Robert Scheer's Blog

18/09/2019

When people find out that I specialize in writing about sacred sites and places of power, they often ask me "What are the most powerful places on Earth?"

Earth’s Three Most Powerful Places When people find out I’m a travel writer who focuses on pilgrimages to places of power, they frequently ask me, “What are the most powerful places on Earth?” Because there are more than 1,000 major power centers around the planet, it’s hard to find anyone...

19/02/2019

I left out the bit about visiting a famous legal brothel.

Virginia City Nevada Was Once the Richest Place in the World It was a disappointingly ordinary looking bedroom, considering its rich history. Some of the most famous men in the world had slept there. I was in Virginia City, Nevada at the Mackay Mansion, built in 1860 by George Hearst, father of news...

18/02/2019

This was one of our favourite places to go for a serious hike.

Vision Quest Rock Paintings of the Stein An ancient power spot in a wilderness near Vancouver, BC is easier to find now that the area has become a provincial park For 5,000 years the Stein Valley was like a university, where young natives came to learn the secrets of Mother Earth. When a boy or girl...

17/02/2019

I was just across the river from Bhutan, and my guide knew the Bhutanese border guard, but he wasn't there when we went looking for him, so I had to stay on the India side.

Hunting Tigers in India The man with the sickle was passing sheaves of long grass to the thatcher on the roof, but the dozen tourists on the nearby watchtower ignored this picturesque operation. Their eyes were trained on the freshwater pond and the adjacent patches of jungle that had been cleared t...

17/02/2019

This article touches on the time I met Antón Ponce de León Paiva in Peru's Sacred Valley, but it doesn't mention that I saw a photograph of an extraterrestrial being in his library.

Earth’s Three Most Powerful Places When people find out I’m a travel writer who focuses on pilgrimages to places of power, they frequently ask me, “What are the most powerful places on Earth?” Because there are more than 1,000 major power centers around the planet, it’s hard to find anyone...

15/02/2019

Stone Circle Magic in Ireland Stone circles are enchanted places. Across the British Isles are numerous groups of ancient standing stones associated with colorful legends, many of which involve fairies and magic. At several circles it is said to be impossible to count the number of standing stones.....

14/02/2019

A previously unpublished Grand Canyon article.

Cave Art, Architecture And Ghosts Near The Grand Canyon We bounced along a deeply-rutted dirt road from the Indian cave with its 3,000 year old petroglyphs and pictographs. We were heading back to see the Grand Canyon at sunset, keeping an eye out for mountain lions, bobcats, elk and deer. The drive...

13/02/2019

Sorry about the terrible quality of the photo, but that really was me being blessed by the Meenakshi temple's sacred elephant in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Blessed by a Sacred Elephant The Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai is one of the largest in South India I had to stretch my neck to look up at the enormous tower. Nine stories tall, the gopuram was alive with colourfully painted, sculpted gods, goddesses and animals, soaring above the entran...

13/02/2019

This article doesn't mention staying in a haunted hotel and looking for its ghost. I must write about that soon.

Barkerville Celebrates its Chinese Heritage The glow from hundreds of candle-lit paper lanterns provided the only light as we paraded up the dirt street into Canada’s oldest Chinatown. I was marching in the ninth annual Mid-Autumn Festival in the historic town of Barkerville, British Columbia. One...