Landscapes of the Sacred- Amanda Ewen

Landscapes of the Sacred- Chapter 1

            Chapter 1 describes the four axioms that make a place hoy.  The first axiom is a sacred place is not chosen it chooses.  This means that we do not choose what place is holy it reveals itself to us as being holy.  The second axiom is a sacred place is an ordinary place ritually made extraordinary.  The loca sacra is an example because it is only sacred because of the ritual acts preformed there.  The third axiom is sacred places can be tread upon without entering.  This means you don’t have to enter the place to be holy. The last axiom is a sacred place is both local and universal.  This means that a place is not only sacred to the people around it but to people around the world.  These axioms really helped me better define a sacred place.  I always thought that a sacred place was just a church or something else that religion designated.