Introduction: Crystals and Sacred Landscapes
Part 1: Understanding Sacred Landscapes
Chapter 1: How Landscapes Affect Us
Chapter 2: Using Crystals to Connect with Sacred Sites
Chapter 3: A Landscape Set in Stone
Chapter 4: How to Use This Book
Part 2: Sacred Sites and Their Corresponding Crystals
The Home of the Stone People: Inuksuk at the Circumpolar Regions; Kandahar, Afghanistan, and Serpentine
The Diamond in the Wilderness: Lake Louise, Banff, Alberta, and Canadian Amethyst
The Cosmic Portal: Mount Shasta, California, and Mount Shasta Blue Opal
Vortices of Awesome Beauty: Sedona, Arizona, and Sedona Stone
The Place of Peace: Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota, and Pipestone
Standing Together: 9/11 Memorial, New York City; Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Japan, and Herkimer Diamond
A Megalithic Portal: Newgrange, Ireland, and Snow Quartz
The Heart Chakra of the World: Glastonbury, England, and Ammonite
In the Footsteps of the Ancestors: Stonehenge, England, and Preseli, Wales, and Preseli Bluestone
Meeting the Mother of God: Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Blue Quartz
The Unity of Universe, God, and Humanity: Hajji Bektash Dervish Tekke, Hacibektas, Turkey, and Diaspore (Zultanite)
Coming Home to Mother Africa: Gorée Island, Senegal, and Rutilated Quartz
A Metaphysical Landscape: The Great Pyramid, Cairo, Egypt, and Aswan Granite
The Sanctuary of She Who Is Powerful: Sekhmet Sanctuary, Luxor, Egypt, and Black Basalt
Speaking with God: Mount Sinai, Egypt, and Smoky Quartz
Unity in Diversity: Hanging Gardens of Haifa, Israel, and Marble
The First House of God: Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and Tektite
The Luminescent Crystal Mountain: Mount Kailash, Tibet, and Tibetan Quartz
Where Spirituality and Nature Meet: Narmada River, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India, and Shiva Lingam
The Impermanence of Being: Spring Temple Buddha, Lushan County, China, and Chinese Red Quartz
Home of the Sun Goddess: Ise Shrine, Honshu Peninsula, Japan, and Chrysanthemum Stone
The Holy Stone of Mother Earth: Uluru-Kata Tjuta, Northern Territory, Australia, and Alcheringa Stone
The Power of Place: Castle Hill Rocks, South Island, New Zealand, and Maori Greenstone
The Womb of Re-Creation: Big Island, Hawaii, and Lava Stone with Olivine
A Mythological Landscape: Machu Picchu, Peru, and Machu Picchu Stone
Holding the Balance of the Universe: Chichén Itzá, Yucatan Peninsula, and Crystal Skull
Bibliography
Resources
Photographer Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Index