Have you ever thought of traveling to visit spirits? Are you overcome by the adventurous spirit seeker thirst to visit ancient souls? Does the world beyond human understanding call you? If so then do read on...
A meditation session at a sacred site at Giza, Egypt.
Metaphysical touring includes yoga, tarot and astrology, and the rituals that are performed at sites deemed sacred can vary widely. Their participants, who are commonly pantheistic, choosing to believe in truths of every religion rather than just one, take spirituality tours very seriously.
The entrance to the Temple of Nefertari
They also invoke the whole panoply of New Age beliefs, finding power in crystals, aromatherapy and, of course, pyramids. They are home inspectors, copywriters and managers, but also mediums, psychics and shamans.
Couple meditating
In Egypt, metaphysical tours are a thriving business, bringing in about 5,000 visitors a year. The price, usually a few thousand dollars per person, includes the expense of securing private time at the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx
Spiritual tour group, in the desert near Giza, Egypt
Construction techniques at sites which have not been understood till now hold an element of mystery and call on tourists with this inclination. Most sites of ancient civilizations, prayer and at times hype could be used for metaphysical travel.
A spiritual tourist in a temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt
Entwined with memories of past lives, ordinary stuff that spelt magic, spirits and messages, mythology or reality, the experiences of these spiritual travelers almost compels me to check out this type of tourism if only to meet up with those who travel thus.
Source: The New York Times
