Moss May 30‚ 2013 Sacred Spaces Sacred or Holy places are found throughout different cultures‚ past and present events that have been marked throughout the world. Some of these places have landmarks of some kind of architecture or symbols. I believe sacred places are not always marked but have true significance to the person. A sacred place is a place that is use by many but; some people are lacking those kinds of places like people that have anger problem. Some lack that sacred place and maybe if
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Eliade describes sacred space as “Every sacred space implies a hierophony‚ an irruption of the sacred that results in detaching a territory from the surrounding cosmic milieu and making it qualitatively different” (Eliade‚ 26). After a recent trip to Santuario de Chimayo‚ I was able to refer to and apply Eliade’s ideas about sacred space to my own research. I have come to the conclusion that Mircea Eliade’s Theological Approach on sacred sites is very logical and truthful. Sacred sites are indeed
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protagonist’s love for "the most gentle lady‚" Beatrice. Throughout the text‚ the author glorifies Beatrice and reveals her absolute sacredness‚ "Heaven‚ which has no other defect but to have her" (VN 19:7). As the title of this essay suggests‚ the concept of sacredness also applies to time ("born‚ lived‚ and died" are events in time) and space ("city")‚ which are continuous themes throughout the Vita nuova. The sacredness of Beatrice is made apparent very early in the text. The Dante persona first meets
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I liked the piece “No Sacred Space” by Jared Aragon. I thought it was very creative. It started out as just the organ playing then the alto flute joined in. After that the viola joined in. I thought this was done smoothly. They blended in perfectly with each other. The music sounded really peaceful because of this blend. The alto flute solo was a nice addition. It allowed for the flute to stand out amongst the other instruments. It didn’t sound like it was done abruptly for no reason but for a purpose
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Sacred space and making the world sacred‚ is an extract from theorist Mircea Eliade’s 1987 book The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion. Mircea Eliade’s argument is that there is no such thing as a homogeneous space‚ even for the non-religious man. He presents this argument that all religions share something in common‚ by identifying the difference between the sacred and the profane it gives us a meaning of life. According to Eliade‚ “Where the sacred manifests it-self in space‚ the real
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In ancient Greece‚ ancient Egypt‚ and in the Minoan civilizations‚ they all used different thing for their use of sacred spaces. In ancient Greece they mad large palaces to appease the Greek gods and goddess. In ancient Egypt they used different techniques to appease the Egyptian gods and goddess. In the Minoan civilization they too also practice religious things however they do something that both Greece and Egypt do not‚ which is human sacrifices. They all use buildings to show/appease their gods
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The Sacredness of Mount Olympus � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Sacred places represent the essential spirit of human kind‚ and at some point in time‚ was part of a significant event‚ ceremony‚ or spiritual worship. People venture to sacred places to satisfy the human spirit ’s desire for communion with themselves and their collective humanity. Sacred sites are the most loved and visited places on planet earth. When one arrives at a spiritual destination they find themselves closer to their individual
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The World Trade Center: A Sacred Site R. Clark‚ J. Frazier July 4‚ 2010 Greg Underwood University of Phoenix The World Trade Center: Sacred Site Myths‚ while imagined‚ have their own explanations of the divine‚ that to the faithful and those who take the myth on ’faith ’‚ see as true‚ sacred and unquestioned. For those who do not see myths as religion and the lore and stories in it mere ’stories ’‚ events and elements in it are curiously close to the beliefs and persuasive elements
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book The Sacred Balance‚ David Suzuki has attempted to overcome the doom fatigue’ so his ideas of conservation and environmental management do not become the monotonous endeavours of intimidation that many environmentalists employ. The extensive use of diagrams‚ quotes‚ anecdotes and statistics are utilised to create a holistic portrayal of our dependence on the environment‚ thus reinforcing Suzuki’s attitude that society needs to treat the planet as though it were sacred. While The Sacred Balance
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attention to the centers of religious architecture such as Christian cathedrals‚ Jewish temples‚ and Buddhist stupas. Further examples include the thousand-petaled Lotus of Buddhism and the Tibetan Mandala. Human’s attraction to centers have not strayed far from our ancestors. It is no surprise that those tendencies followed mankind into the 20th century as ideas for the mall developed. Ira G. Zepp‚ author of “The Shopping Mall as Sacred Space” was a professor of religious studies at McDaniel College
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