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An ancient Chinese philosophy often dubbed 'the art of placement', Feng Shui dates back more than 5,000 years and is used by millions to bring in and bump up good health, wealth and relationships to homes and workplaces.
In Chinese 'Feng' means wind and 'Shui' means water. As Rising Dragon Feng Shui expert, Angela Ang - who had the dubious pleasure of auditing David Blaine's London Bridge glass box - explains, although wind and water are key ingredients in Feng Shui study, it's not all airy fairy abstract concepts.
'TV shows talk about Feng Shui and the flow of energy, Yin and Yang, blah blah, but what does that really mean? When I see the explanation of Feng Shui so crude and off the point, it makes me want to cry.' 'Feng Shui study means looking at what effect electro-magnetic forces, light waves, psychology, gravity and other such invisible forces have on life. The best definition of Feng Shui is the cause and effect of energies in the environment on you.'
Raymond Catchpole, chairman of the UK-based Feng Shui Society comments: 'The underlying philosophy recognises that humans and their environment are sustained by an invisible, yet tangible, energy called 'chi'. This may move like the wind to activate opportunities, but when frustrated by obstacles it can eddy like water to become trapped and stagnant.'
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'The skill of a Feng Shui consultant lies in recognising where chi is flowing freely, where it may be trapped or stagnant, and where it may be excessive. Recommendations for change and placement are made to help realise a harmonious re-balancing of yin and yang, the dark and light. They can be based on nine traditional cures, adapted for modern western use, involving light, sound, life, movement, stability, electricity, symbolism, colour and transcendental solutions, each and all as required.'
Every object, explains Angela, has an electro-magnetic field and - naturally enough - a building's electro-magnetic is much bigger than a human's electro-magnetic field.
She says: 'Over time, the house's bigger energy field will affect that of those who live in it. It will either be a positive connection which supports the bio-chemistry of the individual or it will clash with them. When the house has an energy that conflicts with the occupant, their electrical impulses get weakened, distorted, confused and even turned against them.'
