Some places have a certain energy: You feel it the moment you arrive—or, in some cases, the moment you even begin to think about visiting. And while some of those places—like Machu Picchu, Easter Island, or the temples of Tibet—are known worldwide as destinations where spiritual seekers, vortex hunters, and healers gather, there are places even closer to home that hold a similar cosmic draw.

“Women across the globe are actively remembering who we were before patriarchy put all our fierce and feminine powers into the darkness, called them taboo, and then taught us all to be afraid of the dark.”

It is the longest day and the shortest night of the year, the beginning of summer, and an annual event steeped in mystical tradition.

Even modern, scientifically minded humans who have experienced a total eclipse admit that the event is unlike anything they’ve ever witnessed—an almost spiritual occurrence that transcends logical understanding.

In the tarot, the moon is a symbol of the unconscious realm and the unknown, of dreams and—as Mark Twain so famously wrote—the shadow self: “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”

It’s spring, and we all know what that means: UFO sightings across the country are about to spike. According to a new book, in some places those sightings are really about to spike