In the center of the world part of the Sacred Space reading, I thought it was interesting the way they perceived the world, heaven, and the underworld. What connects all these worlds is an axis mundi, which in this case I think the easiest one to visualize is a ladder. Using objects such as mountains or trees are good because these are all objects you are able to climb and the whole point of a pilgrimage is movement, and the journey someone takes.<\/p>\n
The ladder starts on earth in the center of the world, or the naval. After reading all the sections of the Sacred Space, I realized there is a naval or a center of the world to almost everything you\u2019re involved in within your life. We talked about in class, in the home a family room or fireplace is an example of the naval of the home, in a church the front of the church with the alter is the naval. What I got out of this reading is that the naval can be where ever you want it to be, it is always surrounded by things that are important to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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