Taoist Feng Shui. The Ancient Roots of the Chinese Art of Placement

164 Pages·1999·19.49 MB·English

by  Susan Levitt

Taoist Shui
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Taoist Feng Shui

Taoist
Feng Shui
SUSAN
LEVITT
Destiny Books
Rochester, Vermont
Dedicated to Professor Takeko Stover, who opened the door to 10,000 things.
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Levitt, Susan.
Taoist fengshui : the ancient roots ofthe Chinese art ofplacement/Susan
Levitt.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-89281-723-2 (alk. paper)
1. Feng-shui. 2. Taoism. I. Title.
BF1779.F4 L46 1999
133.3337—dc21 99-054415
Printed and bound in Canada
98765432
10 1
Text design and layout byVirginia Scott
This bookwas typeset in Berkeley Book
What
Tao?
is
There was somethingformless andperfect
before the universe was horn.
It is serene. Empty.
Solitary. Unchanging.
Infinite. Eternally present.
It is the motherofthe universe.
Eor lack ofa better name, Icall it the Tao.
Itflows through all things,
inside and outside, and returns
to the orgin ofall things.
The Tao isgreat.
The universe isgreat.
Earth isgreat.
Each human isgreat.
These are thefourgreatpowers.
A humanfollows the earth.
Earthfollows the universe.
The universefollows the Tao.
The Taofollows only itself.
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Contents
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
ONE History ofthe Dragon 1
TWO The Way ofthe Tao 6
THREE Eight Trigrams 9
FOUR Ba-Gua Map 14
FIVE Five Elements 21
SIX How to Practice Feng Shui 37
SEVEN Feng Shui Solutions 79
EIGHT Reckoning ofFate 102
NINE Lo P'an Compass and I Ching 117
appendix Lunar Calendar from 1900 to 2032 142
Feng Shui Resources 147