The Travel Guide to Mother Earth's Sacred Places

From June 1997 through July 1999, Power Trips magazine took its readers on pilgrimages to sacred sites and places of power.

Although Power Trips magazine has now ceased publication, a limited numbers of back issues are still available

Issue #13 - June/July 1999 (the last issue published)

• SEDONA ~ Amazing Energy in the Arizona Desert
  Power Trips investigated the legendary vortices and found that their energy is genuine.
• Spirits of Oak Creek Canyon
  Bernyce Barlow reveals a strong Native American presence in one of the most beautiful parts of Sedona.
• Cathedral Rock's Nurturing Yin Energy
  Understanding the gentle, feminine energy at Sedona's most powerful vortex.
• A Lemurian Vision in Boynton Canyon
  Mark Amaru Pinkham discovered Sedona's link to the lost Pacific continent of Mu.
• Powerful, Endangered Rachel's Knoll
  An 88-year-old woman's struggle to keep a sacred site free from commercial development.
• Walking the Sedona Labyrinth
  Mary Johnson looked for answers by walking its undulating pathways.
• Cliff Dwelling Ghost Portal
  On a sandstone cliff among ancient rock paintings is a doorway described as leading to the spirit world.
• PLUS: Transformational Travel News, the world's smallest, lightest 35mm zoom camera and much more...

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Issue #12 - April/May 1999

• How To Experience The August 11, 1999 Total Solar Eclipse in England Without Harming Sacred Sites
  Andy Norfolk, one of the founders of the Cornish Earth Mysteries Group, reports how elemental beings have been enlisted to help protect Cornish sites from the coming invasion.
• Crop Circles
  June Mewhort describes the magic messages contained in English farm fields.
• Duloe, Cheesewring and the Hurlers
  Lauren O. Thyme received a life-changing message when she visited stone circles in the southwest of England.
• Curse of Clava Cairns
  A visitor to an ancient site in Scotland reveals how he was "cursed" after taking a stone away, and "cured" as soon as he returned it!
• Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire - Birthplace of Easter
  In 664, under female leadership, the Synod of Whitby decided that a nature-based method would determine when Easter is celebrated.
• Secrets of the Goddess Found at West Kennet
  Terence Meaden reveals his recent discovery of carvings linked to 5k000 year-old Spring fertility celebrations.
• The Return of Martin Gray
  The author of "Places of Peace and Power" is safely home from his pilgrimage to Latin America.
• The Avebury Cycle
  Michael Dames has discovered strong evidence that England's largest stone circle was erected to worship the Great Goddess.
• Atlantis in Wisconsin
  Startling finds in a lake in southern Wisconsin challenge traditional beliefs about the history of civilization.
• PLUS: Transformational Travel News, letters to the editor and much more...

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Issue #11 - February/March 1999

• Temple of Hathor at Dendera, Egypt
  Lauren O. Thyme and her group found themselves weeping and laughing with joy from the gentle, harmonious Lemurian energy they found.
• Haunted Clifford's Tower, York
  Diane Goldberg reveals the chilling connection between her visit to Clifford's Tower and an event in 1190.
• Inter-Dimensional Doorway at Lake Titicaca
  In July, Robert Scheer was taken to a remote location, feared by locals, where mysterious disappearances have occurred and strange sounds have been heard.
• Secrets of the Sphinx and Pyramids
  Bravely "bending" the rules allowed Dr. Susan Gregg to experience amazing discoveries near Cairo, Egypt.
• Island Home of Fog Woman
  Goldstream Provincial Park, near Victoria BC, abounds with eagles, salmon and First Nation Legends.
• Pyramids of Southwestern Kansas
  Sacred El Quartelejo was once the pueblo home of immigrants from Taos, New Mexico.
• Visions of the Goddess from World Famous Photographer
  Courtney Milne and his partner Sherrill Miller's new book is devoted to rediscovering the feminine spirit of nature.
• PLUS:
  A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos, as well as Transformational Tour News and Martin Gray's Places of Peace and Power.

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Issue #10 - December/January 1999

• Earth Mother Temple in Peru's Sacred Valley
  "Pisac was the most moving sacred place I've ever experienced" says Robert Scheer about his recent "Sacred Mysteries of Peru" Tour.
• Women's Midlife Mystery Villa in Pompeii
  Dr. Shakira Khan leads you through a Dance of Divinity, illustrated by frescoes that were hidden for 1,900 years.
• How to Make Contact With Elemental Beings
  Tanis Helliwell, author of Summer with the Leprechauns, reveals her encounters with elementals in Canada and Japan, and offers advice on how you can see them too!
• Ancient Stones of Pembrokeshire
  Exploring prehistoric monuments in the Presli Mountains of western Wales, source of the Stonehenge bluestones.
• Seeking Artemis in Ephesus
  Mary Ann Moore's celebration of the many forms of the Goddess, during a trek across Turkey.
• Enchanted Glastonbury Tor
  Martin Gray's impressions of one of Earth's most important pilgrimage destinations.
• A ten-year-old boy describes how he was "zapped" by ancient stones in Scotland!
• Book Review
  Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites by Colin Wilson
• PLUS: Martin Gray's Pilgrimage Journal and news about transformational tours you can join.

