Sacred Sites Journeys

SACRED SITES JOURNEYS

Since 1994...Spiritual Pilgrimages
to the world's most important Sacred Sites
to enliven your Body, Mind and Spirit

About Us

Andrea Mikana-Pinkham
Co-Founder and Director of Sacred Sites Journeys
Tour Director and Featured Speaker
EGYPT 2010 and 2011 and IRELAND 2011

Andrea Mikana-Pinkham has over 15 years of experience in the sacred travel field. Her journey began in 1993 when she and her husband, author Mark Amaru Pinkham, founded a sacred travel company after their first trip to Peru, taken to complete the research for Mark's first book, The Return of the Serpents of Wisdom.

Andrea operated a sacred travel company for seven years, before teaming up with another sacred travel company in late 2000. She was the Director of the Sacred Journeys division of the company from that time until leaving at the end of 2008, to resume operating her own sacred travel company again.

Andrea is familiar with the operations of sacred programs on all levels. She directs the day-to-day tour-related operations. She also takes advance trips to countries where Sacred Sites Journeys offers tours, to meet with land operators, guides, hotel and restaurant owners, as well as local artisans, musicians and spiritual leaders. She creates, prices, advertises and promotes these sacred travel programs.

Andrea is the Tour Director as well as the Speaker & Meditation/Sacred Ceremony Facilitator on Sacred Sites Journeys to the world’s most important sacred sites in Egypt, Greece, Ireland, Peru, and Scotland.

Andrea is a Teacher and Co-Director of The Khemit School of Ancient Mysticism

Andrea has been leading spiritual pilgrimages to EGYPT since 2000.
In 2004 she met and studied with Abd'El Hakim Awyan,
a Wisdom Keeper in the indigenous oral tradition of ancient Egypt the land of Khemit.
Hakim passed from this earth plane in August 2008.
The legacy of these important teachings is being carried on by the Awyan Family
through The Khemit School of Ancient Mysticism.

For more information, visit: www.EgyptInitiations.com

To listen to an interview with Andrea
on Mark Amaru PInkham's Guardians of the Holy Grail radio show on BBS Radio, Click Here!
Andrea Mikana-Pinkham, Co-Director of the Khemit School of Ancient Mysticism, discusses Khemitology,
the true teachings of ancient Egypt passed down among the Egyptian Elders.

The International Order of Gnostic Templars

Andrea is the North American Grand Prioress of The International Order of Gnostic Templars, a modern-day spiritual Knights Templar Order dedicated to the revival of the Path of the Divine Feminine and Gnostic Wisdom. She is an avid practitioner of the Goddess Tradition and has re-connected with her hereditary and spiritual roots during the sacred journeys that she leads to Ireland, England and Scotland Andrea passionately shares the teachings of Celtic Spirituality and was initiated in Glastonbury as a Sister of Avalon, by Koko Newport, Priestess of Avalon.

The World Alliance for Planetary Enlightment

Andrea is an Advisor for The World Alliance for Planetary Enlightenment an affiliation of people and organizations who are dedicated to the creation of a new society and spirituality throughout the Earth. We are composed of Initiatic Societies, Religious Sects, Mystical Orders, Indigenous Cultures and many individuals who are currently answering the call to evolve humanity and unite all the divergent sects and nations into a one-world family.

One World Reiki

Andrea has worked in the holistic healing & personal growth field for many years. In 1988 she began her journey with Reiki, a hands-on natural healing system. In 1991 she became a Reiki Master Teacher in this healing modality and founded a system that synthesized older and newer systems. Since then she has taught in the U. S. and South America.

Upcoming REIKI Training with Andrea

For more information visit The International Order of Gnostic Templars - Reiki,

Intuitive Counselor

Andrea has been an Intuitive Channel since 1987. She receives transmissions from the Kumaras, the Oversoul Energy of the Kumaras, Masters of Unconditional Love that focus on the energy of The Divine Feminine and Unconditional Love. Andrea has also been offering her services as a Spiritual Counselor for twenty-two years. She works with individuals and groups to assist people in their re-empowerment of Spirit and to further open to Unconditional Love and planetary peace.

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Since 1993 Andrea has studied in Peru with various Andean ritual specialists and is a Mesa Carrier in the Inca Spiritual Tradition. She is a member of two Andean esoteric societies, the Brotherhood Sisterhood of the Solar Disc and the Brotherhood of the Sun. Andrea also supports programs in Peru to aid children and their families.

In addition, Andrea has studied for many years in the indigenous Ojibway Medicine Tradition with Medicine Woman Keewaydinoquay from Garden Island, Lake Michigan, and is adept at leading ceremonies to connect with the Earth and Her wisdom. Egypt-Andrea-TempleOfIsis.jpg (13543 bytes)

Her diverse background includes membership to the Fellowship of Isis. Andrea has a strong connection with Isis, as well as Hathor and Sekhmet. During the spiritual pilgrimages to Egypt, she offers sacred ceremony and meditation at each temple, to connect with these and the other Neters in the vast Egyptian pantheon.

