There are plans to develop the area of Machu Picchu in the very near future. The plans include a 6 story hotel full of tourist shops and tram, in hopes to quadruple the daily tourists. We feel this development would greatly alter Machu Picchu's impact on the spiritual pilgrim and even the unaware tourist who thinks he is just visiting an archeological site and returns home changed. We feel this will set a precedent for development of other sacred sites around the world and destroy the lives on hundreds of local people who count on tourism to survive. If you love Machu Picchu and sacred sites in general, PLEASE.... Help with the protest against development of Machu Picchu. All information can be found at :

http://www.mpicchu.org

http://www.flinet.com/~labyrinthina/unesco.htm

A visit to Machu Picchu exposes us to pure wondrous, wordless energies of the ancients and nature, but this could all change. At present, Machu Picchu has only one quiet hotel with only 33 rooms and a slow and bumpy switch back road on which to ascend to the site. This has limited how many can visit Machu Picchu in a day. The site is quite serene. There are no vendors rushing you to by an alpaca sweater as vendors are not allowed on site. Tourists happily spend their money down in at Agua Calenties. These heart centered local people count on tourist support to survive. The economic balance between the rich corporations and the local people is very, very fragile.

The sacred sites of the world were build by the ancients to be worked with in a sacred way, but more and more, the sacred sites of the Americas are becoming Americanized, losing their spiritual impact along with their beautiful cultures and traditions. I truly believe that one of the reasons these damaging events can happen in sacred sites is because the energy has been depleted unknowing tourists to the point that the site itself losses its protection from exploitation. Also what is allowed to happen in Machu Picchu will not only harm it's natural peace filled beauty and frequencies, but could impact every other sacred site in the world. If Machu Picchu's development project goes though with success, other sacred sites in the world could follow suit. It makes me grieve to think that many will never experience Machu Picchu as we have in the past.

For further info on how you can help, please visit www.mpicchu.org and www.flinet.com/~labyrinthina/unesco.htm