A catalogue of sacred places.
Posted: October 15, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Photo: overlooking the mountains near Abyaneh, the Red Village, Natanz District, Iran.
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Somewhere in my mind I’m keeping track of all the sacred places to me in the world. It’s like drawing a star map of my inner geography. Iran is yielding so many new ones. I write them each down in my Moleskin.
—The wild apple orchard at the foot of Abyaneh.
—The walnut terraces across the valley from Kandovan.
—The stream by the ravine in the moonshadow of Alamut Mountain.
—The hidden crawlspace over Room #2 at Neghri Guesthouse in Kashan.
I keep them all in my heart, where I revisit them often.
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monica byrne 