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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451587803321

Autore

Olsen Brad <1966->

Titolo

Sacred places, North America [[electronic resource] ] : 108 destinations / / written, photographed, and illustrated by Brad Olsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Consortium of Collective Consciousness, 2008

ISBN

1-888729-19-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

Sacred Places: 108 Destinations series

Disciplina

203.5097

203/.5097

Soggetti

Sacred space - United States

Historic sites - United States

Indians of North America - Antiquities

Sacred space - Canada

Historic sites - Canada

Indians of North America - Canada - Antiquities

Electronic books.

United States Guidebooks

United States Antiquities

Canada Guidebooks

Canada Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Author's Karma Statement; Foreword; Introduction to North American Sacred Places; THE SOUTHWEST; WEST COAST STATES; ALASKA AND HAWAII; WESTERN CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; CENTRAL PLAINS; GREAT LAKES REGION; EASTERN CANADA; NEW ENGLAND; THE SOUTH; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This revised and updated comprehensive travel guide examines North America's most sacred sites for spiritually attuned explorers. Important archaeological, geological, and historical destinations from coast to coast are exhaustively examined, from the weathered pueblos of the American Southwest and the medicine wheels of western Canada to



Graceland and the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. Histories and cultural contexts are objectively surveyed, along with the latest academic theories and insightful metaphysical ruminations. Detailed maps, drawings, and travel directions are als