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The history of feng shui in America is quite fascinating! We’ll have to take you back to the Ancient Egyptians, who happened to practice a very similar art/science. With the take over of their empire, Western Civilization went into a very dark era. Only a very few were even remotely educated in this system until it was almost completely forgotten.
Fast forward to the Age of discovery. During this period of Western history explorers found ways to trade with China directly, no longer dependent on Arabs and the Middle East as middle men, England, France, Spain, Holland and Portugal traded with and studied Chinese Culture. With that came the introduction of Feng Shui to Western Civilization, a more advanced form of the Egyptian art/science. This is not to say that had the Egyptian form of this art hadn’t been interrupted, it may have been just as advanced, but it was.
By the late 1600’s, American Whalers were also trading with China and were soon practicing feng shui in their homes in New England. The rich Whaling Captains homes were designed in a feng shui square, split into thirds and were raised up to four floors or stories high. The feng shui brought them luck and wealth. New England became a rich asset for Britain.
This wealth brought with it an independent mind. With the practice of using feng shui in the design of American cities and forts, sculptures and homes, luck was on America’s side. Revolution was poised to win the independence that wealth had brought to mind.
By the 1800’s, America was still using feng shui and many of the occult symbols of Egyptian lure. Washington, D.C. for instance, uses many of these symbols and can still be seen today in it’s city plan. For the average man the style of architecture was still being influenced by feng shui.
By the 1880’s, the height of the Victorian Age, the well to do learned to minimize the shar chi rooms and maximize the chi rooms. Most of these homes were irregular in shape with a clear reasoning behind them. They almost always started with a square and shrank the rooms that were not so helpful to the head of household or shar chi rooms and made larger the rooms that would support the head of household, the chi rooms. It was probably the wealthiest period in American history for the individual man and his estate.
By the 1920’s, America was on a new path of discovery and back to the square box. For mass production homes and resale reasons homes no longer were designed for the individual, but for trade as a commodity and feng shui expertise faded.
Today, is a new dawn and Americans are now rediscovering what past generations already knew. Feng shui works and has been a part of our national psyche for nearly 400 years, that of course includes our colonial heritage. Discover the wonders of feng shui for yourself. Love, fame, wealth, health and personal growth all yours for just taking the time to educate yourself in the art that is feng Shui.
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