A Master Course in Feng-Shui

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Pub. Date: 2001-07-17
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Summary

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

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Preface xiii
How to Use This Book xv
PART ONE THE BASICS OF FENG-SHUI
Evaluating the External Environment
3(38)
Finding Protection
3(11)
Avoiding Destructive Energy
14(16)
Receiving Benevolent Energy
30(11)
Evaluating the Internal Environment
41(26)
Shape of a Building
41(9)
General Appearance of a Building
50(3)
Floor Plan
53(8)
Architectural Features
61(6)
Taking Readings with the Geomantic Compass
67(13)
Learning How to Use Your Homemade Geomantic Compass
71(3)
Multiple Orientations and Readings
74(6)
Setting Up the Geomantic Chart
80(20)
Constructing a Geomantic Chart
80(11)
Types of Geomantic Charts
91(1)
Special Geomantic Charts
91(9)
Superimposing the Geomantic Chart onto a Floor Plan
100(17)
Superimposing the Geomantic Chart onto an Entire Building
100(2)
Houses Divided into Distinct Sections
102(15)
Interpreting the Geomantic Chart
117(11)
Conditional Interactions
117(3)
Unconditional Interactions
120(1)
Additive Effects
121(7)
Evaluating and Planning the Usage of Space
128(14)
Entrances, Hallways, and Stairs
128(5)
Bedrooms
133(1)
Kitchen
133(1)
Family Room
134(1)
Study/Home Office
135(1)
Living Room
136(1)
Dining Room
137(1)
Bathrooms, Utility Rooms, Storage Rooms, And Unfinished Attics and Basements
138(4)
Matching Occupants to a House
142(14)
Determining the Guardian Stars of Individuals
142(5)
Matching Heads of Household to the Earth Base of the Front Entrance
147(1)
Matching Occupants to the Bedrooms
147(9)
Placement of Furniture
156(17)
Superimposing the Geomantic Chart Onto Each Room
156(17)
PART TWO SPECIAL TOPICS
Installing Countermeasures
173(28)
Countermeasures for the External Environment
173(3)
Countermeasures for the Internal Environment
176(4)
Countermeasures for the Stars and Elements of the Nine Palaces
180(21)
Installing Enhancers
201(9)
When and Where to Use Enhancers
201(1)
Types of Enhancers
201(9)
Renovations
210(19)
How to Deal With Existing Renovations
210(3)
Using Renovations as Countermeasures
213(16)
PART THREE SPECIFIC PROJECTS
Building a New House
229(33)
Choosing a Plot of Land
229(9)
Choosing a General Orientation for a House
238(3)
Choosing a Specific Orientation for a House
241(3)
Designing a Site Plan and a Floor Plan
244(5)
Placement of Furniture
249(13)
Choosing an Apartment
262(28)
Evaluating the External Environment of a Building
266(4)
Evaluating the Internal Environment of a Building
270(4)
Evaluating the Internal Environment of an Apartment Unit
274(2)
Setting Up the Geomantic Chart for An Apartment
276(14)
Choosing and Designing a Business Office
290(53)
Choosing An Office Building
290(19)
Choosing An Office Suite
309(34)
Choosing and Designing a Retail Space
343(36)
Choosing a Retail Building
343(9)
Choosing a Retail Site
352(27)
Appendix The Nine Cycles Diagrams 379(6)
Index 385

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