The Memory of Places

The Power of Palaces
Why do I feel strange in my apartment? Why is my restaurant not attracting customers? Why are there so many problems with the construction of my house?Questions like these have made many people wonder whether the places they're living or working in may have an effect on what is (or is not) happening in their lives. The short answer: they do. Why? Because places, spaces, and buildings hold special energies.With over 25 years of experience in systemic constellation work, Kristine Alex uses the place constellation method to investigate these questions on the energetic level and uncover insights and answers. Her work has brought to light a place's unconscious field which stores all the past events that have taken place in a house or property. The place constellation method makes this phenomenon visible and very often delivers fairly specific insights and indicators on how to best resolve the underlying issue. By releasing a place from its past disturbances, its energy field becomes once again free and unburdened for people in the present to live and work in it harmoniously. The effect: construction projects run smoothly, inheritance disputes are resolved, and an overall sense of serenity and contentment sets in.

The Author
Kristine Alex (née Erb), Dipl. oec. troph., was born in 1963. She has a sonand lives with her family in the Chiemgau region of Bavaria, Germany,where she also works in her own practice space. She also has a practicein Munich.
In 1988, Kristine graduated in Ecotrophology from theRheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Bonn with a specialization inWorld Food Economics and Consulting and Communication.Before she discovered constellation work, she workedprofessionally on various international projects in Europe, Africa, and theCaribbean. This included leading international nutrition studies in Haiti,Mauritania, and Zaire and setting up an international epidemiologicalcancer study in Europe. She also held a responsible position at theInternational Red Cross for one year in the crisis area of Rwanda (refugeeoperation in Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Congo).
She first encountered constellation work in 1993, and sincethen she hasn't looked back. In 1998 she founded 'Systeme in Aktion'(Systems in Action), a systemic constellation and training institute, andopened her practice in Munich.At that time, constellation work in a professional context wasstill very new and unknown. In 2001, she published her book The Orders137of Success. An Introduction to Organizational Systemic Constellations(German Title: Die Ordnungen des Erfolgs. Einführung in die OrganisationsConstellation), which was one of the first on the subject and is still beingused today as a foundation textbook.In addition, she works with a wide variety of areas, includingsupporting the clarification process for family issues, and working withchildren and adolescents. One area of expertise is working through thepsychological background of bodily symptoms in everyday life and at work.Through many years of working with energetic fields, she has sharpenedher view for a wide range of perception levels, including those alreadyknown from classical family constellations, and incorporates them into thesolution processes. Her work is mindful and profoundly comprehensive,characterized by a clear and open-hearted approach. In recent years, shehas been particularly fascinated by the work of accompanying people intheir search for an energetic clarification of their home and a suitablebusiness location.Privately and professionally, she has found and establishedher home and her workplace.Systeme in AktionInstitute & Practice for Systemic ConstellationsKristine AlexAm Seefeld 583257 Gstadt
alex@systeme-in-aktion.dewww.systeme-in-aktion.dewww.SeminarhausAlex.de

Table of Contents
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11The Systemic Constellation Methodology.. . . . . 15The Constellation Process.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Clarifying the Issue.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16The Constellation Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17The Role of the Representative.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Constellations and Their Effects.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19The Phenomenological Approach.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20The Ideal Spatial Setting for a Constellation.. . . . . 21A Wide Range of Diverse Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Places, Spaces, Buildings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Finding the Right Place.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Why Don't I feel at Home Anywhere? .. . . . . . . . . . 30I'm Torn Between Two Homes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31My Roots.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Where Is My Right Place Professionally?.. . . . . . . . . 38I Want to Finally Reclaim My Place.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Privately and Professionally?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41How Does My Ancestors' Wartime Escape AffectMe and My Profession as a Real Estate Agent?.. . 42Considerations for Buying, Selling, and RentingProperty and Land.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Buying A Property.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Ownership Conditions and Their Influenceon a Property.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Why Can't I Find an Apartment?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Selling a House.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49My Mother's Beloved House .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49What's Next for Me After I Sell the House?.. . . . . . 50Sell My Property - Yes or No?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50The Final Step to Selling A Property.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52What Does My Heart Want? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53House Sale Due to a Divorce .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Rental .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55My Inherited Apartment Building Is Difficultto Rent Out .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55I Can't Find a Tenant for My Apartment.. . . . . . . . . . . 56Why Can't I Rent Out My Practice Space?.. . . . . . . . . 57
Construction and Renovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Marital Dispute During the Construction Phase.. . 60Genius Loci - The Spirit of a Place.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61This 'Cursed' Land.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62How Do I Build?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63My Newly Renovated Old House.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64The Construction Plan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66The Architect's Design Resembles a Prison.. . . . . . 67Why Do My Debts Feel Like such a Heavy Load?. 68Living a Healthy, Happy, and Content Life atHome and at Work .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69At Home .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70What Does Living in a Semi-Detached HouseRemind Me of?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70I Want to Establish Order and Feel at Home.. . . . . 71Why Do I Feel So Lifeless and Worn Out inMy House?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73I Don't Feel at Home.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74What Does This Painting Mean to Me?.. . . . . . . . . . 75What Does the Chaos in My Home Office Haveto Do with a Past Love Story?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77The Ongoing Disputes with the Landlords.. . . . . . . 79Why Is My Neighbor Behaving so Strangely?.. . . . 80
At Work .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82I Want to Attract More Clients to My Practice.. . . . 82What's Wrong with My Restaurant?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Why Doesn't the Restaurant Succeed Despite ItsGood Location?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85What Is Getting in the Way of Success?.. . . . . . . . . . 87What is the Source of all the Agitation in theSeminar Room?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89What is Disrupting the Clarity in theCourse Room?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Physical Symptoms Associated with Placesand Buildings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92All The Staff Is Experiencing The SamePhysical Symptoms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92What Does the Site Have to Do with My Heart?.. 93An Unusual Rate of Illness At The Kindergarten.. 95The Inheritance.............................................. 97Buying an Apartment with theInheritance Money.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Is My Inherited Small Property Cursed?.. . . . . . . . . . 99Inheritance - Why Are There So Many DifficultiesSelling This House?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Special Places.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103What Do Power Places Give Us?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
The Special Place.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106The Power of a Place.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Sacrificial Places - The Call Of AncientKnowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110The Birthplace.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112The Past Events of a Place.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Nature.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117What Does My Tree Want?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118The Walnut Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Living Abroad.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121How Do I Do Well Abroad?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Africa .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Mechanisms Of Transformation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Epilogue .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Acknowledgements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135The Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Other Publications by the Author.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138