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Asked if he could think of one thing to really change the world, theoretical biologist Rupert Sheldrake answered,"Change tourism into pilgrimage." |
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Seven Sacred Rivers Bill Aitken | The author's account of his long travels to India's sacred rivers. This is a great introduction to pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition. |
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North Matsuo Basho Viking Pr 1967 
| An account of a long walking-pilgrimage in northern Japan by one of Japan's greatest poets. |
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Sacred Mountains of the World Edwin Bernbaum Univ California Press 1998 
| In this strikingly beautiful book, Edwin Bernbaum combines exquisite photography with years of mountaineering and scholarly research to provide the most comprehensive study of sacred mountains to date. 108 color photos. |
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Ultimate Journey Richard Bernstein Knoph 
| In 629, a Chinese Buddhist monk named Hsuan Tsang left the Tang dynasty capital Chang-an (current-day Xian) and set off to India to see the principal shrines of his religion. His path was arduous, involving the passage of vast deserts and towering mountains, and the record he made of his years-long voyage served generations of travelers along the Silk Road until, finally, it was forgotten. |
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Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India: A Study in Cultural Geography Surinder Bhardwaj Univ California Press 1983 
| Written primarily for the cultural geographer and social anthropologist but a "must read" for anyone interested in the study of pilgrimage in India. |
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Tibet Handbook: A Pilgrimage Guid Victor Chan Moon Pubns 1994 
| Fully illustrated throughout, this comprehensive new guide to Tibet contains 1,200 pages of meticulously detailed itineraries, fascinating descriptions, helpful advice, and eye-opening illustrations. 250 maps. |
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Pilgrimage: Past and Present in the World Religions Simon Coleman and John Elsner Harvard Univ Pr 1995 | From the Great Panathenaea of ancient Greece to the hajj of today, people of all religions and cultures have made sacred journeys to confirm their faith and their part in a larger identity. This book is a fascinating guide through the vast and varied cultural territory such PILGRIMAGEs have covered across the ages. The first book to look at the phenomenon and experience of PILGRIMAGE through the multiple lenses of history, religion, sociology, anthropology, and art history, this sumptuously illustrated volume explores the full richness and range of sacred travel as it maps the cultural imagination. |
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Pilgrimage in Latin America N.Ross Crumrine and Alan Morinis Greenwood Publishing Group 1991 
| In every region of Latin America there are sacred shrines that draw tens of thousands of pilgrims. At present, most of these pilgrimages are overtly Catholic, but the roots of the contemporary practice are numerous: European Christian, indigenous pre-Columbian, African slave, and other religious traditions. This volume explores the historical development, range of diversity, and the structure and impacts of pilgrimage in Latin America. It is among the first to create a general framework for understanding this religious practice. Although the contributors' focus is predominantly anthropological, analytical perspectives are drawn from numerous disciplines. |
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Banaras: City of Light Diana L Eck Columbia Univ Pr 1999 |
Los Angeles Times: Eck is a master of tone here. She begins as dry scholar, allows her personal voice to emerge and then, through judicious use of lyric quotations, advances to a striking level of exaltation and triumph. . . . To take us gently off this high, Eck buttresses us-and her arguments-with a truly amazing display of addenda; glossaries, calendars and appendices. One ends filled with admiration and awe, not just for the vision given us, but for the scholarship and dedication that made it possible. |
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah Burton, Richard G. Dover Pubns 1993 
| An engagingly written account of the author's clandestine journey to the forbidden city of Mecca |
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