Sentences with phrase «ancient pilgrimage»

Aman Tokyo's birds - eye perch above the city centre offers a serene window onto urban dynamism, while the ancient tradition of thermal springs is embraced by Amanemu, set within Ise Shima National Park near ancient pilgrimage routes and Japan's most sacred Shinto shrines.

A personalised itinerary connects the urban energy of Tokyo with the peace of Ise Shima, site of ancient pilgrimage routes and home to healing spring waters.

By: Miriam Murcutt TRAILS AROUND THE WORLD presents Hiking the Kumano Kodo — Japan's ancient pilgrimage walk This Guest Post comes from Miriam Murcutt who, with Richard Starks has co-authored several travel books including...

Ancient pilgrimage routes wind through forests, and some of Japan's most sacred shrines are within easy reach — including Geku Shrine, dedicated to the deity of clothing, food and shelter, and Naiku Shrine, devoted to the goddess of the sun

Clinging to a sheer cliff face in breathtaking fashion, the ancient pilgrimage site of Rocamadour (sixteen kilometres from St Denis les Martel) is unmissable.

When not hiking ancient pilgrimage trails, she can be found in Quincy, Massachusetts, planning her next adventure.

This walking adventure holiday is bound to take you through breathtaking scenery and historical points, making this ancient pilgrimage path even more special and revered.

While walking tours are the favorite, there are also a few companies which offer cycling routes through this ancient pilgrimage leading to the famed Santiago de Compostela.

Not exact matches

It combines two ancient traditions of prayer: intercession and pilgrimage.

Sacred Travels: Recovering the Ancient Practice of Pilgrimage.

Concretely physical, the ancient practice of pilgrimage pushes beyond the usual crop of spiritual disciplines that are only for the introverted, contemplative or intuitive.

It is part of «The Ancient Practices Series» of which, I have previously read two other books (the volumes on Pilgrimage and Sabbath).

The ancient prophet Elijah made a pilgrimage to the holy mountain of God and looked for God in the tornado, the earthquake and the fire.

It's hard to believe that it's been five years since my son, Stephen, and I spent two months in Rome — all of Lent and Easter Week — preparing a book that would allow readers to make the city's ancient Lenten station church pilgrimage at home.

The particular diversion which Philip devised for use during the Carnival was a pilgrimage on foot to the «Seven Churches», the seven most ancient and important basilicas of Rome, a tour which lasted an evening and a day.

This pilgrimage was an ancient devotion, into which Philip and his followers breathed new life.

A few months ago, I was able to take a pilgrimage through this ancient, holy land — traveling through Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Iraq.

He met several people who claimed to be psychic, including a middle - aged taxi driver named Swifty whose spiritual pilgrimage was being directed, so he said by Carl Jung and the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep.

Imagining those ancient worshippers on the road to Jerusalem, singing psalms (there are certain psalms specifically designated for this trip in the Bible) as they go, one can imagine all of the same benefits that exist in travel in general being present in pilgrimage.

I understand that those slim 20th - century periodicals, which recounted the exploits of heroes in colored and paneled storyboards, are now the founding documents of our popular culture, and that we must revisit them each summer with solemn pomp, like ancient Norsemen making their annual pilgrimage.

Just as American children often go on a pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., Egyptian children tend to go visit the ancient sites of Luxor and Aswan.

Hike along the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route to visit spectacular shrines, cycle across islands as you follow the Shimanami Kaido, and kayak around the famed floating torii gate in the Bay of Miyajima.

After 3 weeks filled with waves and beach time you final week will be spent discovering a bit more of Sri Lanka — heading inlands through Ella, Adams Peak and the famous town of Kandy where you'll experience heaps of Sri Lankan culture, wander through ancient temples and even climb the 5,000 foot Sri Pada Pilgrimage.

Day 7 Excursion to the ancient town of Lamego, a picturesque historic town with the important 18th - century pilgrimage site of the Shrine of our Lady of the Remedies, reached via an impressive staircase of blue and white tiles.

The town is made up of a network of twisting, narrow cobbled streets and ancient buildings and was an important step on the «Camino de Santiago» pilgrimage route.

Famous for Lord Venkateswara's shrine on the Seven Hills of Tirumala, the town of Tirupati is one of the most ancient and sacred pilgrimage spots in India.

The pilgrimage to New Zealand's northern extremity is best made up one coast and down the other, thus presenting the opportunity to enjoy fabulous ocean and harbour scenery, ancient Waipoua kauri forest, and the maritime playground of the Bay of Islands.

Rich in history and the centre of pilgrimage for the ancient Maya civilization for over 1,000 years, Chichen Itza is full of interesting facts.

Join us on a journey to the ancient place of Mayan pilgrimage known today as Chacchoben, «The Place of Red Corn.»

The trail literally follows the footsteps of the Ancient Incas on one of the world's oldest pilgrimage routes.

The exhibition also features a series of new works depicting scenes from a fictive documentary following Plumita Lunes Nuñes, an orphan undertaking an ancient Christian pilgrimage in an existential pursuit to find her long - lost parents.

The four sacred pilgrimages of Buddhism, Ancient Rome's Via Sacra, Mecca's Hajj and Jerusalem's Stations of the Cross are all based on this principle.

Inspired by Susan's work, and her Homage to Joseph Beuys series, we led two community pilgrimages to ancient sacred wells in London and North Yorkshire to collect special water samples.

On Saturday 24 September the Nunnery Gallery invites you to an artist - led pilgrimage to draw water from an ancient well in Valentine's Park, Ilford, paying homage to the idea of a journey that brings people together and to explore the hidden streets of east London.