OCCULT AND SACRED PLACES IN THE USA.

ARIZONA 'The Grand Canyon State'
Spanish version of a Pima Indian word for 'hill spring place' or
Aztec 'arizuma' meaning 'silver bearing'

Sedona, red rock country
Bell Rock, Cathedral Rock, Airport Mesa, Boynton Canyon, West Fork,
Sunset Point, Coffee Pot Rock and the Chapel of the Holy Cross
Grand Canyon

CALIFORNIA 'The Golden State'
Its name comes (via Cortez?) from a Spanish romance written in 1510
by Montaluo of an imaginery island, an earthly paradise.