I feel like the most important of the axioms found in Lane’s
book is the first, or a sacred place is
not chosen, it chooses. It’s the very nature of a sacred place’s existence.
In order for something to be sacred, it has to somehow carry worth beyond that
of our usual daily values. Being sacred in itself removes it from the norm and
brings it to a state of primary importance. We tend to place our priorities,
when given the direct choice, on things with high monetary or emotional value.
Therefore, it’s easy for us to be biased in what we would choose to consider
sacred. Yet a true sacred place is one that we don’t expect, that we stumble
across and calls out to us and something deeper than just material wants.
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