#AyodhyaYatra #AyodhyaDham #JaiShriRam #SpiritualJourney #ReligiousTour #SaryuAarti #TriplodgeUniverse #TempleTour #IndiaTourism #DivineJourney #PilgrimageTrip #TravelWithFaith #HolyPlaces #AyodhyaTrip #BookNow

“Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.” - C.S. Lewis

#photography #scape #nikond3000 #C.S.Lewis #holyplaces #dark #sunrise #beach

Kathryn Hurlock, "Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World" (Profile, 2025) - New Books Network

I joined the wonderful Dr. Miranda Melcher on the @NewBooksNetwork to talk about #HolyPlaces and the impact of pilgrimage on everything from economics to politics, faith to identity #pilgrimage #pilgrims newbooksnetwork.com/holy-places

Lunchtime Talk: How pilgrimage changed the world | Westminster Abbey Professor Kathryn Hurlock investigates the varied ways that pilgrimages have shaped the history of our world in this captivating talk.

Join #HolyPlaces author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social next month at this fascinating @westminsterabbey.bsky.social talk about pilgrimage and its shaping of our world. Details below ⬇️

📍 St Margaret's Church, Westminster
📅 Weds 8th Oct
🕐 1–1:50pm
🎟️ £5, via 🔗

#Tibet #Pilgrimage #HolyPlaces #TibetanBuddhism

Commentary in German.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-3J...

The Ultimate Guide to Christian Tours: A Journey of Faith and Discovery Discover Christianity and walk in Jesus' footsteps with Christian tours. Visit Europe, Greece and more sites to strengthen your faith!

✝️ The Ultimate Guide to Christian Tours

Spiritual travel redefined. From Jerusalem to the Vatican—walk in the footsteps of saints & scripture.
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#ChristianTours #FaithTravel #Christianity #Pilgrimage #Spirituality #HolyPlaces #Tour #Trip

Keeping an Eye on Things
After a long absence, I revisited a mysterious spot in the woods that holds deep personal meaning to me. Found this art/graffiti. It does not conflict with my reverence for the place, though some might disagree.
#PublicArt #graffiti #woodlands #HolyPlaces #photography

Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Peter Scott Join us on a journey through pilgrimage and place, with Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Professor Peter Scott

Join #HolyPlaces author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social and #BetweenTheSaltAndTheAsh author @jakecampbell88.bsky.social for a evening of pilgrimage and place at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. More info below!

📅 Thurs 1st May
🕡 6:30–8:30pm
📍 Blackwell's Manchester
🎟️ Via 🔗

The most beautiful of churches.
#saintmelangell #holyplaces #pilgrimage #cymru #thinplaces

Before Luigi Mangione made his fateful decision he went on a trek to "zen out" and find mental clarity. He wound up in the highlands of the Nara region of Japan. Rarely have I felt closer to God than exactly there. #Photography #Nara #Japan #Zen #HolyPlaces #LocationScouting

A graphic with an orange background featuring the cover of Holy Places by Kathryn Hurlock, alongside a photo of the author herself. The text on the graphic reads, 'Hexham Book Festival. Kathryn Hurlock – Holy Places. Sunday 4th May, 12:45-1:45pm. Sponsored by Vindolanda, Charitable Trust.'

Follow the trail of pilgrimage with #HolyPlaces author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social at her Hexham Book Festival event! Discover all the details below ⬇️

📅 Sun 4th May
🕛 12:45–1:45pm
📌 Hexham Library
🎟️ tinyurl.com/mf3sfvys

Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World — a conversation with author Kathryn Hurlock - British Pilgrimage Trust Explore how pilgrimage shaped global culture in our conversation with historian Kathryn Hurlock, author of Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World.

Check out this fascinating conversation between @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social's Guy Hayward and author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social, as Kathryn discusses her new book on pilgrimage #HolyPlaces ✨

In the background is an arched glass window with a life-size icon behind it, and columns with ornate carvings covered in gold showing biblical scenes. In the foreground is an iron gate, made up of an intersecting pattern of circles and crosses.

