Welcome to the world of 101 "Sacred Places" A world full of powerful energy points where humans erected their monuments devoted to the sacred. This is a guide to planetary spiritual sites of energy where our ancestors gathered to perform sacred rituals, ceremonies and worship various forms of God. This book takes you on a journey through time, along with practical advice on modern travel. It is the ruins, mountains, sanctuaries, lost cities and pilgrimage routes long recognized by our collective memory. Whether you are planning a world tour or enjoying a spiritual journey without leaving home, "Sacred Places" is your essential guidebook to 101 celebrated holy places around the globe. "Body and Soul are individually served." -- Publishers Weekly 2/98 We hope this book opens contemporary spiritual seekers to our many planetary power points. Join us on this eternal quest where humans make a pilgrimage and visit sites of natural and human creation. Travel is a transformative experience, especially to sacred places. (Consortium of Collective Consciousness 9/99) World peace is no more than a collective vision. Taking a journey to these sacred places greatly assists personal betterment and allows a perspective of oneness with everyone and everything. Lively maps and illustrations by the same author who brought you World Stompers, the Extreme Adventure series, and In Search of Adventure. TRAVEL/SPIRITUALITY One earth. Upon it, 101 sacred places. Whether you are planning an epic world tour, or simply want to enjoy a reflective journey without leaving home, this comprehensive travel guide takes you to the most powerful spiritual sites on the planet. Across cultures and across the centuries, humans have always been fascinated by the mysterious energy of certain sacred places. From places of pilgrimage to age-old temples, these sites produce an emotional response so strong you can feel it physically. This book leads you on a vision quest through time, uniting your soul with the spirit of our ancestors. Open it, and let the discovery begin ... Reawaken the ancient memory! "Sacred Places" is your essential guidebook to 101 celebrated holy places around the globe. Includes: The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid, Easter Island, Stonehenge, Babylon, Borobudur, Knossos, Hagia Sophia, Jericho and the Dead Sea Caves, Mohenjo-Daro, Greco-Roman power points, Potala, Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Nazca Lines, Palenque, Jerusalem, Ayers Rock, Pagan, Arnhem Land, Nara, Mount Kilimanjaro, Great Zimbabwe, Thebes, Sedona Vortexes, the Himalayas and Mount Kailas, Lourdes, Bimini and Atlantis, Chaco Canyon, Mecca and Medina, Mount Shasta, Tiahuanaco, Tikal, Chichen Itza, the Ganges River, Taj Mahal, Masada, Cahokia Mounds, the Forbidden City, Angkor, Delphi, Pompeii, Glastonbury and many more! Also includes recent travel restrictions and Strange Universe. BRAD OLSEN's World Stompers: A Guide to Travel Manifesto, now in its Fourth Edition, was lauded by film director Oliver Stone as a "subversive masterpiece" and Publisher's Weekly as a "quirky pleaser." He is an editor for Trips magazine and the author/illustrator of Extreme Adventures Hawaii and Extreme Adventures Northern California (Hunter Publishing). His travel web site was Microsoft Network's 'Site of the Week' in 1996 and received over 200,000 hits in 1998. Brad is the President of CCC Publishing in San Francisco, which publishes In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology and his forthcoming book Sacred Places: 101 Spiritual Sites Around the World. His commentaries have appeared on National Public Radio, and he enjoys public speaking about budget travel and sacred places. His latest project is the World Peace and Technology Tour Used Book in Good Condition