The Guide that combines:
Sacred Sites
Buddhist Monasteries
Pilgrimage Destinations
Power Places of Britain
New Age Communities
Every place, reviewed with detailed information on travel, costs, accommodation, food and practical tips. Spiritual Britain: Reviewed by Dr.Bill Metcalf Few travel guides have been written by and for people interested in both intentional communities and spiritual renewal - but this book is it. Have you ever wondered about going to Britain for a period of spiritual regeneration (and a good time!), visiting mystical places such as Iona Abbey, Stonehenge, Pluscarden Abbey, Avebury, Lindisfarne, Glastonberry, Holy Island and even King Arthur's Camelot? Have you also wondered about visiting some of Britain's spiritually-oriented intentional communities such as Findhorn Foundation, Bhaktivedanta Manor, Monkton Wyld, Samye Ling, Quirang on Isle of Skye, and the delightfully Jane Austen or Charlotte Brontè sounding name of 'Grimstone Manor'? Have you also assumed that this would all be too expensive and difficult? Well then Spiritual Britain is just the book for you. This travel guide was written by an ex-member of Findhorn Foundation, a committed traveller, or pilgrim, to the world's sacred places - on a shoe string budget. I met Peter Lloyd at Findhorn, and have found his enthusiasm and commitment to be inspiring. For example, on one of his trips into Tibet, on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, he was arrested by Chinese soldiers who were unimpressed with a communard and new-age Seeker-of-Wisdom.
Such dangers do not face the Seeker-of-Wisdom (or just the interested tourist) in Britain, but another, even greater danger, tourist rip-offs, is just as daunting. Spiritual Britain tells you how to visit these spiritual communities and sacred sites on a low budget and, in fact, shows that you can visit for free in some places if you will work in exchange for room and board. So, if a period of retreat in an isolated monastery in the Scottish highlands, or at Iona Abbey appeals to you, you might be able to do it cheaply or for free and this book tells you how! I recommend Spiritual Britain to any Communities reader on a trip to Britain. Review written for Communities magazine. Dr Bill Metcalf, of Griffith University, Australia, has studied both contemporary and historical communal groups for the past 30 years. He is the author of three books about contemporary intentional communities: He is Past President of the International Communal Studies Association, on the editorial panel of Communal Societies journal, International Correspondent for Communities magazine, and editor in charge of intentional community material for the Encyclopedia of Community. |
