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But how are the theories of Feng Shui relevant to your home or place of work? And how can you adapt existing designs to beneficial effect? Whether or not a site has yet been chosen, or the first plans remain to be drawn up; or whether, in fact, a building is already finished and you, with keys in hand, are waiting to move in, the pages that follow provide suggestions as to how you can rectify any shortcomings according to Feng Shui principles. Ideal lay-outs are suggested; and each area, both at home and in the work-place, is considered in detail, showing you how to achieve the best Feng Shui with a minimum of change. Unbalanced Feng Shui currents may, for instance, be counteracted by a simple choice of color on the appropriate wall, by the correct sitting of a radiator or fan, or perhaps simply the careful placing of a bowl of fresh flowers. In this way, by judicious deflections of the Feng Shui currents, the environment at home can be made restful, and the atmosphere in the work-place more stimulating.

Finally, for an all-important section to this book, I have prepared the first Western version of the Lo P'an on which, for ease of reference, all the Chinese markings have been represented by recognizable figures or symbols. The Chinese Lo P'an, of course, has a compass needle at its center f but an ordinary magnetic compass is now such a commonplace thing to obtain that, by following the step-by-step instructions given, there is nothing to stand in the way of the reader using this very book as a functioning Lo P'an instrument, in order to calculate auspicious days, favorable directions and beneficial interior arrangement.

Curiously, the Chinese formerly always constructed their maps with South at the top, and the same c0nvention is still maintained in Chinese geomantic texts today. However, in order to assist the Western reader unfamiliar with this subject, I have opted to present all charts and diagrams in a Western form - that is, With North at the top.

The Chinese believe that whatever we do to ensure that Earth, Heaven, and Mankind are in harmony brings peace and prosperity to all. China has seen dynasties rise and fall, kingdoms absorbed into empires, and empires overthrown. But the heart of China has never ceased to beat. Bounded by the world's highest mountains, its vastest ocean, and with the only man-made construction to be visible from outer space, China has a Feng Shui that is eternal.


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