Sacred Journeys

Your Guide to the World's Most Transformative Spaces, Places, and Sites

Meera Lester

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781721400195
• eBook ISBN: 9781721400201
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Mental Health & Wellbeing

A guide to 200 sacred, spirit-awakening, and restorative destinations—as well as inspiring quotes, key travel information, and special healing exercises to complete at each location—to start your journey to spiritual wellness.

There’s power in places! From Sedona, Lourdes, or even Tulum, this wellness-focused guide will show you the best sites to visit to get in touch with your spiritual side. Find inspiration with quotes from renowned spiritual leaders, enjoy full-color photos to help you prepare your travel wish list, learn more about legendary locations around the world, and start planning your next trip today.

Mourn a lost love—or celebrate a new one—at the Taj Mahal, summon strength from the mountains on Machu Picchu, and uncover the fortitude to make your dreams come true at the Bighorn Medicine Wheel—and much more! Discover the perfect trip for every circumstance, or just travel to unwind and reconnect with yourself. With healing wellness activities to complete at each location, this guide is the perfect way to jumpstart your spiritual travels and seek out a unique and transformative experience.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Introduction
• Acropolis of Baalbek (also Romanized Triad of Heliopolis)
• Agii Apostoli (Church of the Holy Apostles) Solaki
• Ajanta Caves
• Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Ales Stenar (Ale’s Stones)
• Amorgos
• Anne Frank House
• Apamea
• Aradhana Gala (Meditation Rock)
• Avebury Henge
• Bahá’í House of Worship
• Banteay Srei
• Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli)
• Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe)
• Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia (Higüey Basilica)
• Basilica di San Marco (Saint Mark’s Basilica)
• Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli (Saint Mary of the Angels)
• Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo)
• Basilica of Divine Mercy
• Basilica of the Dormition (also Hagia Maria Sion Abbey)
• Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary (Basilica at Fátima)
• Basiliek van het Heilig Bloed (Basilica of the Holy Blood)
• Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre (Basilica of the Sacred Heart)
• Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Basilica Church of Saint Mary Magdalene)
• Baths of Aphrodite/Fountain of Love
• Bete Giyorgis Church of Lalibela
• Bighorn Medicine Wheel
• Borobudur (Borobudur Park)
• Bourges Cathedral
• Brahma Temple
• Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
• Byodo-In Temple
• Canterbury Cathedral
• Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France
• Cathedral Church of Saint Canice
• Cathedral of Christ the Light
• Cathedral of Saint James
• Cathedral of the Madeleine
• Cathedral Rock
• Cathédral Saint-Mammès de Langres
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Chapel of the Ascension
• Chapel of the Holy Cross
• Charminar Mosque
• Chartres Cathedral
• Church of Madonna del Ghisallo (Chapel of the Madonna of Ghisallo)
• Church of Our Lady
• Church of Saint Anne
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Church of the Pater Noster
• Church of the Primacy of Peter
• Convent of San Antonio de Padua (Saint Anthony of Padua)
• Convento de Santa Teresa, Ávila (Convent of Saint Teresa of Ávila)
• Coventry Cathedral
• Cozumel
• Crater Lake National Park
• Crypt of Yogananda
• Dakshineswar Kali Temple
• Dhamek Stupa
• Dilwara Temples
• Dom St. Peter (Trier Cathedral)
• Domkirche (Graz Cathedral)
• Duomo di San Martino (Cathedral of Saint Martin)
• Dura Europos
• Durham Cathedral
• Ek Balam
• El Santuario de Las Lajas (Sanctuary of Las Lajas)
• Ellora Temple Caves
• Futarasan Shrine
• Gandhi Mandapam
• Giant Hill
• Gingee Fort
• Glastonbury Abbey Ruins
• Glastonbury Tor
