Papers by Marcia Patricia Torres Montenegro
Is the increasingly popular decorating philosophy called feng shui just another way to bring beau... more Is the increasingly popular decorating philosophy called feng shui just another way to bring beauty to your home or office? Behind the seemingly harmless facade of intricate and detailed decorating advice is a spiritual belief system based on the concepts of a universal force called chi, the opposing but complementary yin and yang, and the interaction of the five elements-earth, water, fire, metal, and wood. Feng shui is a system in which one uses tools of divination and complex formulas and calculations to determine how to control the flow of chi outside or inside a home or office. Harmony, balance, and peace are achieved mainly through the proper placement of objects in one's physical environment. Feng shui uses occult practices to identify lucky and unlucky areas of a home and to determine how to keep bad chi at bay while attracting good chi. Adherents of feng shui believe invisible, magical forces are tamed through occult forms of divination. Its worldview is antithetical to the biblical worldview of a supernatural, sovereign, personal God. IS FENG SHUI JUST A NEW WAY TO DECORATE? Feng shui (pronounced "fung shway") has come to the United States and other Western countries riding on the wave of interest, since the 1960s, in all things Eastern. Donald Trump uses feng shui, as does Merrill Lynch. 1 At the Whitney Museum of American Art's biennial exhibit, an artist selling two stone lions chose the buyer based on applications that explained potential buyers' feng shui problems. 2 Feng shui is used on a regular basis in China,
The Christian Research Journal, 2003
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Papers by Marcia Patricia Torres Montenegro