{"product_id":"sacred-sites","title":"Sacred Sites","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSpaces of Worship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eA Journey Through Spiritual Landscapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTaking us on a journey through the history of sacred art and architecture, Sacred Sites explores the myriads of ways in which we imbue our environments with profound and enduring meaning.  From our early designation of nature and the body as temple to our futuristic embrace of imaginary realms, we travel the vast and mystical landscapes of myth, religion, and imagination.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThrough gathering, we ignite our spaces with spirit, we circle the bonfire, bow down at the forest altar, give praise at the temple to our chosen divinities.  Through pilgrimage, we carve indelible pathways, making our meditative way across continents, generations of footsteps treading, again and again, upon sacred grounds. And through our creative offerings to spirit - we envision new worlds, wildly imaginative odes to what we deem as holy; golden temples hewn of rock, enormous spirals sculpted from sand and soil, silent sanctuaries hidden among wooded groves. We paint the ancient cave walls, carve petroglyphs to mark the way, place roses in veneration at the candlelit shrine.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSlowly, stone-by-stone, we build monuments to our gods, a cosmic geometry held within our sacred architecture of worship. These hidden patterns can be found in the mysterious, towering pyramids found across the globe and throughout an astounding diversity of cultures, in the marble sanctuaries built to house the Greek and Roman goddesses, and in the windblown mountain monasteries of ancient Asia and the indigenous cliff-dwellings of the American Southwest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eNature, art, beauty, these are the common elements found both within the places made sacred by our ancestors and in the multitude of environments where we strive to connect to source, and to ourselves.  Tracing a hallowed route from rugged stone temples to transcendent works of modern architecture, the fifth volume in \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/the-library-of-esoterica\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/the-library-of-esoterica\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Library of Esoterica\u003c\/a\u003e celebrates the collective history of spaces made sacrosanct through human worship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe editor and author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/jessica-hundley\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/jessica-hundley\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eJessica Hundley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author, filmmaker and journalist. She has written for the likes of \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and has authored books on artists including Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, and Gram Parsons. Hundley often explores the counterculture in her work, with a focus on metaphysics, psychedelia, and magic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSacred Sites. The Library of Esoterica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, quarterbound, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e17\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e24\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e1.56 kg, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e520 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52276832043376,"sku":null,"price":920000.0,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/2679\/1280\/files\/Frame27_57852408-d2d1-44cc-a5ec-94b0666f20f1.png?v=1779438745","url":"https:\/\/coverbook.store\/products\/sacred-sites","provider":"Cover Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}