Swanson Lanes Axioms
December 3, 2018
[Landscapes of the Sacred]
In The Clearing in the woods, Beldon Lane highlighted the four guiding axioms of sacred place as such:
Sacred Place is not chosen, it chooses
The landscape of a place plays a part in the place itself, triumphant regions of landscapes draw attention to the magnitude of the place and suppose sacredness of place.
Sacred Place is ordinary place made extraordinary through ritual
Places can be tread upon and cultures may form rituals for many reasons, possibly in the name of a higher being, that unveils the sacredness of a place as those rituals repeat throughout time.
Sacred Place can be tread upon without being entered
Aesthetic tourists can have an experience with a sacred place without truly encountering the place, whereas if someone were to detach themselves from all tools and form a connection with their surroundings they could enter the place.
The impulse of a place is both centripetal and centrifugal, both local and universal
A place is active in both the communities of the place, say Muslims in their pilgrimage to Mecca, and also the rest of the world, such as Christian, Jew, and other religions' understanding of this tradition.
[Landscapes of the Sacred]
In The Clearing in the woods, Beldon Lane highlighted the four guiding axioms of sacred place as such:
Sacred Place is not chosen, it chooses
The landscape of a place plays a part in the place itself, triumphant regions of landscapes draw attention to the magnitude of the place and suppose sacredness of place.
Sacred Place is ordinary place made extraordinary through ritual
Places can be tread upon and cultures may form rituals for many reasons, possibly in the name of a higher being, that unveils the sacredness of a place as those rituals repeat throughout time.
Sacred Place can be tread upon without being entered
Aesthetic tourists can have an experience with a sacred place without truly encountering the place, whereas if someone were to detach themselves from all tools and form a connection with their surroundings they could enter the place.
The impulse of a place is both centripetal and centrifugal, both local and universal
A place is active in both the communities of the place, say Muslims in their pilgrimage to Mecca, and also the rest of the world, such as Christian, Jew, and other religions' understanding of this tradition.
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