Acclaimed photographer and anthropologist Martin Gray has spent the last twenty years on a pilgrimage photographing and exploring more than a thousand sacred sites in eighty countries. Now, this stunning beautiful and deeply rewarding book conveys the essence of this remarkable journey to locations and sites imbued with the power to awaken feelings of transcendence, awe, and peace.

Imbued with Historical Luster and Spiritual Magnetism

In these pages we not only visit, but find ourselves deeply immersed in our worlds most venerated and visited sites, including the ruins of Delphi, the supreme oracle site of the ancient Mediterranean; the Ka'ba at the Great Mosque at Mecca, birthplace of the prophet Mohammed; the great temple complex of Angkor in Cambodia, one of humankind's most astonishing architectural achievements; Machu Picchu, the secret ceremonial city of he Incas located high in the Andes; and New Mexico's White Sands, a place of shimmering beauty that was once a fabled site for the vision questions of Native Americans, to name but a few.

Accompanying each photograph is an insightful commentary that takes us deep into the history, mythology, and spiritual magnetism of the particular place. We come to realize that these stone rings, pyramids, shrines, and temples are often situated in locations that were discovered to possess special powers and energies by pre-industrial peoples who recognized the earth as a living and sacred being worthy of deep respect.

-- excerpted from the foreword, by Graham Hancock

About the Author...

Martin Gray is a photographer and anthropologist whose work has been published by the National Geographic Society. During the past fifteen years, he has presented slide shows on the extraordinary beauty and precarious situation of the world's sacred sites to more than one hundred thousand people on four continents. His award winning website, www.sacredsites.com has received over twenty million visitors since 1998. Sacred Earth is featured in a major Feng Shui journal.

"Stunningly beautiful and deeply  rewarding"

Graham Hancock
Author of The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, and Heaven's Mirror

"The images are arresting and inspiring... 'Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power'  is bound for glory."

Christopher Reynolds
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

"I have been up every night to 3 AM reading Martin's newest book!... You all know I'm very selective as to what I send out on my email list to 9000+  people"

Roger Green

from his most recent newsletter
Fenshui Seminars

Production of a Sacred Earth DVD, Documentary Series, Calendars, etc.

With the book finally out, we are now embarking on creating several multimedia "companions" that will help spread the word about this labor of love that has consumed the past twenty-five years of my life, and whose impact has been profound on so many, myself included. In particular, we are seeking philanthropists who can assist with the development of the "Sacred Earth" lecture DVD, a calendar (with all the pictures I have, there could easily be a series here), as well as a television documentary series. A business and marketing plan is currently in development. If you are interested, or may know a person or philanthropic organization that would love to get behind the "Sacred Sites" message, please email inquires@sacredsites.com Best,

Martin