{"id":284,"date":"2011-10-27T05:28:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T05:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/?p=284"},"modified":"2011-10-16T02:32:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T02:32:45","slug":"new-release-book-review-visionary-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/10\/new-release-book-review-visionary-state.html","title":{"rendered":"[New Release Book Review] Visionary State"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"644\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"263\" height=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/10\/visionary_state.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-280\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/10\/visionary_state-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/301\/2011\/08\/3stars.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/301\/2011\/08\/3stars.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>Purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/store.beliefnet.com\/amazon_store\/item\/B001F7APO8\">Visionary State<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.inspiredfaith.com\/storefront.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Beliefnet Shopping Mall<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"375\"><big>Visionary State: A Journey through California&#8217;s Spiritual Landscape<br \/>\n<\/big><strong>Review<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>There are few spiritual photography books out on the market.\u00a0 Some present wispy and mystical photos of Mother Nature\u2019s richness.\u00a0 Others focus on human creations that seem to close the gap between heaven and earth.\u00a0 Still others focus on humanity\u2014and the universality of the human experience.\u00a0 But few have the capacity to really surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Visionary State is a unique collection of photographs that capture the diverse spiritual traditions alive in the state of California.\u00a0 From Buddhist temples to Burning Man and Bikram yoga centers, the book captures the extraordinary diversity of postmodern spirituality.\u00a0 Sure, there are churches where people pray\u2014but nowadays, there are also sacred art installations and street corners and spas and even street signs in which God is alive!<\/p>\n<p>This book offers direct proof that spirit can be found everywhere\u2014one only needs the right lens to find it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purchase Visionary State from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. Visionary State: A Journey through California&#8217;s Spiritual Landscape Review: There are few spiritual photography books out on the market.\u00a0 Some present wispy and mystical photos of Mother Nature\u2019s richness.\u00a0 Others focus on human creations that seem to close the gap between heaven and earth.\u00a0 Still others focus&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eco-spirituality","category-general-spirituality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[New Release Book Review] Visionary State - A Literary Spirit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/10\/new-release-book-review-visionary-state.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[New Release Book Review] Visionary State - A Literary Spirit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Purchase Visionary State from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. 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