Art critic Munro has penned a marvelously poetic meditation on the nature of religious pilgrimage. Part autobiography, part travel essay, part history, part an account of ancient myths, this unique and highly informative book contains Munro's reflections as she visits four sacred locales: Banaras in India, the Buddhist monument of Borobudur in Indonesia, Jerusalem, and Compostella in Spain. Along the way she delights the reader with her insightful exploration of the religious and artistic symbols that animate these sacred locales. Her description derives coherence and density from a set of intriguing theories developed in archeo- and ethno-astronomy. This book deserves to be read widely by both specialists and lay readers.Paul E. Muller-Ortega, Religious Studies Dept., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing