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Visionary singer Susan Hale believes that early peoples deliberately built their structures to enhance natural vibrations. She takes us around the globe-from Stonehenge and New Grange to Gothic cathedrals and Tibetan stupas in New Mexico-to explore the acoustics of sacred places. But, she says, you don't have to go to the Taj Mahal: The sacred is all around us, and we are all sound chambers resonating with the One Song.

Designed to present a diversity of places both sacred and feminine, this coffee table book is filled with photographs from every corner of the world. From the Middle East, to Europe, Africa, and the Americas, the images of feminine divinity presented in this work are as uniform in their beauty as they are diverse in cultural tradition.

Popular author Margaret Silf introduces you to the seven traditional 'sacred spaces' - reflect on practises and scripture. There are many books that explore actual, physical, sacred space and pilgrimage sites. This is a different kind of book. It introduces seven traditional 'sacred spaces' but then leads readers into a deeper reflection on what such 'sacred space' means in our own lives and experience. The various sacred spaces explored are: the Celtic Cross; the infinite knot; hilltops; wells and springs; causeways and bridges; thresholds and burial grounds; and boundaries. In each chapter, the author introduces a 'sacred space' as the main theme and then illustrates this by associating it with a particular stage of life and a particular sacramental experience. The ideas are then brought together by means of a scripture story.

Enrich your cultural knowledge with this epic collection of the 108 spiritual places that have shaped the spiritual foundation of our continent. Loaded with facts, photos and detailed maps, this comprehensive guide takes you on a revealing journey from coast to coast. Along the way, author Brad Olsen navigates you through the many unusual mysteries that abound in North America. He pulls you off the beaten trail for a closer look at the medicine wheels, rock art panels, modern pilgrimage routes, prehistoric earthen pyramids, and other lesser-known locales. This essential guidebook to 108 unique treasures on the North American continent and the Hawaiian islands includes driving directions, photographs, and 30 maps.

Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. This volume explores both the cultural developments that have shaped them and their varied multidimensional levels of significance.

Explores the concept of `sacred' and what it means and implies to people in differing cultures. It looks at why people regard some parts of the land special and why this ascription remains constant in some cultures and changes in others.

A collection of poems about different places around the world that are considered sacred by various cultures, including Mecca, the Ganges River, and Christian cathedrals.

From camp-like mountain retreats to urban sanctuaries to remote enclaves of miraculous natural beauty, this guidebook catalogs nearly 100 of the state's best sites for soul-searching through informative descriptions and full-color photographs. Photos.