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pure joy Jul 31, 2003 00:27:40
Replying to FourWinds

FW sums up (very well) most of the opinions I also have epsecially this bit...

"I can stand back, look at a scene, look at a panorama, and go "WOW! Someone might consider this sacred and I think I can see why! but I'll just enjoy it for what I perceive it to be - bloody lovely"

I just love visiting these sites. walking there, looking at it, chilling out, being in the country, sensing some sort of history (that I don't really understand and never quite will), being away from fucking cities. I don't need more. Some people do. I don't. We are all individuals. Each to their own. Live and let live. Too many badgers spoil......oh shut up martin.

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jul 31, 2003 00:31:17
Replying to pure joy

Too many badgers spoil WHAT? You can't just stop there.

M Moon Cat
Moon Cat Jul 31, 2003 01:17:45
Replying to pure joy

"I can stand back, look at a scene, look at a panorama, and go "WOW! Someone might consider this sacred and I think I can see why! but I'll just enjoy it for what I perceive it to be - bloody lovely

I think in some ways that is the crux of it. That sense of "Bloody Lovely" as FW's put's it IS possibly the same thing that endows others with a sense of the 'sacred' in response to such a sight or place and perhaps provides the impetus to define an area so spectacular as "sacred", especially in the context of more ancient times. It's down to point of view and language amongst other, broader issues.
But at the heart of it I would suggest there is an emotional resonance that provides the kernal of the glorious internal zap that engenders a place with its essential "bloody Lovlinessess" and/or depending on what you bring to the party, sacredness.