http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys Sacred places tours & pilgrimages Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:23:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Carol Ohmart Behan The tradition of pilgrimage has been a time-honored practice in virtually all cultures beyond recorded history, its popularity undiminished to this day. Regardless of the goal, a basic purpose of a pilgrimage is to make a special journey to a site that offers a unique connection with the ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/pilgrimage-notes-of-a-glastonbury-pilgrim Six-thousand-year-old ancient temples (http://www.otsf.org/index.html) are giving up acoustic clues for modern scientists. Intriguing new research on ancient temples in Malta and highlighted by the Old Temples Study Foundation is resonating through international archaeology (http://www.otsf.org/Institute.htm)and interdisciplinary classics research. Reaching beyond the scope of traditional archaeology, a multi-disciplinary approach has opened a ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/maltas-ancient-temples-reveal-new-clues by Michael Berman Though hard to believe as you walk down Kilburn High Road today, (in the suburb of London where I have spent most of my life) back in the 18th century taking the local medicinal waterous used to be a highly popular pastime and attracted many people to the ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/taking-the-medicinal-waters-at-kilburn-wells By Chris Millikan My hubby and I leave our plush traditional-style bure at Jean-Michel Cousteau resort in Savu Savu on Vanua Levu, travel over its luxuriant mountain and within two scenic hours arrive in Labasa [Lam-basa], Fiji's third largest city. Our quest lies east of this bustling town. Breezing smoothly into pastoral ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/floating-islands-and-snake-temples-miracles-and-legends-in-labasa-fiji http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/wyomings-medicine-mountain-wheel By Merridith Allen Thousands of ancient footsteps pound on the stones which lead all the way up the Temple of the Sun. Taught bronze bodies glisten in the afternoon light; their breathing comes in low rumbling gasps as they ascend higher, where the air is thin and the stairs below become ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/living-history-at-teotihuacan By Tobias Lars BS, MBA, Mensa ‘Vegging out Vacation' or  ‘Getting hit with a stick in Buddhist Bhutan' - is there a 3rd alternative? We used to go on vacations in order to ‘vacate', to empty out our built up stress, our ‘backed up' clogged up energies. We'd plop ourselves on the ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/eco-spiritual-travel With stress a mainstay in our busy lives, health and wellness vacations have surged in popularity for the benefits they offer in renewal of mind, body, and spirit.  Sacred Earth Journeys takes this vacation concept a step further with a March, 2009 excursion that not only immerses you in the ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/ayurveda-adventure-in-nepal-for-mind-body-benefits by Janet Amalia Weinberg People think differently in India, or so it seemed as I stood on the banks of the Ganges, surrounded by sixty million Hindu pilgrims who had come to the river to bathe.  I thought the water was polluted and could make me sick-I'd seen garbage, excrement, and ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/just-happening-indias-maha-kumbha-mela by Rev. Karen Tate Long ago, Goddess traversed the Silk Road on camelback, leaving her mark on textiles, cliff walls and caravansaries along the way. The Silk Road was the main artery of culture from China in the east to the Mediterranean in the west. She traveled with many nomadic peoples ... http://newagetravel.com/sacred-places-journeys/the-sacred-island-of-kwan-yin