Just what is the bagua map, exactly? And how can you draw it over your floor plan? In the Taoist form of alchemy that we call feng shui, there is a mathematical and magical construct known as the bagua. In Western mystery traditions it's known as a magic square (a square in which each row adds up to the same number) or, more specifically, as the square of Saturn. In fact, the bagua/square of Saturn is present in some form in the mathematical and spiritual traditions of countless cultures, both ... continue reading...
9 Feng Shui Ideas for Outdoor Spaces
Bring positivity and beauty to your front yard, back yard, or other landscape with these 9 feng shui cures for outdoor spaces. Feng shui is all about good vibes. As you may know, in feng shui, the word for vibes (actually life force energy) is chi. Naturally, one of the most important feng shui considerations is choosing a place to live where the very land itself possesses positive chi, and then increasing the positive chi quotient as much as possible. But if where you live doesn't ... continue reading...
Super Powerful Ritual for Love and Romance
Whether or not you're currently in a romantic relationship, this love spell can help open your heart, get you into your body, and turn up the volume on your romantic magnetism. Romance Master Ritual INGREDIENTS 2 sticks vanilla incense 2 red roses 2 pink candles 1 pinch dried damiana (herb) A bottle of red wine (really any red wine that's cheap enough that you don't mind pouring a whole bottle in your bath.) 2 small lepidolites (crystals), cleansed in cold water and sunlight A ... continue reading...
The Perils and Pitfalls of Positive Thinking
Don't Fall into One of These 3 Positivity Traps Positive thinking - simple as pie, right? Think good thoughts, good things happen, end of story. Actually, not quite. ...My first brush with the concept of positive thinking couldn't have been more stereotypical: it was the book The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale. When I was a freshman in high school, my dad gave it to me in hopes that it would help me to stop being such a gloomy teenager. And it did! What's more, it ... continue reading...
Feng Shui Basics: Understanding Energy Flow
A Quick Primer on How Energy Flows Through Your Home Just like a number of other things that are invisible to the naked eye – music, electricity, and wind, for example – energy flow, and its effects, are very real. When you understand the flow of energy through your home, you can feng shui like a boss instead of randomly employing cures that don't exactly make sense to you, just because you read them somewhere. To start, you might imagine energy as flowing in a similar way to water ... continue reading...