#Gateway to a #Shrine beside the entrance to the
#Church of the #HolySepulchre
in the #OldCity #Jerusalem
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

#holyplaces #faith #religion #history #belief #history #christian #christianity #orthodox #travel #pilgrimage #photography

The power of pilgrimage A delightful, compelling history makes a case for understanding pilgrimage as an activity in which the secular and the sacred are inextricably entwined.

'Delightful and compelling'

A brilliant review from @engelsbergideas.bsky.social for @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social's #HolyPlaces, out now.

From Becky Barnicoat to Nick Trend: new books reviewed in short Also featuring The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom and Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World by Kathryn Hurlock.

Don't miss this brilliant @newstatesman.com review of @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social's history of pilgrimage #HolyPlaces, out now!

#haiku #vss365 #rigamarole (NB: BE spelling in haiku)

Showing not telling,
Faerie mischief thwarts all that
Holy rigmarole.

Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025

#poem #faerie #bnw #photography #kraftort #monochromemonday #divinemischief #holyplaces

'This story jumps off the page' - 10 great new books to read next The best sports books are almost inevitably boxing books. Perhaps because no sport carries more inherent risk for those who take part, perhaps…

'April is coming, that time, as Chaucer reminds us in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, many long to go on “pilgrimages”. If that’s you, here’s a book to stick in your backpack'

#HolyPlaces by @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social is a @heraldscotland.bsky.social must-read.

Out tomorrow! Available via your usual places online, and in good book shops #HolyPlaces #Pilgrimage

A rectangular landscape graphic with a blue background. On the right-hand side is the book Holy Places by Kathryn Hurlock. To the left of this is the following review quote from Country Life, 'A vivid and remarkably wide-ranging page-turner'. The Profile Books logo is centred at the bottom.

'One simply cannot do justice to Kathryn Hurlock’s vivid and remarkably wide-ranging page-turner in such a brief review… Throughout, we are treated to the extraordinary variety in pilgrimage'

A brilliant review for #HolyPlaces by @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social in the latest Country Life magazine.

#sanctuairenational #catholic #basilica #holyplaces #catolico #igdc #catholics #liturgy #catholicfaith #instacatholic #washingtondc #exploredc #faith #churchesoftheworld #placeofworship #mothermary #mary #virginmary #ourlady #blessedmother #Buildings_of_DC

A history of nineteen shrines of all faiths In the late eleventh century, a French priest named Fulcher of Chartres arrived in Constantinople with the First Crusade. He was dazzled by the riches

Intrigued by pilgrimage? Discover @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social's fascinating history of these spiritual journeys in #HolyPlaces, publishing next week.

Read a review from @thetls.bsky.social below.

I’m excited that @waterstones.bsky.social is offering 25% off my book #HolyPlaces when you pre-order between now and the end of day on Monday 24th. Use the pre-order code PREORDER25 at checkout to claim your discount. #WPreorder

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#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #byzantium #herrin #byzantine #medieval #rome #constantinople #crusades #11thCentury #conflict #pilgrims #holyplaces #muslim #islam #levant

Kostel Narození Panny Marie ve Štípě
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#stipa #zlin #czechia #zlinskykraj #lighting #architecture #church #holyplaces

In a significant move, the #MadhyaPradesh government has decided to shut down liquor shops in 17 holy towns across the state. Chief Minister #MohanYadav announced the decision following a cabinet meeting.

#HolyPlaces #MP #LiquorBan

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the vatican #photographer #photography #architecturalphotography #holyplaces #museum #christianity #rembrandtlighting #interiorarchitecturephotography #vatican #rome #italy #vaticanmuseum

The view from Engyo-ji temple atop Mount Shosa. Was filming site of The Last Samurai and the man himself sent me here to see it when I was scouting Japan. He was right, easily the closest I have ever felt to God. A true holy place. #photography #locationscouting #sacred #Japan #holyplaces