Appendix B
Now that you have decided to apply the principles of feng shui to your life, you may want to study the subject further. If you are interested in a deeper understanding of feng shui practices and Chinese wisdom, the following books, software, and feng shui organizations will help you to keep your intentions clear.
Books
Beattie, Antonia, with Rosemary Stevens. Using Feng Shui (Barnes & Noble, 2000). Nice, simple guide to the basic principles of feng shui.
Biggs, Jane Butler. Feng Shui in 10 Simple Lessons (Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999). Accessible guide with several question-and-answer sessions throughout. Very helpful to beginners.
Biggs, Jane Butler. The Feng Shui Directory (Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000). Handy guide divided with tabs by life intentions (health, wealth, career, etc.).
Brown, Simon. Practical Feng Shui (Ward Lock, 1997). Rich with diagrams and color photographs, this easy-to-understand book will help the novice to get started.
Carter, Karen Rauch. Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and Happiness (A Fireside Book, Simon & Schuster, 2000). Highly accessible and written in very modem, Western terms, this book is either loved or hated by anyone interested in feng shui. Still, it may be an easy way to get one’s chi flowing in the right direction.
Chin, R. D. Feng Shui Revealed: An Aesthetic, Practical Approach to the Ancient Art of Space Alignment (Clarkson Potter, 1998). This book, with its lush photographs and captivating illustrations, offers a more detailed look at feng shui applications in very real settings.
Chuen, Master Lam Kam. The Feng Shui Handbook (Gaia, 1995). Simple guide to getting started with feng shui.
Chuen, Master Lam Kam. The Personal Feng Shui Manual: How to Develop a Healthy and Harmonious Lifestyle (Henry Holt & Company, 1998). Very accessible book that spends a lot of time sharing the nuances of Chinese wisdom (astrology, I Ching, etc.).
Collins, Terah Kathryn. Home Design with Feng Shui (Hay House, 1999). Colorful, easy-to-read book alphabetized and with tabs for easy reference. A great start!
Dexter, Rosalyn. Chinese Whispers: Feng Shui (Random House, 1999). Dexter designed this book herself, and it is a lovely work of art. But besides that, it also offers poetic glimpses into the wisdom and philosophy behind the art of feng shui.
Fontana, David, Ph.D. Discover Zen: A Practical Guide to Personal Serenity (Chronicle Books, 2001). Practical guide with rich, pastel illustrations that make you want to be more Zenlike in everything you do.
Gerecht, Hope Karan. Healing Design: Practical Feng Shui for Healthy and Gracious Living (Journey Editions, 1999). This well-organized and richly illustrated book offers plenty of food for thought not found in other books on feng shui.
Hale, Gill. The Feng Shui Garden: Design Your Garden for Health, Wealth and Happiness (Storey Books, 1998). Lovely photographs in this book make you wish you had a bigger yard—or more room to make a total feng shui statement inside and out. Recommended reading for feng shui followers with a green thumb.
Henwood, Belinda, and consultant Howard Choy. Feng Shui: How to Create Harmony and Balance in Your Living and Working Environment (Storey Books, 1997). Simple and easy to understand, this little guide will answer some basic questions about the practice of feng shui.
Hyder, Carole J. Wind and Water: Your Personal Feng Shui Journey (The Crossing Press, 1998). Lovely and spiritually uplifting book that offers wisdom for everything you are likely to do along your path on your feng shui journey. I love this book!
Karcher, Stephen L., and Rudolph Ritsema. I Ching (Element Books, 1994). Basic guide covering the history and wisdom of the I Ching.
Kennedy, David. Feng Shui Tips for a Better Life (Storey Books, 1998). Want to use feng shui to get more out of life? This book will be for you.
Kingston, Karen. Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui (Broadway Books, 1999). A godsend for those who are bound by clutter.
Kingston, Karen. Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui (Broadway Books, 1997). Inspiring guide to creating a space that matters versus placing matter in your space.
Lambert, Mary. Clearing the Clutter (Barnes & Noble, 2001). A great beginning guide for those just starting, but for more depth, see Karen Kingston’s book on clutter.
