Japan is often described as a land of contrasts, ancient and modern, serene and vibrant, delicate and fierce. Yet beneath these dualities lies a deeper truth: Japan is a place where the sacred has never retreated. It lives in the mountains. It hums in the temples. It whispers through cedar forests, and echoes through rituals… Continue reading

On pilgrimage with Dr. Miles Neale in Nepal. From Sightseeing to Initiation: What It Means to Travel on Pilgrimage In a world that moves fast, where travel is often measured in miles, photos, and checklists, the call to slow down and travel sacredly has never been louder. To journey as a pilgrim, not as a… Continue reading

Written and published by Dr. Miles Neale The image above is of my eldest son Bodhi, age 11, who, together with his younger brother Pema, age 8, completed the five-day trek over the Himalayan pass to Rachen Nunnery in the remote Tsum Valley on the Nepal–Tibet border. Emily and I brought the boys on the… Continue reading

There are places in the world where myth still breathes. In Greece, the divine lingers not only in ancient stories but in the land itself — in the shimmer of the Aegean, the perfume of wild thyme, the marble worn smooth beneath countless pilgrim feet. Every temple, every column, every ruin hums with a vibration… Continue reading

There are places in this world where time seems to slow, where silence hums with presence, and where the air itself feels charged with something just beyond language. These are the world’s sacred sites — temples, mountains, stone circles, caves, rivers, deserts — locations that, for millennia, have drawn seekers, sages, mystics, and pilgrims into… Continue reading