Daniel Thompson: Landscapes of the Sacred Blog 2
When reading Landscapes of the Sacred a quote stuck out to me, "who we are, in other words, is inseparably a part of where we are." Immediately I thought; is he speaking of 'where we are' physically, mentally, spiritually, or all at once? While the spirituality of the place is mentioned and alluded to in the book, I think the main focus is literally on the physical place. The location of a sacred place clearly depends on culture in this instance, since 'who we are' as a collective can only be described as culture. These sacred places act as a physical manifestation of culture, something that is typically observed rather than embodied in a single object. I think Lane does an excellent job highlighting this idea throughout the book both in the context of native american and early settler culture.
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