The Traveller’s Guide to Sacred England

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Author: John Michell

Publisher: Gothic Image

Price: £12.99 (Paperback)

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John Michell is a pioneer in evoking the mystical spirit of the British landscape, so was the perfect choice to compile this handy illustrated guidebook, which is packed with pages but designed so that it will slip into an overcoat pocket.

Christian and pre-Christian sites are treated with equal enthusiasm by the author. If a place engages a visitor spiritually, then Michell considers it sacred. Stone circles and burial mounds are therefore included alongside little parish churches, grand abbeys and holy wells.

Synagogues, mosques and modern temples rarely make an appearance in Sacred England, however, but this may be because of their lack of age, and therefore importance in the spiritual landscape as perceived by Michell.

The entry on each location includes descriptions, reasons for its inclusion (including any myths and legends attached to it) and useful instructions to make sure you find it in the first place.

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