The new world is no longer the Americas. There is a world where ancient civilisations, peoples and cultures have been informing, supporting and creatively inspiring others for millennia. This is utterly unknown or little known to many in the so called West. Along these corridors of ancient times we share a journey not only eye opening but so often life changing. Such places hold sacred and ancient wisdom. Such wisdom can be imparted to open minds and honest inquiry.

The ancient Silk Road route carried not only silk from China but precious spices, art forms, ideas, foods, fabrics and new sciences. Places like Samarkand, Bukhara, Taskent, Almaty, Hazrat-el-Turkestan all in Central Asia conjure up the magic that was the original Silk Road. Today this magic has not dimmed in spite of magnificent edifes having crumbled.

To the North in a part of Southern Siberia within the Russian Federation lies the Republic of Altai. This ancient seat of pre history's Ice Maiden holds one of the world's most sacred montians, Mount Belukha. Positioned at the nexus of four great countries, Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia its potent placement could not be more powerful.