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Ancient Art of Feng Shui Energizes St. Louis-Area Businesses.
Byline: Shera Dalin
Jul. 8-- A mirror stuck on a computer or a crystal dangling in a hallway are among the subtle signs of a growing trend for St. Louis-area firms: businesses using the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui.
Feng shui, pronounced fung shway, is a 4,000-year-old art of arrangement that's based on the Chinese divination system I Ching, or Book of Changes.
Practitioners say feng shui can drive away bad energy and business doldrums. It enhances the energy, known as chi, flowing through a building. If the energy flow is hindered, a firm's revenue, customers and employees could suffer harm, practitioners say.
"Not everybody is open to it because they think it's a religion or a cult. But it's an interior-design technique that uses these principles," said Sue Ruzicka, a feng shui consultant from Clarksville, Tenn.
Feng shui is so highly valued in Asia that some architects use it to orient and to design every aspect of new skyscrapers and houses.
Ruzicka and her partner, Elaine Paris of…
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