Emphasizing balance--between yin and yang, as well as comfort and style--in every environment, the ancient Chinese art of feng shui demonstrates how to arrange your home to enhance your fortune, health, and happiness. This room-by-room handbook provides tips for good feng shui and easy fixes for problems in every part of the home, from the kitchen to the study. Line art, charts, & 2-color text throughout.
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Literally "wind and water," feng shui is a Chinese belief system dedicated to finding harmonious siting plans for buildings by taking into account the metaphysics of energy flow, geography, and a complex calculation of time cycles and the influence of the five elements of the cosmos. Architectural historian Lip has written an information-packed introduction to classical Chinese architecture replete with diagrams, photographs, and her own beautiful brush paintings. After a detailed dissection of the way Chinese structures function, she explains the core concepts of feng shui and then examines actual Ming and Qing temples and palaces in terms of their placement and structure. British feng shui consultant Master Lam Kam Chuen has produced a more practical book designed with the homeowner or apartment dweller in mind. Short text blocks are interspersed with vivid watercolor examples of siting and energy flow, with tips for improving the harmony of many common living situations. Although he cautions that without the services of a good geomancer we are dealing with a simplified knowledge of feng shui, he gives such hints as how to assure restful sleep by solidifying the tortoise placement of our beds and how to avoid a stagnant social life by not locating dwellings on cul de sacs. Journalist Lagatree provides a very quick and simple overview of feng shui. Oriented primarily to interior rearrangements rather than house sitings, the book might provide tips for realtors dealing with Chinese buyers or advice for designers who do not want to imperil clients, but it doesn't provide a thorough grounding for readers new to an intricate and foreign way of looking at the physical spaces that surround them. Because of its historical insights and in-depth analyses, Lip's book would be appropriate for academic libraries while Chuen's thorough but readable advice would be the best choice for general readership.?David McClelland, Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Emphasizing balance--between yin and yang, as well as comfort and style--in every environment, the ancient Chinese art of feng shui demonstrates how to arrange your home to enhance your fortune, health, and happiness. This room-by-room handbook provides tips for good feng shui and easy fixes for problems in every part of the home, from the kitchen to the study. Line art, charts, & 2-color text throughout.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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I should have known! The feng shui just wasn't right for an art gallery in that little Victorian house by the sea on the coast of Maine!!! The chi--or life energy--flew down the staircase and out the front door whenever it opened, and the large gallery rooms lacked accessibility from the front of the house--customers had to wind their way through the hall to get there. Now that that little unsuccessful venture is over, I'll use Kirsten Lagatree's Feng Shui to design my new house to maximize happiness and abundance in my new life in the DC area. Little water fountains will keep the chi, or life energy flowing, and yellow flowers in the southeast corner will keep my marriage harmonious. A mirror will face the front door to deflect any poison arrows that might shoot directly in from the street, and my many little animal sculptures will find their optimum positions to bring their benevolent energies into my home. It may sound like hocus pocus--but who cares? It can't hurt, and it could really help, and in any case, I'm sure I'll find great enjoyment in bringing the principles of feng shui into my interior design.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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This book is OK, but not terribly inspiring. It is full of "feng shui band-aids", she suggests mirrors for virtually every problem with hardly a mention that you should be cautious about mirror placement. I found "The Feng Shui House Book" by Gina Lazenby and "The Feng Shui Handbook" by Master Lam Kam Chuen to both be more informative and better at expressing the reasons behind and philosophy of feng shui.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I have tried many books on feng shui and found them really confusing and even a bit weird. Lagatree's book helped me understand what feng shui is and how it works. I've already had good results by following her clear explanations. I highly recommend this book!
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Perfect for an Overview
Over the years, a girlfriend and I jokingly gave each other books on Feng Shui as gifts because we love the concept, but laughed at everyone arguing how to pronounce "fung shway". Read more
Published on January 12, 2004
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Feng Shui for beginners
This book is another book that I read in an effort to get information about Feng Shui. It goes into details and gives quite a bit of information about the history of Feng Shui. Read more
Published on July 15, 2002 by Marguerite P. Nico
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A Good Start, But Too Basic
This book contains a great and concise history of Feng Shui, but is written so that it gets kind of confusing as not enough detail is given to remedy situations. Read more
Published on February 19, 2001
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Change Your Life; Practice Feng Shui
In the foreward of this book, Feng Shui is defined and described. There are 8 chapters. The photos included are sketches and are black and white. Read more
Published on May 21, 2000 by Coral T.
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Fascinating!
Some people get a little bit obsessed about Feng Shui, but here is an informed, clear-headed look at a fascinating subject. Read more
Published on October 23, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful book on the subject of Feng Shui.
I came to this book knowing almost nothing about Feng Shui. I is an easy to read, enjoyable and thoroughly understandable book about the subject. Read more
Published on April 8, 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good fundametal backgrounds. Lack application examples.
The book provides a good foundation to understanding Feng Shui. A few examples were provided to demonstration the theories. Read more
Published on March 31, 1999 by Les Chan
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- Practical Applications of Feng Shui (Feng Shui Series) by Lillian Too in Back Matter
- Feng Shui: North American Edition by Lillian Too in Back Matter
- The Most Beautiful House in the World by Witold Rybczynski in Back Matter
- Chinese Geomancy by Evelyn Lip in Back Matter
- Interior Design with Feng Shui: New and Expanded (Compass) by Sarah Rossbach in Back Matter
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- Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life: Or How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child by Faulkner Fox on page 33
- Feng Shui para la casa (Spanish Feng Shui Series) (Spanish Edition) by Richard Webster in Back Matter
- Feng Shui at Work : Arranging Your Work Space to Achieve Peak Performance and Maximum Profit by Kirsten Lagatree in Back Matter
- Altars Made Easy: A Complete Guide To Creating Your Own Sacred Space by Peg Streep in Back Matter
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