Kasey Frazier Landscapes Of The Sacred: Axioms for the Study of Sacred Place

I find it fascinating how a place is considered sacred. A compilation of stories seems to be just enough. Hearing tales from several different people makes it hard not to believe something is unordinary special about these places. I do wonder is a place being sacred is in one’s opinion or is there some validation after several stories that makes a place automatically scared for example Jerusalem. Jerusalem is known to be a popular sacred place but because it is popular does it truly make it sacred? Is what is sacred to me scared to another? In the section Clearing in the Woods, A person discuss its encounter with a baby deer and the impact it had. "I felt some presence in the clearing before she came. I somehow knew that if I just were still and waited there would be a meeting." This person was looking for an encounter and received it. This deer gave that person joy and for that person this place in the wilderness became sacred. In my opinion this does not mean that exact same place in the wilderness is sacred to all now. That experience however this does prove the axiom a sacred place is not chosen, it chooses.