The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui [Hardcover]

Gill Hale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1999

Including floor plans and garden designs, this guide offers practical advice on how to apply the principles of Feng Shui. It provides ideas ranging from what to look for when moving house to adjusting your existing environment for maximum impact.

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About the Author

Gill Hale became interested in Feng Shui following a trip to Hong Kong several years ago and has since studied with some of the world's leading teachers. She is a lecturer and consultant for homes and offices and, as a trained garden designer, is widely known as a leading authority on Feng Shui in the garden, where she uses ancient planting as well as modern design practices. Gill works with the Feng Shui Association in England and has served on the committee of the Feng Shui Society for four years. She regularly contributes to Feng Shui for Modern Living magazine and other environmental journals. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Anness (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859678807
• ISBN-13: 978-1859678800
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,025,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Visual Guide to Feng Shui, August 11, 2000

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Mark Hubbard (Eureka, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui (Hardcover)

This is a beautiful coffee-table book on Feng Shui, with literally hundreds of excellent color photographs, drawings, diagrams and other illustrations to help make visual sense of the concepts. One of its greatest assets is that it generally supports the excellent writings of Sarah Rossbach and Master Lin Yun on the subject, while some other illustrated volumes I've seen completely contradict them. Gill Hale knows his subject and writes with common sense and authority. The book is arranged logically, with chapters on clarifying your personal preferences (or type), placement of the home on the property, treatment of each major room, a major section on Feng Shui in the garden, the uses of water, color, sound and other enhancements and cures, and a concluding section on Feng Shui in the workplace. It features a wealth of design ideas that can be incorporated into real-life settings without costing a fortune.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A dictionary of Feng Shui in Chaos, April 21, 2003

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David B. Merrick "mrkgp" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui (The Practical Encyclopedia of) (Hardcover)

The writer seems to have collected a large set of Feng Shui facts. Lots of cool pictures. The order of information and lack of continuity between subjects makes me think that the author does not know feng shui as much as she thinks she might. For example, try switching positions of the last two columns of the table of relationships of the five elements.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical and Comprehensive Feng Shui, May 31, 2000

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Marcos D. Arias (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui (Hardcover)

This book is thorough and detailed. It provides information that is not readily available in other Feng Shui books. The illustrations and pictures are very insightful and helpful. It has a good blend of content and depictions. The only drawback is that it is a big and bulky book. Considering the depth of the material, maybe big and bulky is unavoidable although I don't like it.