Feng Shui and structure -

"And he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house down".

No one wants to suffer the fate of the little piggy's that lost their home, and to that end we place our faith in the builders and architects that put the thing together in the first place. As a result, a great number of people never get involved in the process of construction or indeed, have any understanding of it.

In times gone by there was an importance associated with building, a sacredness that is seen all over the world, whether it be the sacred geometry of Europe or the palaces of China. Around the world are dotted great architectural feats that would challenge modern builders, structures built to last 'forever' and all incorporating the sacred math of the Master Mason.

In the orient it was true that before the Mason started work he would call in the services of the Feng Shui master to assess the proposed site and work out the most auspicious direction to place it. Even the timing of the laying of the cornerstone was worked out in accord with the stars.

Now most people would say "yes, but they were uncivilised and ill educated and.....", which of course is total nonsense. A science existed that we know very little of nowadays, a science that had spread across the world, a science of numbers and angles, of stars and energy, a science of building in harmony.

As a Feng Shui master I am still fortunate enough to be called in at the outset of a building project, where the real skill of harmonising a building comes into play. Much harder are the adjustments that need to be carried out to an existing building.

In Feng Shui we look at many aspects to do with the structural effects, or the effects upon a structure before even considering the colours or placement of things within a building. Some of these are common sense such as placement and size of windows and doors, other things tend to be more 'out there' as they investigate angles produced either by the building or by the buildings surrounding it.

A high percentage of people in the 'modern' world spend most of their time in a building of some sort, whether at work or at home, and is it so unreasonable to expect to spend that time in buildings that have been carefully thought out to provide the most harmonious environment we can have?

I don't believe it to be so. Human beings have to deal with amazing amounts of stress on a day to day basis, stress that isn't made any easier by the pressure of the environment they live and work in.