Axiom #2 -Kristen Gladfelter

After reading Lane’s axioms, I started to think about the second one.. “A sacred place is ordinary place, ritually made extraordinary.” So what’s the definition of extraordinary? Something that moves people severely? Or possibly something that causes a vivid memory to surface? What ever the reason, people all over the world seem to have a sacred ritual that changes their vision of the ordinary. From bathing in the Ganges River, placing stones in a pile, to a pilgrimage to Mecca, the fact is, everyone’s idea of a sacred ritual is unique in order to change their view of the ordinary.