Sacred Space was a very interesting section to read but at first it was hard to understand what the real point was. Then when I went to class on Tuesday and that helped me understand what all of the sections where trying to say. When we split into groups and drew pictures of your sections of the reading and presented them to the rest of the class it answered my question about the imago mundi and what it symbolized and many others.
It also helped to see the diagram of the axis mundi or the ladder leading to heaven or to the underworld. I liked how there are many different axis mundis in the world and it just depends on what you believe in and where you are located at that defines your axis mundi. It could be a large monument in the middle of your town or just some central point in your home that everything revolves around. When you build something you have to perform a blood sacrifice inorder for the gods to accept the building and you want to as close to the axis mundi as possible because that is where it is most and real and there is no chaos or evils.
The reading over Liminality was pretty confusing to me and hopefully my questions are answered in class today, I am pretty sure that they will be.
I totally agree with your post. I was also very confused before coming to class, but after we dicussed it I understood it much better. The pictures were very helpful and the discussion was interesting. Now I can see how the axis mundi relates to pilgrimage and how people create or choose their “sacred space.” I liked the ladder leading from sacred space to heaven, too. It reminded me of my religion and beliefs. I’m glad we discussed this in class because I didn’t know about axis mundi/sacred space before now and it was an interesting topic to learn about. Religion is all around us, I never realized how prevelent it is in everyday life.