• Govind Devji Temple
• Grace Cathedral
• Great Mosque of Kairouan
• Great Pyramid of Khufu
• Grotto of Massabielle
• Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
• Hill of Tara
• Iglesia y Convento de Santo Domingo (Church and Convent of Santo Domingo)
• Il Gesù
• Ise Jingu
• Kamakhya Temple
• La Recoleta Cemetery
• La Sagrada Família (also Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Família)
• Lake Baikal (Ozero Baykal)
• Lake Orta
• Lakshmi Narayan Temple (Birla Temple)
• Lateran Baptistery
• Le Mont-St-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel)
• Leshan Buddha
• Lichfield Cathedral
• Lincoln Cathedral (Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln)
• Machu Picchu
• Mahabodhi Temple of Bodh Gaya
• Mahaparinirvana Temple
• Mar Elias Monastery
• Mariazell Basilica (Basilica of the Birth of Virgin Mary)
• Masada
• Mezquita-Catedral (Mosque-Cathedral)
• Milk Grotto
• Mono Lake
• Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
• Mount Croagh Patrick
• Mount Desert Island
• Mount Diablo
• Mount Kailash
• Mount Olympus
• Mount Shasta
• Mount Tai Shan
• Museum Our Lord in the Attic (formerly Museum Amstelkring)
• National Cathedral
• Newgrange Passage Tomb
• Normandy American Cemetery
• Norwich Cathedral
• Old Ship Church
• Our Lady of Częstochowa (Black Madonna)
• Our Lady of the Spasm Church
• Pamukkale (Hierapolis)
• Panagia Ekatontapyliani Church
• Panagia Gorgoepikoos (Church of Our Lady Who Hears Swiftly)
• Pashupatinath Temple
• Peace Memorial
• Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Petra
• Pipestone National Monument
• Plaza Uta el-Hammam
• Prambanan Temple
• Puerta de Hayu Marca or Doorway of the Amaru Meru (Gate of the Gods)
• Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple
• Pyramid of the Sun—Teotihuacán
• Queen of Peace Shrine (Shrine of Medjugorje)
• Rollright Stones
• Rosslyn Chapel (Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew)
• Russian Church of Mary Magdalene
• Saint Catherine’s Chapel
• Saint Catherine’s Monastery
• Saint Gabriel Church
• Saint Ives Parish Church
• Saint Michael’s Chapel
• Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
• Saint Peter’s Basilica (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
• Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Sanctuaire (Shrine)
• San Fernando Cathedral
• Sanchi Stupa (also Sanchi Hill)
• Sanjusangendo Hall
• Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (Shrine of Saint James)
• Sheela Na Gig (Kilpeck Church)
• Shiprock
• Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat
• Shrine of Rumi
• Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
• Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
• Stonehenge
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)
• Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple
• Taj Mahal
• Taos Pueblo
• Temple Church
• Temple Emanu-El
• Temple of Aphrodite
• Temple of Apollo
• Temple of Artemis
• Temple of Demeter
• Temple of Heaven (literally, Altar of Heaven)
• Temple of Hera (Heraion)
• Temple of Isis (Greece)
• Temple of Isis (Egypt)
• Temple of Tellus
• Temple Square (Mormon Temple)
• Temples at Khajuraho
• Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church)
• The Abbaye de Notre-Dame-de-Sénanque (Abbey of Sénanque)
• The Asclepeion of Kos
• The Baths of Caracalla
• The Catacombs of Saint Callixtus
• The Cave of the Apocalypse
• The Church of All Nations
• The First Church of Christ, Scientist (The Mother Church)
• The Golden Temple
• The House of Peter
• The Saadian Tombs
• The Sacred Garden
• The United States Memorial Holocaust Museum
• The Valley of the Kings
• The Western (Wailing) Wall
• Thian Hock Keng Temple (Temple of Heavenly Bliss)
• Tikal
• Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
• Tomba di Giganti di Coddu Vecchiu
• Tulum
• Ulun Danu Bratan Temple
• Uluru
• Umayyad Mosque (Great Mosque of Damascus)
• Waipoua Forest
• Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha)
• Winchester Cathedral
• Yosemite Chapel
• About the Author
• Index
• Copyright