The Feng Shui Companion: An Architect's Guide to the Ancient Art of Placement

Clear instructions for incorporating this Chinese art into your personal environment to create balance and prosperity."

The Feng Shui Companionis a user-friendly handbook for anyone interested in employing the ancient Chinese art of geomancy for creating balance, harmony, and prosperity in their personal environment. Feng shui, the Chinese words for wind and water, is a time-honored system of rules, concepts and principles that explain how our lives are pragmatically and spiritually linked to our environment. As the author shows, based on his own experience, these principles can be implemented at little cost in both new and existing buildings, often with significant improvements to the physical and financial well-being of the people who live in them. Just a simple change in the placement of furniture or the addition of a plant to a room can have a noticeable impact on an individual's life. With expert summaries of the key feng shui concepts, the author provides clear instructions for creating a place in which you want to spend time rather than one in which you are constantly trying to escape because andquot;something doesn't feel right.andquot;

Unlike other books on the subject, The Feng Shui Companiondetails specific ways to incorporate feng shui principles into your own home or work space."

The author shows how just a few seemingly inconsequential and inexpensive changes in both new and existing structures can have enormously positive effects."

Discover how just a few simple changes in your personal environment can have amazing effects on your physical and financial well-being.

This user-friendly handbook for anyone interested in employing the ancient Chinese art of geomancy to create balance, harmony, and prosperity in his or her personal environment shows how just a few seemingly inconsequential changes can have enormous positive effects and how certain principles can be implemented at little or no cost. 59 illustrations.

George Birdsall is a professional engineer who provides consultations and gives seminars on feng shui. He lives in Australia.

Preface Introduction 1. History of Geomancy & Feng Shui 2. Elements of Geomancy 3. Feng Shui Defined 4. Feng Shui & the External Environment 5. Shape & Feng Shui 6. Nine Basic Cures 7. Classic Feng Shui Concepts & Rules 8. Clutter, Energy & Maintenance Conclusion Appendix A Associated Feng Shui Concepts Appendix B Electromagnetic Fields Appendix C Natural Earth Elements Appendix D Dowsing Bibliography