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Article: Feng shui; Believers in household harmony join joy luck club.(HOME & GARDEN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- April 4, 1996
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It's part ancient science, part New Age art. It's part Eastern philosophy, part Western intuition. It's part superstition, part common sense.
It is feng shui.
And it's the latest thing to hit home.
Though it's called the "art of placement," feng shui isn't an art that imitates life. According to its adherents, it's a practice that elevates it.
The basic tenet of feng shui is that by arranging the elements in your home to be in harmony with nature, you can be in harmony with nature.
Nature is a continuing theme in feng shui. In fact, the Chinese characters for feng shui (pronounced "fung shway") literally mean wind and water, ...