). Jer 27:9 says,
Therefore hearken
not ye to your
prophets, nor to
your diviners,
nor to your
dreamers, nor to
your enchanters,
nor to your sorcerers,
which speak unto
you, saying, Ye
shall not serve the
king of Babylon.
There is the
manipulative use of
the supernatural
resources available
to many by the evil
one. We are to
solely rely on God
alone for help and
not on the forces of
darkness today.
The five core
elements of geomancy
are generally earth,
fire, gold, water
and wood and Feng
Shui experts gives
advice as to, the
‘placement’,
positioning of
doorways, homes,
entire
buildings..... and
provides some
assurance of future
prosperity.
Apparently under the
influence of a
spirit of
divination! (Acts
16:16-18) by the
reading and study of
certain zodiac
signs, charts and
pentagrams. This is
not acceptable to
God at all (Isa
47:13).
The Concern
Many are searching
for spiritual
authority from New
Age mystics and not
from the Word of God
today. Feng Shui,
like other spiritual
systems of our
times, has been the
great interest of
many over the past
two decades.
Spiritual vacuum
create desperate
people. We
indiscriminately
"borrow" concepts
like Feng Shui and
filter the knowledge
through our limited
understanding. The
New Age movement is
infamous for mixing
any half-baked,
over-priced
philosophies and
marketing new age
syncretistic
products to
consumers who can’t
be sure of the
products’
authenticity or
lasting value.
Perhaps they are too
starved for
spiritual product
and therefore is
susceptible to
seduction of the
evil one than to
employ the powers of
discernment by God.
People in
spiritual crisis and
those disenchanted
with mainline
religions are making
a mad dash for any
exotic new moral
authority and
spiritual paths
advertised to them.
New Age businesses
excel at marketing
spiritual products
and are doing well
over the past 15
years. In our
current romance with
the supernatural,
some Christians even
embrace Feng Shui,
as if there’s
nothing wrong with
it. One of the
oldest earth
occultic interest
has been marketed as
an attractive New
Age spiritual
interest to many
today successfully
even in the
Churches. Feng Shui
evokes the spiritual
salvation expression
"living in harmony
with the
environment."
In one form or
another, this
expression appears
on nearly every
piece of marketing
information for Feng
Shui. Some
environmental
activists supports
and advance a kind
of "cosmic harmony"
rhetoric, saying
that it is
"Salvationist
hyperbole" and
really means "saving
that part of the
planetary
environment which
has traditionally
and comfortably
supported human
beings." It comes
down to nothing more
than another skilful
deception or
distraction of the
evil one and is
totally unbiblical
(ie the earth will
be destroyed by fire
according in 2 Pet
3:10-12 in these
last days and
against the
teachings of Christ
and the apostles
(Eph 6:10-12).
Symbols of
Feng Shui
The dragon symbol
has often been used
to depict Feng Shui
among others like
water and fire
Biblically, we know
that the dragon is
used to represent
craftiness
(deception), and
evil. And as a
symbol of satan!
(Rev 12:3-17, 16:13,
20:2). In early
Christian church
history, the dragon
represented sin.
Christian art often
depicts a dragon at
Jesus’ feet, to show
His triumph over sin
and evil. Consider
carefully: The very
first commandment of
our Lord, God which
says: Ex 20:3-5 — You
shall have no other
gods before Me. "You
shall not make for
yourself a carved
image, or any
likeness of anything
that is in heaven
above, or that is in
the earth beneath,
or that is in the
water under the
earth; you shall not
bow down to them nor
serve them. For I,
the LORD your God,
am a jealous God,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children to the
third and fourth
generations of those
who hate Me… We
are not to consult
any spirits or
earthly elements
that will supplant
the place of God in
worship as well.
Conclusion
Clearly God’s desire
for us is to keep
our eyes on Him and
Him alone, not His
creation…or his
creatures. Ask
yourself honestly
the following:-
-
Does Feng Shui
point me to the
living and true
God or something
else?
-
Does it glorify
and magnify God
or men or worst
still something
or someone else?
-
Is this belief
or practice
scriptural or is
it
anti-biblical?
Examine the
Scriptures and the
facts of Feng Shui
and prayerfully
consider the
Bible is the only
final authority for
our lives and
the future and not
some of the earthly
power or elements as
claimed by some!
Beware of the wiles
and seductive
deception of the
evil one in these
last days. Jesus
clearly said: John
14:6 - I
am the way, the
truth, and the life.
No one comes to the
Father except
through Me. (not
even the elements of
the earth can help
us). Let us be wary
and careful of these
last days confusion,
compromise and
obsession with or
manipulation of the
supernatural to the
exclusion of the
only living and true
God.
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