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| here's what Alan garner had to say about (with regard to Thursbitch): Archaeologists now explore why natural places such as caves, mountains, springs and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory; if certain places affected our ancestors, why should they not affect us now? There is a sense of awe about these places, even if we cannot give it a specific name. "I've always been attracted to trying to find an explanation of the sense of the religious," Garner says. "I take it straight from the Latin root, religio: a fear or sense of awe. What is due — to a place, or a concept or god. That is religio. And from a very early age I became aware that wherever I looked or read, there seemed to be no group in the world that didn't express this in some form. Reply | with quote |  16th August 2005ce 23:57 In reply to: "Sacred" as a prehistoric adjective... (Pilgrim)2 replies: Re: "Sacred" as a prehistoric adjec... (Hob) Re: "Sacred" as a prehistoric adjec... (Rhiannon) |
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