“Feng Shan” (封山) literally means “to seal
a mountain”. This is a magic ritual to bind all animals and spirits in a designated
area so as not to have any movements to prevent other parties to get their
hands on the animals.
Below are
two rituals I got from a Yao priest in Vietnam. The first one is to prevent a
hunter or a fisherman from getting any catch of the day. There are many reasons
to do that, but the main one is for revenge as I was told. So if a hunter found
his dogs refuse to go into a forest or a fisherman failed to catch any fish
compared to his normal catch; people will suspect that must the work of some
sorcerer. It can also be that when a hunter wanted to protect his hunting
ground from his fellow hunters. The second ritual is to bind spirits within a
compound to prevent them from disturbing you for a short period of time.
There are
two versions of this ritual:
1.
Ritual
for external environment
2.
Ritual
within a building
First, let
us look into the ritual set for external environment:
The mantra:
“獐扎扎,麂扎扎,獐麂鹿兔滿山扎,五方土地滿山照,個位土地都到了,一謝東方土地神,二謝南方土地神,三謝西方土地神,四謝北方土地神,五謝中央土地神,五方土地都來臨。弟子今來把山封,封前山,管前山,封后山,管后山,封左山,管左山,封右山,管右山,蛇傷虎咬,豺狼虎豹,各分界坎。吾奉太上老君急急律令。”
(I am binding all animals
in the mountain: roe, deer and rabbit alike. I am calling earth deities from
five directions to guard the mountain. All are present now: first thanks to the
god of the East, secondly thanks to the god of the South, thirdly thanks to the
god of the West, fourthly thanks to the god of the North, fifthly thanks to the
god of the center. Gods of five directions make haste. Today I am sealing the
front, back, left and right side of this mountain. Injuries to anyone by wolf,
tiger and leopard; so be it.)
This type of magic will
naturally invite many confrontations magically or physically in the old days.
As I was told that lives were lost during fights. The lesson is that please do
not interfere with people’s livelihood. So just suffice to learn but not
practice.
The second ritual is the
ritual carried out within a building. Its use is to catch all the ghosts and
goblins within one building and hide them under a sorcerer’s bowl. This is my
normal way of doing when I had to spend a night or two in a haunted place such
as hotel. J
The ritual is simple. You
just take a clean bowl and fill it half with plain water. Recite the below
mantra three times. Splash the water around the place you want to protect, cup
the bowl on the floor in front of you at the last drop of water. The spirits
will be captured under the bowl. If you want to release them, hold the bottom
of the bowl with your left hand, and point your right hand to South.
“封山封山,鬼神着驚,一封乾坤并艮巽,二封子午并卯酉,兇神惡煞走他所,黃金棕,白棟桂,穿鬼心,破鬼肚,留人門,塞鬼路,封四山,塞五湖,山前三十六員羅圍將,后十萬人羅圍兵。羅圍將軍圍三壇,羅圍將軍剛九重,邪難進,鬼難入,若有強神來,開法輪刀,過斬不留停。玄女楊公封山咒訣,風停波盡,恩皆降,急急如律令。”
(I am sealing mountain. Gods
and demons panic alike. I am hereby sealing the eight directions; hundred
thousands of soldiers surround the mountain. If any strong ones attempted my
boundary, I will chop them with magical swords. I carry out the Black Maiden
and Master Yang’s sealing mountain formula. All is calm now. So be it.)
The second method is my
favorite method as I always travel to unknown places for Feng Shui audit. Do
learn up, may be it will be helpful to you too.