Feng Shui of the Psyche: Creating Harmonious Inner Architecture Through Spiritual House Cleaning

Introduction

Feng shui, literally translated as ‘wind’ – ‘water’, has traditionally concerned itself with the arrangement and optimisation of physical space to promote health, prosperity, and wellbeing. However, the fundamental principles underlying this ancient practice (energy flow, balance, clearing stagnation, and creating harmonious relationships between different elements) can be powerfully applied to our inner psychological and spiritual architecture. This article explores how classical feng shui principles can be systematically applied to what practitioners term ‘spirit release’ and ‘psychic cleaning’, offering a practical framework for maintaining psychological and spiritual hygiene (based on Spirit Release Forum, 2012).

The House Metaphor: Understanding Your Inner Feng Shui

The psyche can be conceptualised as a house, a dwelling place for consciousness. This metaphor, extensively utilised in transpersonal psychology and spirit release work, provides an elegant framework for applying feng shui principles to inner experience (Spirit Release Forum, 2012). Just as a physical house has different rooms, entrances, and occupants, so too does our psychological structure.

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Spirit Release in Feng Shui Context: Finding Balance in Our Inner and Outer Worlds

For decades, the concept of spirit release has often been viewed through the relatively straightforward lens of ‘ghostbusting’, focused simply on removing unwanted entities from places or people. However, as experienced healer and educator David Furlong explains, true spirit release, particularly when dealing with attachments in people, requires a much more complex and integrated approach. Furlong argues for adopting new paradigms that recognise the profound connection between our inner psyche, our spiritual self, and the environment around us (a perspective that aligns perfectly with the principles of harmonious living, such as those found in feng shui).

Understanding Spirit Release in Places

Spirit release work generally falls into two categories: dealing with places and dealing with people. Addressing spirits stuck in places, which Furlong sometimes jokingly refers to as ‘ghostbusting’, is often simpler. In these situations, a spirit may be sensed, connected with telepathically, and helped to move on.

Souls become ‘Earthbound’ or stuck for several common reasons:

• Fear: Spirits may be terrified of moving on, perhaps believing they are destined for ‘hell’ due to deeds committed in life, a belief often imposed by religious views.
• Beliefs: A lack of belief in an afterlife can cause a soul to remain sleeping or unaware that they need to make a transition.
• Confusion and Sudden Death: Instantaneous death, common in modern times due to accidents or sudden events, can leave a spirit in an incredible state of confusion, necessitating help to move over.
• Revenge or Trauma: Ancestral spirits, those involved in human sacrifice, murder, capital punishment, or suicide may also become stuck.

In addressing these cases, Furlong emphasises the need for protection and working within groups, especially with more difficult cases, as two spiritual forces meeting means the stronger will always prevail. The goal is always to provide healing and balance, opening a link, or ‘tunnel’, to the other realm, often calling upon guides like Anubis or St Michael, to assist in the final release.

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Rev. Dr Martin Israel’s paper Exorcism and Deliverance presents a theological and psychological exploration of spiritual healing and the persistence of consciousness after death. Written for the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Spirituality Special Interest Group, it reflects Israel’s dual background as both priest and physician. His approach integrates Christian theology, comparative religion and pastoral psychology, focusing on the moral and spiritual causes of suffering and the role of divine love in liberation.

The Nature of Exorcism and Deliverance

Israel distinguishes exorcism and deliverance as two interconnected yet distinct processes. Exorcism refers to the breaking of a pathological link between a living person and a discarnate spirit, often a deceased individual who remains attached to the material world. Deliverance follows as an act of grace, in which the spirit is lifted into the love of God and released to continue its journey toward spiritual progress.

Unlike traditional dramatic portrayals of exorcism, Israel’s approach is contemplative, compassionate and pastoral. He insists that it is not the exorcist’s personal power that heals, but the presence and love of God invoked through prayer and ethical intention. The minister’s task is to mediate divine compassion, creating a spiritual environment in which both the afflicted person and the attached entity can find peace and release.

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