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(NYT47) SEDONA, Ariz. -- April 4, 2006 -- TRAVEL-ARIZONA-SEDONA-ADV09-2 -- Angel Lightfeather, a spiritual counselor, outside the Center for the New Age in Sedona, Ariz., in March 2006. A few years ago, USA Today called Sedona the most beautiful place in America. At sundown, that doesn't begin to cover it. And it's not just the views. There's a vibe in the air, something not quite audible, a kind of metaphysical dog whistle that calls people out to have a look around and to try to feel something that, if you're not a committed New-Age pilgrim, is hard to put into words. Nowhere else in this country does a natural setting feel so much like the inside of a soaring pantheistic cathedral. (Jeff Topping/The New York Times)