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Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley, ca 1820. Artist: Carus, Carl Gustav (1789-1869)
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David Elkington: The Ancient Language of Sacred Sound - "Reveals the connections between the Earth’s resonant frequencies, sacred sites, human consciousness, and the origins of religion" (alt: audio interview)
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Flower of Life: Pattern that can be extended indefinitely
Shri Yantra: mystical diagram (yantra) used in the Shri Vidya school of Hinduism.
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Okunoin Cemetery, Mount Kōya, Japan
Mount Kōya - sacred mountain in west-central Honshu, Japan, most notable for its association with Kūkai (774–835), the founder of Shingon, an esoteric sect of Japanese Buddhism.
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Madain Salih is an impressive rock building complex and the oldest architectural monument in Saudi Arabia, which is around 2000 years old. Towers, residential buildings and 111 monumental tombs are carved into the rocks found in the middle of the desert.
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The nine storied stone tower at Setok Gutok monastery in Tibet. Built single handedly by one monk, Milarepa (1028-1111), as a ritual act to cleanse himself of bad karma. Stone, lime plaster, timber. The tower still stands.
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"Abandon hopelessness, all ye who enter here." — G.K. Chesterton
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Related Video: “New Research on Alchi Monastery, Ladakh” - by Christian Luczanits (2021)
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The Buddhist Stupa: From the Microcosm to the Macrocosm
