Sacred Places

"Sacred Places" is a beautiful illustrated journey to places considered sacred to the people of ancient civilizations as well as to modern-day men and women. The sites included are associated with great religious or mythological events... Les mer

Sacred Places

"Sacred Places" is a beautiful illustrated journey to places considered sacred to the people of ancient civilizations as well as to modern-day men and women. The sites included are associated with great religious or mythological events, energy vortexes, hallowed burial grounds, manmade edifices and natural rivers, mountains and caves. Some have celestial or planetary significance, while others are monuments, ceremonial sites or observatories; places of peace and power, pilgrimage and ritual. They are sites that connect the earthly and the heavenly, from the beginning of time. Featuring hundreds of beautiful photographs, "Sacred Places" is an uplifting and magnificent blend of art, history and travel that is both inspirational and spiritual.

Introduction; The Americas; Europe; Africa & the Middle East; Asia; Australia & the Pacific; Index; Further Reading; Acknowledgements.

Rebecca Hind was artist to the Sacred Land Project, a scheme to conserve, enhance and develop Britain's sacred sites, and to the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, a charity promoting the protection and preservation of the natural environment throughout the world in accordance with the beliefs of world religions. The author of 1000 Faces of God and Sacred Journeys, Rebecca teaches life drawing and art workshops at colleges and museums in Oxford, England. Her paintings are widely exhibited and collected. Lukk