The Sacred Place: The Ancient Origin of Holy and Mystical Sites

by Paul Devereux

Certain locations, places and natural features have always been ascribed with special powers or significance, being termed as holy or sacred places. This book looks at the link between spirituality, the landscape and buildings or monuments erected by man and the path towards sacredness. Megalithic monuments, rock art, natural places such as caves, groves and springs, from the Americas, Australia, Britain, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean are all discussed, both in detail and in terms of their more general historical and regional context. Lots of colour photographs complement the thought-provoking and very readable text.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Sam Hicks]

Wonderful, thought-provoking, inspiring book. The idea that it was mankind's experience of landscape that 'made the holy stir within our heart and mind'. The fossilized presence of ancient consciousness and the traces of a 'way of thinking and seeing that has passed from the land'. 'The balance between physical location and the workings of the human mind'.