Andrea received initiation as a Sister of Avalon at the Chalice Well in Glastonbury, England from Koko Newport, Priestess of Avalon.

Embracing the Divine Feminine aspect in many cultures, Andrea is a student of Mata Amritanandamayi, the Divine Mother from India, and for many years facilitated weekly satsangs in her home, leading chants and meditations.

Radio & TV Interviews

Andrea has been a presenter at various expos, including The Whole Life Expo. She has appeared on various radio and television programs.

In 2009 she was the Host for Sacred Sites Journeys weekly internet Radio Program.

To listen to previously aired programs listed below, click on the links.

PERU (Part 1): The Inca Spiritual Tradition & Machu Picchu
Guest: Dr. Jose (Pepe) Altamirano, SSJ's spiritual tour guide in Peru.
To listen to an Mp3 recording of this program, Click here

ENGLAND: The Sacred Mysteries of Stonehenge and Avalon
Guest: Nicholas Mann, author of Energy Secrets of Glastonbury Tor and The Isle of Avalon
To listen to an Mp3 recording of this program, Click here

PERU (Part 2):The Sacred Valley of the Incas & Lake Titicaca,
including the Stargate of Aramu Muru's Doorway
Guest: Dr. Jose (Pepe) Altamirano, SSJ's spiritual tour guide in Peru
To listen to an Mp3 recording of this program, Click here

SEDONA: Mysteries of the Sedona Vortexes
Guest Host: Mark Amaru Pinkham, Sedona Resident & SSJ vortex tour guide in Sedona
To listen to an Mp3 recording of this program, Click here

EGYPT (Part 1): Mysteries of Egypt's Sacred Sites
Guests: Vivian Zaki, PhD Egyptologist
To listen to an Mp3 recording of this program, Click here

SCOTLAND: Ancient Land of Celts & Knight Templars
Guest Host: Mark Amaru Pinkham, author of The Return of the Serpents of Wisdom, Conversations with the Goddess,
The Truth Behind the Christ Myth, and Guardians of the Holy Grail
To listen to an Mp3 recording of this program, Click here

EGYPT (Part 2): The Mystical Teachings of Ancient Khemit
Guests: Shahrzad, Yousef, & Patricia Awyan, lineage bearers in the Indigenous Wisdom Keepers Tradition
To listen to an Mp3 recording of this program, Click here

Email Andrea at Andrea@SacredSitesJourneys.com

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Mark Amaru Pinkham
Co-Founder of Sacred Sites Journeys, Tour Host and Featured Speaker
EGYPT 2010 and 2011, FRANCE & SPAIN 2010, PERU 2011
and our SEDONA Vortex Tours

Mark is the North American Grand Prior of The International Order of Gnostic Templars, a modern-day spiritual Knights Templar Order dedicated to the revival of the Path of the Divine Feminine and Gnostic Wisdom.

Mark is the Featured Speaker on Sacred Sites Journeys to the world’s most important sacred sites in Egypt, France & Spain, India, Peru, Tibet & Nepal, and Sedona.

The World Alliance for Planetary Enlightment

Mark is the Co-Director of The World Alliance for Planetary Enlightenment an affiliation of people and organizations who are dedicated to the creation of a new society and spirituality throughout the Earth. We are composed of Initiatic Societies, Religious Sects, Mystical Orders, Indigenous Cultures and many individuals who are currently answering the call to evolve humanity and unite all the divergent sects and nations into a one-world family.

Life Experience

Mark has been gathering the wisdom contained within his books since 1976 when, at 21, he traveled across Europe and Asia to India. He resided for seven years within the ashrams of the yoga and meditation master Swami Muktananda. During that time Mark intensively studied the Hindu scriptures, as well as the wisdom compiled by the Theosophists of India regarding the secret history of Earth. Since 1996, Mark has been a devotee of Mata Amritanandamayi, the "hugging saint" from India, and has resided in her ashram in south India.

Since 1990 Mark has been involved in intensive research regarding the secret mysteries of the Earth’s esoteric history. During this time Mark has been initiated into two Andean esoteric societies, apprenticed to a master shaman in Peru, and helped lead an expedition in search of a secret monastery in the Andes. While leading tours he is continuously gathering new information about the esoteric origins and the lineages of spiritual teachers that have guided humanity’s spiritual destiny. He is currently working on a new book, The History and Practices of Gnosticism.

More About Mark...

