Introduction : the new geography of spiritual power
Santiago de Compostela : the camino
Jerusalem : the promised land
Rome : seeing is believing
Lalibela : unearthing a mystery
Lourdes, Medjugorje and the Marian Shrine : Mary and the miracles
The North Wales pilgrim's way : Celtic revival
Kumbh Mela : the world's largest pilgrimage
The Buddha trail : the peripatetic pilgrim
Shikoku : 88 temples in the footsteps of the Great Master
North America : optimistic hiking
Machu Picchu : power places
Epilogue : to arrive where we started.