Landscapes of the Sacred reflection 2- Erin Comerford

Lane talks about the difference between truth and reality. Truth is about something or abstract and reality is that thing about which truth is or the experience. This discussion led to a topic about myth. C.S. Lewis said "What flows into you from the myth is not truth but reality (truth is always about something, but reality is that about which truth is) and therefore, every myth becomes the father of innumerable truths on the abstract level." Myth is something that is not able to be understood because it is said that the myth that is understood is no longer myth. Since this world is so out of this world, there are so many aspects that are unable to be understood by the little brain that is inside of each human. So one way of understanding is through myth. When we talked about all of this in class we discussed that the order of the world or the cosmos comes into us from myth. The connection back to Lane's book is that sacred place is always mythic or storied place. What Lane means by this is that a place that can be considered sacred is sacred for a reason and that reason is from either myth or a story of some sort. A place is never just sacred just because. There is always a story behind the sacredness of the place. Having a story behind the sacredness of the place makes it that much easier for one to connect to that place because the story or myth is something one might be able to relate to somehow. This is why sacred place is always mythic or storied place.