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Friday, June 10, 2011

Book Comment: The Atlas of Sacred and Spiritual Sites

The Atlas of Sacred and Spiritual Sites, by David Douglas,  is a review of places of worship, pilgrimage sites, monasteries, pagan stone sites, and land formations associated with religious practices.  The religions featured include Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, classical paganism and animism, Hinduism.  The book is full of high quality photographs of many of the discussed sites.  A sampling of the mentioned sites include Westminster Abbey in london; Varanasi, India; Delphi, Greece; the Nazca lines, Peru; Stonehenge, England; Bodh Gaya, India; Lourdes, France; The Dome of the Rock, Israel; The Shwezigon Pagoda, Myanmar; The White Horse, England; and more.  A very interesting book.  

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