No Games In The Field (封山法)

“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.