Books

World Gnosis: The Coming Gnostic Civilization
Released April 2010

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Gnostic Templar Grand Prior Mark Amaru Pinkham presents the amazing history and teachings of the Left Hand Path
- which includes the world's gnostics, alchemists, shamans, Secret Societies, and mystery school initiates
- and its continual battle with the patriarchal adherents of the Right Hand Path.

Mark begins with the Garden of Eden and the Gnostics' First Instructor, the Serpent on the Tree,
and then traces the Left Hand Path down through the Sons and Daughters of Seth
to the Essenes, Sufis, Knights Templar, Cathars, Freemasons and the Illuminati,
as their plans for the creation of a One-World Gnostic Civilization gradually unfold.
The final stage of the plan is about to occur!

Praise for World Gnosis

"WORLD GNOSIS must surely be the most authoritative book on its subject ever written.
Mark Amaru has woven together a rich and fascinating history of Gnostic myth and legend from the dawn of human self-awareness through to today
- and then he provides guidance on how we can all move forward to a better, reunited world. Simply brilliant!"
Christopher Knight, co-author of The Hiram Key

"Prophetic, inspired, superbly written, authoritative in its scholarship, World Gnosis: The Coming Gnostic Civilization by Mark Amaru Pinkham
is destined to become a classic of Esoterica."
Brad Steiger, author of Revelation: The Divine Fire and
co-author of Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier.

"WORLD GNOSIS is, above all, a learned book. And a learned book in an era of throw-away scribblings and sound bites is a wondrous thing to be revered and cherished. Between these covers is a great distillation of academic and mystical histories, linked with the kind of love the old Gnostics would heartily approve of."
Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, authors of
The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ

"It is now time to become conscious that we are a bridge between heaven and earth,
and that we must manifest higher, divine principles on this planet in order to discover our inner, divine nature.
To accomplish this, it is indispensable to reconcile, as Mark says in this enlightening book,
the Left and Right Hand Paths, and the Gnostics are the progenitors of the new unified path."
Grand Chancellor Francesco Corallini Garampi, OSMTH Italy

"It is said that the Pen is mightier than the Sword and Mark has proved just that point with WORLD GNOSIS.
A must read for all seekers of the truth. Well researched and well written."
Grand Prior Ian Sinclair KGCTpl, Scottish Knight Templars

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Mark Amaru Pinkham is the author of 4 ground-breaking books containing fascinating information
about the true esoteric history of the earth's spiritual traditions & the Goddess Tradition:
The Return of The Serpents of Wisdom
Conversations with The Goddess
The Truth Behind the Christ Myth
Guardians of the Holy Grail: The Knights Templar, John the Baptist and the Water of Life

All of Mark's books reveal startling information which, until now, has been concealed
or has been taught solely to advanced spiritual seekers and mystery school students.
Mark is now making these teachings available for everyone who is interested.

Click here for more info on Books by Mark Amaru Pinkham

Astrology

Mark is a professional Astrologer with over 25 years of experience.
He offers in-depth readings in both the Western and Vedic or Hindu - also known as Joytish - systems of Astrology. Mark’s readings, which are both practical and spiritual, provide unique information regarding a person’s karma and spiritual destiny.

For more information about an Astrology Reading with Mark, click here

Guardians of the Holy Grail Internet Radio Show

Join Mark Thursdays at 12 Noon Pacific Time on www.BBSRadio.com

Sir Ian Sinclair: Rosslyn Chapel & the Knights Templar

Philip Coppens: Holy Grail History

Joshua Shapiro: Crystal Skulls

Jerry Smith: The Spear of Destiny

David M. Berkey: The Future of Freemasonry & Templarism

Nigel Graddon: Otto Rahn & the Holy Grail Search

Nancy Safford: Rennes-le-Chateau and Mary Magdalene

Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince: John the Baptist, the Bloodline, the Knights Templar, Mary Magdalene and Jesus

Mirza Ismail and Kawwal Hasan: Yezidi Genocide

René Barnett: The Bloodline Movie

Lionel Fanthorpe: Rennes le Chateau, Jesus & Mary Magdalene Bloodline

Rob Howells: The Priory of Sion

To listen to previous broadcasts, visit http://www.GnosticTemplars.org

YouTube.com Videos

Introduction to The International Order of Gnostic Templars

Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 1
The Gnostic & Alchemical Mysteries of the Knights Templar

Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 2
The Knights Templar and Mary Magdalene

Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 3
The Knights Templar and the Creation of Modern Freemasonry

Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 4
The Knights Templar and the Goddess
Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 5
The Knights Templar and the Secret Societies of Europe

Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 6
The Knights Templar and Paganism
Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 7
The True Legacy of Jesus and Mary Magdalene

Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 8
The Knights Templar Plan for a One-World Spirituality

Secrets of the Knights Templar - Part 9
Mysteries of the Peacock Angel

For more information, visit http://www.GnosticTemplars.org

Email Mark at info@GnosticTemplars.org

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