The so-called &ldquo / Chinese pyramids&rdquo / are huge burial mounds covering the tombs of the Emperors of the Western Han dynasty. If we include also the mounds of the members of the royal families, these monuments sum up to more than 40, scattered throughout the western and the southern outskirts of modern Xi&rsquo / an. They are mostly unexcav...
En aquest article evocarem les tradicions que es van formar en el marc de la fundació de Heian-kyô (Kyôto), capital del Japó entre l’any 794 i l’any 1868. Veurem com els seus fundadors van inspirar-se al Fengshui per edificar-la i com van modificar progressivament els principis d’aquesta ciència importada de la Xina amb l’objectiu de crear una ciut...
This article discusses some objects made of ivory, consisting of nested spheres which can rotate freely inside each other. These objects are known as the " Chinese puzzle balls " and became quite popular in Europe during the 19th century. The methods used by the artists to create them in the carved ivory can be considered as the real "puzzle" of th...
Published in Work (Reading, Mass.)
Awareness of the external environment, paired with pre-experience and expectation, influences comfort for people over time. Fostering and encouraging a holistic approach to comfort utilizing eastern and western concepts and ergonomic principles creates a sense of "placeness" and balance in the design for comfort in built environments. This is new r...
Published in Work (Reading, Mass.)
Awareness of the external environment, paired with pre-experience and expectation, influences comfort for people over time. Fostering and encouraging a holistic approach to comfort utilizing eastern and western concepts and ergonomic principles creates a sense of "placeness" and balance in the design for comfort in built environments. This is new r...
Published in Akupunktur & Aurikulomedizin
Klinoptilolith-Zeolith, ein bisher vor allem in Russland erforschtes und verbreitetes naturheilkundliches Gestein, hat ein äusserst breites Wirkspektrum als Therapeutikum und Prophylaktikum. Die für den Anwender wichtigsten Fakten werden in kurzer Form dargestellt. Die erstaunlichen Wirkungen können auch mit aurikulomedizinischen Techniken untermau...
Published in Corporate Reputation Review
This study reviews and conceptualizes ‘Feng Shui’, which is defined as a method for inspecting and keeping in harmonious Chi. Chinese believe that positive Chi promotes fortune and health, making Feng Shui important in enabling a firm to achieve strong and good Chi. Simultaneously, this study discusses the implications of Feng Shui for the relation...
Feng Shui is a Chinese Taoist methodology that explores the harmony and balance of landscapes, and there is no equivalent to it in the West. Its metaphors are quite impenetrable for scientists, and this paper attempts to explore the principles of Taoism within the context of the science of cybernetics, and in particular knowledge cybernetics. The s...
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