Linn, Denise. Feng Shui for the Soul (Hay House, 1999). This book offers more of a metaphysical approach to feng shui, but it is a welcome and spiritually uplifting one, to be sure. I especially like the way Linn weaves ancestral energies into the feng shui mix.
Linn, Denise. Sacred Space Clearing and Enhancing the Energy of Your Home (Rider, 1995). Fantastic book about what it means spiritually to be rid of unwanted or negative energies.
Linn, Denise. Space Clearing A-Z: How to Use Feng Shui to Purify and Bless Your Home (Hay House, 2001). This A–Z guide features handy tabs to help you learn how to put the practice of space clearing to practical use. The house blessings are especially helpful.
Linn, Denise. Space Clearing: How to Purify and Create Harmony in Your Home (Contemporary Books, 2000). A terrific explanation of what space clearing is and how purification can bring about harmony in your home—and life.
Mah, Adeline Yen. Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Tradition and Spiritual Wisdom (Broadway Books, 2001). This book contains a chapter or two on chi and feng shui, in the eyes of a Chinese woman who now lives in the Western world of California. Very insightful.
Post, Stephen. The Modern Book of Feng Shui: Vitality and Harmony for the Home and Office (Dell Publishing, 1998). This book offers a wealth of interesting tidbits about feng shui, and is suitable for the beginner.
Reid, Lori. The Complete Book of Chinese Horoscopes (Barnes & Noble, 1997). A colorfully illustrated guide to all the personality traits, characteristics, and compatibilities of each Chinese astrological sign. Great fun for the whole family.
Rossbach, Sarah, and Master Lin Yun. Feng Shui Design: The Art of Creating Harmony for Interiors, Landscape and Architecture (Viking/Penguin Putnam, 1998). A must for anyone interested in feng shui, especially the Black Hat Sect. Master Yun is the originator of that sect.
SantoPietro, Nancy. Feng Shui: Harmony by Design (Perigee Books, 1996). Very helpful book with plenty of real-life examples, including feng shui for the apartment.
Simons, T. Raphael. Feng Shui Step by Step (Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996). From an informational standpoint, this book is helpful. The illustrations are very basic, however, and not as interesting.
Spear, William. Feng Shui Made Easy (Thorsons, 1995). Just what the title says it is, this book would be helpful to the uninitiated.
Stasney, Sharon. Feng Shui Chic: Stylish Designs for Harmonious Living (Sterling, 2000). This well-designed book, complete with its fabulous photographs of homes you wish you lived in, offers much in the way of concrete detail and real-life examples. One of the best books out there on the topic of modern feng shui.
Tan, Situ. Best Chinese Idioms (Hai Feng Publishing Company, 1986). Want to learn some of the famous Chinese sayings to impart their wisdom on your family and friends? Try this book.
Tanahashi, Kazuaki, and Tensho David Schneider. Essential Zen (Castle Books, 1994). Very insightful, interesting book on the practice of Zen meditation.
Thompson, Gerry. Feng Shui Astrology for Lovers (Sterling, 1998). Okay, so this is a little out of the feng shui realm—but you can learn a lot about what to put in your relationship corner if you want to attract a certain type. What’s wrong with that?
Too, Lillian. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui Gardens (Element Books, 1998). Beautifully illustrated and full of tips, this is an insightful book.
Too, Lillian. The Fundamentals of Feng Shui (Element Books, 1999). Full of cures, enhancements, and tips galore, this book will either be very helpful or put you into “feng shui overload” with the hundreds of things you can do to improve your life. My advice: Use the tips you need most now, and leave the rest for a time when you most need them.
Too, Lillian. Lillian Too’s Chinese Wisdom (Cico Books, 2001). Fascinating guide to the history and background behind many Chinese traditions and pearls of wisdom.
Too, Lillian. Lillian Too’s Little Book of Feng Shui at Work (Element Books, 1999). Handy guide to keep in your desk drawer for those spare moments when you can practice feng shui from your cubicle.
Too, Lillian. Networking (Element Books, 1997). Another great little feng shui book for business concerns.
Tsu, Lao. Tao Te Ching (Wildwood House Ltd., 1992). The Tao is essential reading for anyone interested in feng shui. It is one of the main foundations of this ancient practice.
Webster, Richard. 101 Feng Shui Tips for the Home (Llewellyn, 1998). Helpful and full of great and practical tips.