Issue #9 - October/November 1998

• Shamanic Experience on Machu Picchu
  The first in a series of articles about the "Sacred Mysteries of Peru" tour hosted by Power Trips describes an evening ceremony performed by an Andian shaman.
• Holy Wells of Cornwall
  Cheryl Straffon reports that the spirit of the Goddess can still be found where believers seek healing and divination.
• Cozumel, Playground of the Goddess
  Harriet Hamilton visits the tropical Mexican island paradise where Mayan women once paid homage to Ixchel.
• The Sacred Sites of Graceful Assisi
  Finding serenity in the town made famous by Saint Francis.
• Spiritual Encounter in Escalante Canyon
  A hiker's tale of a mysterious grotto on the Colorado Plateau area of southern Utah.
• Stein Valley Rock Paintings
  For 5,000 years this pristine wilderness in southwest British Columbia was a "university" where First Nations youth went on vision quests.
• Lost Civilizations of the Incas and Andes
  A Florida museum exhibits mysteries from ancient Peru.
• Book Reviews
  Overshoot by Mona Clee, and
  Arthur's Camlan - a guide to King Arthur's 6th century battle against Medrawt and to walks in magnificent Mawddwy, and Camlan - the True Story? by Laurence Main.
• PLUS: Martin Gray's Pilgrimage Journal and news about transformational tours you can join.

Issue #8 - August/September, 1998

• Tantric Sex God of India
  An extract from Peter Holt's new book: Stars of India - Travels in Search of Astrologers and Fortune Tellers.
• Mysterious Fogous of Cornwall
  Andy Norfolk examines the underground chambers which only exist in the southwestern tip of England.
• Stone Museum of Latvia
  Valters Grivins reports on a sacred site in the Balkans.
• Dancing With Death in the Amazon Jungle
  A New Jersey couple's experience with ayahuasca, the mind-expanding sacred medicine of Peruvian shamans.
• Martin Gray's Pilgrimage Diary
  Another update from his current sacred journey through Latin America.
• America's Stonehenge
  Pat Hughes explores a megalithic site in New Hampshire, aligned to the solstices, equinoxes and much more.
• Book Reviews
  The Practical Nomad, How to Travel Around the World by Edward Hasbrouck, and
  Stonehenge, the Secret of the Solstice by Terence Meaden

Issue #7 - June/July, 1998

Issue #6 - April/May, 1998

• A Vision Quest on Easter Island
  Excerpts from Places of Peace and Power by Martin Gray reveal the mysterious visions which led him to visit over 600 sacred sites in more than 40 countries in 12 years.
• Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
  In an exclusive interview, the author of Crossing to Avalon , Goddesses in Every Woman, and Close to the Bone talks about pilgrimages and how they can help heal serious illnesses.
• Celebrating with the Elemental Beings of New Zealand
  Tanis Helliwell, author of Summer with the Leprechauns, describes meeting the beings known by Maori elders as Children of the Mist, and the magical gift they manifested for her.
• Koya-San, Japan's Sacred Mountain
  Graham Simmons investigates Japan's largest temple complex, founded in 817 c.e. by a Buddhist monk who may still be alive!
• Prehistoric Henge Found in England
  Beneath the Stanton Drew stone circle is a wooden temple which predates the Great Pyramid at Giza by more than 1,000 years.
• Book Review - The Way It Is
  Shoshone leader Corbin Harney suggests ways we can help save Mother Earth.
• Book Review - The Return of the Serpents of Wisdom
  Mark Amaru Pinkham relates the history and significance of ancient esoteric wisdom..
• Martin Gray's Planetary Acupuncture
  A meditative technique you can use to deepen your connection with the living Earth..
• Tour News
  Opportunities for you to experience sacred places on a pilgrimage with kindred spirits, organized and guided by professionals and spiritual leaders.

Issue #5 - SOLD OUT

Issue #4 - SOLD OUT

Issue #3 - SOLD OUT

Issue #2 - August/September, 1997

• Unlocking The Mystery of Earth Energies
  A Feng Shui teacher shows how to locate energy grids in a project to heal our injured planet.
• Talking To A Tree In Scotland
  How a visit to Findhorn helped one woman come to terms with her own mortality.
• Ancient Rock Carvings On Vancouver Island
  Petroglyph Park in Nanaimo, BC, gives you easy access to First Nations spirituality.
• Will Millar's Irish Magic  
  The folksinger and storyteller talks about Newgrange, Balymena, Ballycastle and more.
• Book Review -The Power Of Place: Sacred Ground In Natural and Human Environments by James A. Swan.
• A Time Warp In Chile
  An unsettling account of a memory involving human sacrifice in the Atacama desert.
• News - Stonehenge proposal update.

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Issue #1 - June/July, 1997

• Will Stonehenge Become A £163.65 Million Theme Park?
  Major changes have been planned for the world's most famous stone circle.
• Texas Power Spot Bulldozed
  How a sacred place held a mysterious attraction for a Texas businessman.
• Exploring BC's Stein Valley
  Our search for powerful rock paintings is delayed by snow, mudslides and a train wreck.
• A Goddess Tour of Crete by Nancy Bakas
  "Finding A New Me With The Minoan Sisterhood."
• Book Review Entering The Circle by Olga Kharitidi, M.D.
  A Russian psychiatrist discovers ancient secrets in Siberia.
• England's Dragon Project
  How you can volunteer to sleep - perchance to dream - at sacred sites in Cornwall.
• How To Discover The Meaning Of Life And Enjoy Genuine Happiness
  The creator of Power Trips magazine reveals the philosophy behind his new publication.

Many Power Trips articles about sacred places have been published on New Age Travel

More of Robert Scheer's spiritual travel articles are now at the Pilgrimage Places web site.

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