Feng Shui: The Alchemy of Space, Time, and Spirit is not just a guide to arranging furniture or enhancing luck-it is a return to the ancient roots of Feng Shui as a sacred Daoist art. In this groundbreaking work, Laing Z. Matthews offers a transformative vision of Feng Shui as a living practice of alignment, presence, and cosmic reverence-an art that transcends charts and formulas to become a path of spiritual attunement.
Drawing from classical Daoist texts, timeless metaphors, and lived experience, Matthews reframes Feng Shui as a practice of feeling, listening, and surrendering. The house is not a static object, but a living being. It breathes as you breathe, holds memory as you dream, and reflects the hidden patterns of your life. The placement of objects is secondary to the cultivation of awareness-the subtle art of attuning to the breath of the cosmos, the rhythm of the seasons, the pull of the land, and the flow of unseen Qi.
Through poetic invocations, practical exercises, reflection prompts, and case studies, Feng Shui: The Alchemy of Space, Time, and Spirit invites readers to walk the path of the geomancer as a servant of the Dao, not a manipulator of space. It weaves the foundational principles of Form School and Compass School with deeper spiritual insights-revealing how Qi moves through homes, cities, and the human heart alike.
This is a book for seekers-not those looking for quick fixes, but those ready to embrace the quiet, patient work of listening to the land, feeling the house, and becoming part of the cosmic flow. It challenges commercialized myths of Feng Shui and restores it to its rightful place as an art of alignment, humility, and care for the Earth.
Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or a curious beginner, this book will deepen your understanding of Feng Shui as a living Dao-not a system to master, but a path to walk with reverence.
In these pages, you will learn:
How to read the energy of a space through feeling, not just formulas.
How landforms, directions, and cosmic cycles shape our lives.
How to live in rhythm with time-seasons, solar terms, moon phases, and cosmic breath.
How to cultivate daily presence, listen to the unseen, and serve the greater harmony.
Feng Shui: The Alchemy of Space, Time, and Spirit is not just a book. It is a transmission. A reminder. A call to walk lightly on this Earth, to bow at the threshold, and to breathe with the stars.
