Geomancy...

explores the realm where human consciousness meets and dialogues with the Spirit of the Earth. It empowers the harmonious interaction between person and place.

Through the art of appropriate placement of both secular and spiritual structures, places where we pray, work and play, geomancers locate and shape spaces in harmony with both the physical and the spiritual environment of the place.

Geomancers are spiritual ecologists.

From: the Mid-Atlantic Geomancy Website

Do organizations, economies, cities and other human "confabulations" have a spiritual ecology? I think they do. Maybe geomancy and feng shui can someday help us to understand this side of these things. Perhaps if we understood the spiritual ecology of places and things, we would "value" them more. Everything becomes an "asset" when it finds its proper place--even people.

This is why historic preservation, ecological design, in-fill development, art and culture and other activities are growing in popularity as revitalization strategies for communities.

Could we do a better job of developing local economies if we truly understood their sacred geometry? I find that to be an interesting question.