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[ July 31, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:30 am. ] I hope all my friends in the Seattle Area can join me on July 31st for “Mystical Bali.” By now millions of people have been introduced to the island of Bali through Liz Gilbert’s best-selling memoir “Eat, Pray, Love.” The upcoming movie with Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem will only increase people’s awareness of the island. [...] Continue reading Mystical Bali – Presentation: Savvy Traveler in Edmonds, WA – July 31, 2010 [ November 8, 2009; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Join me on Sunday November 8th, from 4pm to 5:30pm, at the Theosophical Society of Seattle for a new talk on travel and spirituality called “The Secret Alchemy of Travel.” Theosophical Society of Seattle After more than a decade traveling to the world’s most sacred places, Greg has realized that, far from [...] Continue reading The Secret Alchemy of Travel [ October 14, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] A&I Photography Hollywood Few things are as alluring, or seem as glamorous, as travel photography. From lush tropical jungles to windswept deserts and glorious ruins, travel photography promises adventure and immersion in exotic lands for both the photographer and their audience. But how do you get started? [...] Continue reading El Nur: Capturing the Light of Foreign Lands Here’s a brief handheld POV clip, shot with a pretty crappy camera, of worshipers streaming into (and out of) Besakih Temple on the slopes of Mt. Agung, in Bali Indonesia. Continue reading HD Video from Spirit Quest: Besakih Temple, Bali Indonesia This is the first entry in a periodic series about the temples of the “Sacred Balinese Mandala.” Today we begin with the center, the heart, the most revered of all nine temples: Besakih. Bali is often called the land of 10,000 temples, and while no one actually has quite an exact count, that’s as good a [...] Continue reading Balinese Temples: Besakih – The Mother [ March 9, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] This intriguing lecture will include sites in Bali, England, France, Eastern Europe, Hawaii, America, Egypt, the Sinai and the Holy Land. Topics will include geomancy and earth energies, sacred architecture and geometry, solar and stellar alignments, psychology, spirituality, religion, the alchemy of travel, quantum mechanics and some fascinating new discoveries about the science and psychology of Sacred Places. Please join Greg Roach, founder of Spirit Quest Tours, for an entertaining and compelling tour with beautiful pictures and fascinating details. Continue reading Sacred Sites Throughout the World – Presentation: Distant Lands in Pasadena, CA – March 9, 2009 There are 9 “directional” temples that cover Bali. These temples are each dedicated to a different deity from the Balinese Hindu Pantheon. In addition each temple (and direction) is associated with a color, a weapon (or ritual object), a sound, a written symbol and a part of the body. This is also called “nawa sanga” (both “nawa” [...] Continue reading The Balinese Sacred Mandala Pilgrimage Check out our interactive flash magazine: http://www.traveletvemagazine.com/emagazines/spiritquest/ The folks at travel ETV magazine did a BEAUTIFUL job for us! Continue reading Spirit Quest Interactive Magazine Now Online [ January 24, 2009; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] This intriguing lecture will include sites in Bali, England, France, Eastern Europe, Hawaii, America, Egypt, the Sinai and the Holy Land. Topics will include geomancy and earth energies, sacred architecture and geometry, solar and stellar alignments, psychology, spirituality, religion, the alchemy of travel, quantum mechanics and some fascinating new discoveries about the science and psychology of Sacred Places. Please join Greg Roach, founder of Spirit Quest Tours, for an entertaining and compelling tour with beautiful pictures and fascinating details. Continue reading Sacred Sites Throughout the World – Presentation: Savvy Traveler in Edmonds, WA – January 24, 2009 For the last eleven years in Egypt, independent travel to places like Abydos or Denderah was forbidden by the government. Numerous cities could only be visited by tourists who traveled together in armed convoys. Happily this decade-long restriction has been lifted. This might seem like ironic news in light of the recent horrific events in [...] Continue reading Tourism as an Act of Bravery Here’s a video slide-show of hundreds of beautiful shots from our recent “Sacred Mandala Pilgrimage” to Bali. Continue reading Video from Spirit Quest Tours: The Spirit of Bali A quick googling of “Spirit Guides” returns well over a million results. Just about every spiritual tradition on the planet embraces the idea of some form of spirit guide: whether they’re called angels, devas or ascended masters. And I have to say that I’ve had my share of experiences with these “non-embodied” helpers. But that’s not what I’m talking about here. I’m referring to the real-life, flesh-and-blood, currently incarnated kind of “spirit” guides without whom meaningful experience, if not useful access, at sacred sites would be a lot harder to come by. All over the world I have consistently found myself dependent upon, and deeply blessed by, the kindness of strangers who would become friends. Continue reading Spirit Guides: Bali, Egypt and Europe The Balinese practice a unique form of the Hindu religion that they call Agama Hindu Dharma, which is something of an amalgam of “traditional” Hinduism, Buddhism, animism, ancestor worship, Zen and perhaps even a little Shinto. We in the West tend to think of Hinduism as a form of polytheism, but this is erroneous. Continue reading Balinese Hinduism: Generator, Operator, Destroyer Practically everywhere you look in Bali you will see offerings made to the Divine: flowers, rice, leaves, food, candy, and even a little money. The tiniest offering is a delicate little cone made from banana leaves and flowers (it looks just like a sushi hand-roll), while the largest and most elaborate will be as tall as a man. Continue reading Balinese Offerings You can find the most amazing and beautiful things in Bali: from 12 foot carved stone Buddhas to the tiniest, most delicate silver filigree work – and everything in between. It’s all of the highest quality and the lowest prices. Continue reading 10 for the price of 1: The Arts in Bali The average Balinese will, between birth and adulthood, pass through a whole series of ceremonies that ritually mark, and celebrate, the various stages of human progress. One of the most elaborate and important is the “matatah” or tooth filing ceremony. The optimal age range for tooth filing is generally considered to be between 6 and 18 years old – but even the elderly will have it done. Continue reading Balinese Tooth Filing The Balinese can be called by 6 different names: personal names, birth order names, kinship, teknonyms, caste names and public job titles. Continue reading 2 of 6: Balinese Naming Our Balinese friends and guides, Yenta and Darta, often joke about “rubber” time in Bali (that’s one of the great things about our friends at Tour East – they’re always on time). But it’s not surprising that time would be perceived a little differently in Bali than here in the States. The Balinese use three different calendars at the same time: Continue reading Balinese Rubber Time |
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