1000 Sacred Places

Holy places and spiritual sites are found throughout
the world. All of them have in common a mysterious
drawing power that has held humankind in its spell
since the beginnings of time. In addition to the holy
sites of the great religions, you can find countless
spiritual places of indigenous peoples and vanished
cultures.
This book presents one thousand such special places,
including some of the great Christian cathedrals in
Europe; pilgrim paths and places of pilgrimage; Hindu,
Buddhist and Shinto temples in Asia; the most
important mosques of the Islam; natural sanctuaries in
Africa, America and Australia; prehistoric cult sites and
modern sanctuaries. The book invites to a spiritual

Author:

Christoph Engels studied theology and philosophy in
Bonn and Kiel. He works as the pastor of a Protestant
parish in Leverkusen, Germany.
Through conversations and co-operation with a team
of religion-and culture scientists, he gathered a
plethora of information and wrote a sophisticated and
comprehensive perspective on holy places everywhere
in the world.