of Auckland, New Zealand) explores the nature of geomantic principles and their applications in Korean culture.

Coverage includes the origins, evolution, and spread of geomancy; the development of geomancy in Korea; Chinese geomantic principles and their applications for the building of graves and houses; the relationships between geomancy and Korea's main religions, Buddhism and Confucianism; the use of geomantic ideas in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cities, with particular focus on Seoul and Kaesong; and the role of geomancy in the iconographical warfare between Japanese colonialism and