Wei, Wu. I Ching Wisdom (Power Press, 1994). I just open this book daily to whatever it wants to teach me. Wing, R. L. The Illustrated I Ching (HarperCollins, 1987). The I Ching is a wonderful Chinese divination tool, and this book makes it easy to implement it into your life.
Wydra, Nancilee. Feng Shui for Children’s Spaces: A Parent’s Guide to Designing Environments in Which Children Will Thrive (Contemporary Books, 2001). Accessible and easy to incorporate into your family’s life, no matter how busy you are.
Wydra, Nancilee. Feng Shui Goes to the Office (Contemporary Books, 2000). If I could only have one feng shui book in my office, this one would be it. A fantastic and helpful guide to implementing the practice of feng shui into modern, Western business.
Wydra, Nancilee. Feng Shui: The Book of Cures (Contemporary Books, 1993). Have problems with a missing corner in your living room? How about a front entrance with a straight path to the door? This book will prescribe the perfect feng shui antidote.
Feng Shui Across America/Feng Shui Consultant Trainings 7609 New Utrecht Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11214
Phone (718) 256-2640
E-mail: nsanpietro@aol.com
Feng Shui Guild
1919 8th Street, P.O. Box 850
Boulder, CO 80306
Phone (303) 444-1548
Feng Shui Institute International
7547 Bruns Court Canal
Winchester, OH 43110
Phone (614) 837-8370
Fax (614) 834-9760
E-mail: fengshuimastersI@aol.com
Web site: www.fengshuiinstituteinternational.com
The Feng Shui Institute of America
P.O. Box 488
Wabasso, FL 32970
Phone (772) 589-9900
Fax (772) 589-1611
Feng Shui Warehouse
P.O. Box 6689
San Diego, CA 92166
Phone (800) 399-1599 or (619) 523-2158
Fax (800) 997-9831 or (619) 523-2165
Web site: www.windwater.com
Worldwide Lin Yun Educational Foundation
205 De Anza Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone (650) 349-8868
Web site: www.wlyef.org
Yun Lin Temple
Feng Shui Master Lin Yun
2959 Russell Street
Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone (510) 841-2347
Dragon Dance: A Guide to Life, Love, and Fortune Through Chinese Astrology. CD audiobook/reference booklet. Magnolia Films, 1999.
Feng Shui: Change Your Surroundings and Transform Your Life. CD-ROM. COMPUworks/The WizardWorks Group, Inc., 1998.
Feng Shui: Music for Feng Shui and Relaxation. CD. The Mind, Body & Soul Series, New World Music Inc., 1998.
Lillian Too’s Feng Shui Space Clearing. Multimedia CD. World of Feng Shui (www.wofs.com), 2000.
www.bartlettdesigns.com—Articles and a great bagua diagram at Feng Shui master Stanley Bartlett’s site.
www.bloomington.in.us/~9harmony/Nine Harmonies School of Feng Shui, founded by Carol Bridges. School and registration information.
www.fengshuiguild.com—The Feng Shui Guild’s Web site, primarily for practitioners.
www.fengshui-magazine.com—The online home of Britain’s Feng Shui for Modern Living magazine. Informative articles.
www.fengshui2000.com—The official site of the International Feng Shui Research Design Centre.
www.fsgreetings.com—Free and fun feng shui e-greetings to send and receive. Created with World of Feng Shui (www.wofs.com).
www.geofengshui.com—The site of GEO—Geomancy/Feng Shui Education Organization’s online information center.
www.qi-journal.com—Home site of Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness.
www.raymond-lo.com—Hong Kong-based Raymond Lo’s feng shui site, with information and a list of his services.
www.spaceclearing.com—Karen Kingston’s Space-Clearing site, where you can learn about her philosophies and even become certified as a space-clearing practitioner.
www.spiritweb.org/feng-shui.html—Informative articles by Jenni Liu.
www.windwater.com—The Feng Shui Institute of America’s online home.
www.wofs.com—Lillian Too’s official Web site, with lots of good information and several places to buy feng shui tools and accessories.
www.wsfs.com—Founded by Terah Kathryn Collins and Jonathan Hulsh, this is the Western School of Feng Shui.