Pilgrimage: From the Ganges to Graceland: an Encyclopedia

As the introduction to these volumes states, pilgrimage sites “vary from religion to religion, from century to century (even from decade to decade), and from individual to individual, according to personal circumstances”. Such sites also range from secular to secular, as the inclusion of Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home and burial site, in the subtitle indicates. More people visit Graceland each year than travel to St Andrews, in Scotland, where the relics of the apostle Andrew rest, although what the Elvis fans draw from inspecting the wart removed from Presley in 1957 and now preserved in formaldehyde remains a mystery. One...