Secret Shrines is a fascinating journey through the past and into the present which examines the magical and mystical virtues associated with these anciently sacred springs and wells, and the reasons for their undiminished reputation throughout thousands of years of human history. For these places are truly timeless, and the natural springs which bubble from beneath the surface of the earth have always been held holy, famous for their miraculous healings and powers of prophecy and as thresholds to other realms. Dim memories of their old importance still hang like a haze around them, in half-forgotten legends and country tales.