The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui: How to Apply the Secrets of Chinese Wisdom for Health, Wealth and Happiness [Paperback]

Lillian Too (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete Illustrated Guide | Publication Date: October 25, 1996

Feng Shui is the art of living in harmony with your natural man-made environment. Expert Lillian Too explains the principles and practice of Feng Shui and shows how, by making subtle changes to your surroundings, you can foster health, wealth and happiness.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"Water represents money and signifies the flow of wealth. To activate this symbol of prosperity...." Lillian Too is the grande dame of writers on systematic Feng Shui. Hailing from Hong Kong, the Feng Shui capital of the world, Too is steeped in the theories and practices of this complex and arcane path of personal and life enhancement. In The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui, Too reveals a wealth of methods and tools to facilitate the flow of good ch'i in your life. From the size of your furniture to the direction your oven faces, from the shape of surrounding mountains to the year you were born--all of these can affect your life. Through the use of plants, colors, crystals, and mirrors, Too shows how to situate the things in your life to make the most of every situation. It is also essential that one is able to personalize Feng Shui remedies, and to this end, Too includes charts for determining how each reader, depending on birth, age, and gender, fits into the order of things. The eye-popping illustrations make the foreign familiar and make the Complete Illustrated Guide an authority you'll be turning to again and again. --Wilifred Kim

Review

Feng Shui ("wind and water") is the ancient Chinese metaphysical science or art of living in harmony with your environment in order to promote health, wealth, and happiness. Lillian Too is offers her years of experience with feng shui in The Complete Illustrated Guide To Feng Shui. Too provides the practical information needed to understand and apply feng shui principles to their own environments and lives. It also explains the roots of feng shui in ancient China, and contains lavish color artwork demonstrating the application of the principles. The Complete Illustrated Guide To Feng Shui is a perfect introduction to the principles, practices, and purposes of feng shui for the western reader. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Element Books Ltd. (October 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852309024
• ISBN-13: 978-1852309022
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #611,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introductory book to Feng Shui...., October 13, 1999

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JC Clark (Durango, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui: How to Apply the Secrets of Chinese Wisdom for Health, Wealth and Happiness (Paperback)

I found myself not reading the book from front to back but instead skipping around. First I looked for the basic fundamentals of how it worked then I started to compare how I could change my own environment from the information that was provided. Her book layout was simply and easy to apply. I did find it confusing when I read Lillian Too's books and then randomly read more books about Feng Shui not realizing there are different sectors of Feng Shui depending on the Master that taught them. Just a tip for someone picking up their first Feng Shui book.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Little or no practical solutions to get started, September 14, 1999

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This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui: How to Apply the Secrets of Chinese Wisdom for Health, Wealth and Happiness (Paperback)

The history on feng shui was present but this book was far from a complete illustrated guide. Complete being the operative word here. I found myself needing to order another book immediately so I could now find out how to apply even some basics to my home. Just when she would say you need to position something for good or bad chi she would drop off into thin air. Even the illustrations in the back of the book are minimal at best, actual application from reading this book is almost non-existent. I can't believe I actually paid good money for this. I see she has written too many books on the subject which is why I think this one might be vague, so you need to buy each one to get a little more information. This has only sent me to other authors. I really hope no greed was intended here. Now that's bad chi.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful guide but not for the beginner, July 15, 1998

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H. Staiger (PA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui: How to Apply the Secrets of Chinese Wisdom for Health, Wealth and Happiness (Paperback)

I've read a number of books on FengShui, and found this book beautifully illustrated. It offered many details about the background and different types of feng shui methods, which while informative could be very confusing to a beginner. I agree with the other reviewers that although it was reader friendly, it offered few or too brief solutions and the possible need for another book. Perhaps her smaller books would be good companions to this one. Just-A-Note: At the same time I bought this, I also ordered CREATING SACRED SPACE with FENG SHUI, Learning the Art of Space Clearing by KAREN KINGSTON. After reading both books, I consider SACRED SPACE to be a must have, a book that should always be the first feng shui book anyone reads. It can change your life.