Metaphysical travel-also called sacred travel-is a burgeoning branch of today’s tourist industry. Popular destinations tend to be mysterious places, especially those many of us have difficulty believing could have been constructed by an ordinary human labor force. Egypt’s pyramids, Stonehenge, and Machu Picchu all come to mind. Whoever constructed them, did so on places that were already places of power on the earth – the acupuncture points of mother Earth, that hold powerful energies, notes the proprietor of Body and Mind Spirit Journey, a travel outfit based in Sedona, Arizona.

People who sign up for these journeys of recreational self discovery say they do it to connect with the unique spiritual energy or higher knowledge they believe they will find at these universal sacred places. For example, metaphysical travelers seek the accumulated wisdom of the advanced civilization of Atlantis, thought by some to have been secretly deposited on the site of the Great Pyramid of Khufu.

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