The Sacred Mountains of Asia

About this book

The sacred mountain is a symbol revered by people in every ethnic and religious tradition of Asia from India to Japanwhether seen as the abode of the ancestors a destination of pilgrimage a pillar holding up the sky a personification of the god Shiva or a model of the entire cosmos. The twenty-nine pieces presented here celebrate the sacred peaks through prose poetry travelogue historical and spiritual texts art and photographs.