Sacred geography studies the religious, symbolic, and cultural relationships between human beings and their environment. It focuses on sacred places, ritual landscapes, pilgrimage routes, and geographical alignments. Its aim is to understand how societies attribute spiritual or mythical significance to particular places and territories.

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Les deux faces de la Médaille miraculeuse, avec l’effigie de la Vierge au recto, et un M surmonté d’une croix au verso.

The Miraculous Medal and the “M of Mary”

The apparitions of the Virgin Mary that took place in the 19th century form an “M” across the territory of France, as if the Miraculous Medal struck in 1832 had laid out its design.
Cloitre de la cathédrale de Canterbury

The Canterbury Leyline

This alignment stretches from Deal Castle in Kent to Abbey Dore in Herefordshire. It features a remarkable sequence of religious, political, and military centers of power.
Le pape Jean-Paul II dans les années 1980. Photo : Servizio Fotografico OR/CPP/CIRIC

The Papal Line of John Paul II

Discovered by Thierry Van de Leur in 2015, this symbolic line reveals a connection between the Vatican, the Holy Father John Paul II, and his native Poland.