A Master Course in Feng-Shui [Paperback]

Eva Wong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 17, 2001

This fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use—to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and architects will also find it useful as a reference manual. The text and exercises proceed in systematic fashion from basic principles to specific projects, covering the following lessons:



   •  Evaluating the landscape and external environment by using the techniques of the Landform School
   •  Using the geomantic compass to chart patterns of energy within a building
   •  Planning the usage of space
   •  Matching occupants to a house
   •  Deciding on the placement of furniture
   •  Improving the feng-shui of a building with countermeasures, enhancers, and renovations
   •  Building a new house
   •  Choosing or designing an apartment, business suite, or retail space

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Eva comes from a proud and strong lineage of feng-shui masters, and she has written a book that is in a class of its own. This is the definitive textbook for all genuine feng-shui enthusiasts. It is almost like a how-to manual, successfully condensing authentic feng-shui theories into useful, applicable concepts, with do-it-yourself feng-shui projects. Read this book. Then read it again. And again. You will find a new nugget of information each time. Congratulations to Eva on a book well written."—Grand Master Yap Cheng Hai

About the Author

Eva Wong is an independent scholar and a practitioner of the Taoist arts of the Pre-Celestial Way and Complete Reality lineages. She has written and translated many books on Taoism and related topics, including A Master Course in Feng-Shui; Tales of the Taoist Immortals; The Tao of Health, Longevity, and Immortality; and The Shambhala Guide to Taoism.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala (July 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570625840
• ISBN-13: 978-1570625848
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Stress > Feng Shui
  • #59 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Home Design > Design & Construction

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67 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than a 5 Stars Book! Worth every penny and more....., August 16, 2003

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This review is from: A Master Course in Feng-Shui (Paperback)

This book is the answer when you're looking for a genuine way to improve your life with feng shui. If you're looking for a book that provide quick fix solutions simply by moving your furnitures, clearing your clutters and placing symbols, this book is not for you. Feng shui is much more deep than just an art of placement (which is normally last on the list). You will have to read this book from chapter one and do the excercises to fully understand the whole concept. It's time consumming but it's well worth the time. Have you seen a lot of Feng Shui books that the author has spent the time to set up exercises so that the readers can have a solid understanding of what's being said? There's no second book on the market that shares with you so much knowledge (including enhancements and countermeasures) for such little price. Of course this is not a book for a lazy person. There is a lot of information (no fancy colored photos nor fancy printing paper) and you will find yourself reading the book over and over again and still find new information each time. I have read so many books on Feng Shui that are in English and this book by far is only one that I recommend. The method of working the flying stars that Eva shows in the book is the most widely used by practioners in Asia and is the most sophisticated tool of Feng shui. Buy this book if you're serious about Feng shui. The title "A Master Course in Feng Shui" really gives this book justice. The book is not just for entertainment, it really is a home-study course that will give you enough confidence to work on your own Feng shui. I am ever grateful to Dr. Eva Wong for her graciousness for sharing her invaluable knowledge on Feng Shui. Thank you so much and hopefully you will consider publishing another feng shui book in a near future.

Trinh Nguyen

90 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "THE" Book on Fengshui, September 13, 2002

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This review is from: A Master Course in Feng-Shui (Paperback)

Fengshui is a complicated subject which really takes years of training. I've bought several books on Fengshui and none of them came to my expectations as this book. This is "THE" book for authentic Fengshui. Most of the books out there are repetitious, explaining Black Tortise, Red Raven, White Tiger, Green Dragon, etc... yes... so?? and??? you wouldn't get the feel of what Fengshui is.
This book lets you get that "mystical" feel of Fengshui. It explains how to use it practically in your life, how to calculate harmonious places in your house, how to really use the compass, etc. I love this book so much. The pages in my book are falling apart, since I flip the pages so often. The book offers a course like study, letting you develop the feel by yourself with the excercise given. By the end of the course, you would be able to adjust your room or house according to the Fengshui rules.

63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A complete, illustrated, and systematic home study course, September 8, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Master Course in Feng-Shui (Paperback)

A Master Course In Feng-Shui is a complete, illustrated, and systematic course for home study in the ancient practice of Feng Shui. Readers will learn how to apply feng shui principles to evaluate the external environment, use a geomantic compass to chart patterns of energy within a building, plan the usage of space, match occupants to a home or apartment, decide upon the appropriate placement of furnishings and furniture, improve the feng-shui of an existing structure with countermeasures, enhancers, and renovations, build a new house from scratch, as well as selecting or designing an apartment, business suite, or retail space. A Master Course In Feng-Shui is enthusiastically recommended reading for students and practitioners of feng shui principles to enhance their accommodations and their personal well-being.