||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Not sure...|By Jodi Brunner|So far I don't like the book because even at page 16 it is obviously the work of a scholar who has no apparent experience in the field. Bruun says, "...since fengshui metaphysics is a self-defining set of concepts, it is not open to contradiction or to being checked with reality - thus geomancers always have a line of escape." (Bruun, P.16). In r||"'This valuable study will be required reading for scholars of Chinese religion, and makes a valuable contribution to the anthropology of religion.' Joseph Bosco, in East Asia, 2004) 'Offers significant insights into the working of diverse coexisting traditio
For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or "geomancy," has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted. The autho...
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion (Man & Nature in Asia) | Ole Bruun. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
