Landscapes of the Sacred 1

December 1, 2015

While re-reading the significant parts of Landscapes of the Sacred a quote stuck in my head. "The sacred place becomes the point at which the wondrous power of the divine could be seen breaking into the world's alleged ordinariness"(Lane, 20). After learning the significance of the four guiding axioms and deciphering each meaning, this quote stuck out. It seems almost an extension to the already 4 standing axioms. This sacred place acts as if a pathway between the divine and the material. For example the rock covered in oil that labeled the spot where earth met heaven and a ladder was seen connecting the two. This rock was created sacred, and the divine were seen breaking into the material world.