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PART 2: UNIVERSAL FORMS OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION Things almost every religion has or does Symbols, Myth, Doctrine The Sacred, the Holy Rituals Scriptur e

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Part 2: Universal Forms of Religious Expression. The Sacred, the Holy. Scripture. Things almost every religion has or does. Rituals. Symbols, Myth, Doctrine. P 39-41. 2 reactions to Sacred Power. The Sacred, the Holy. Fear & awe (avoidance/prohibition) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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PART 2: UNIVERSAL FORMSOF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONThings almost every religion has or does

Symbols, Myth,

Doctrine

The Sacred, the Holy

Rituals

Scripture

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2 reactions to Sacred Power Fear & awe (avoidance/prohibition) Attraction (ecstasy & mysticism)

The Sacred, the Holy

“mysterium tremendum & fascinans”

What Rudolf Otto calls in The Idea of the Holy

incomprehensible, awe , fear fascinating (adoring, joy producing praise devotion love

P 39-41

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Sacred Power Death & Killing Birth Healing Planting Sex Natural disasters

Actions with

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Sacred Power Amulets Fetishes Totems Icons

Objects with

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Sacred Power The very old wise

man/woman Prophet The saint /guru/bohdisaatva The healer kings Shaman Priest

People with

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Sacred Power The seasons: a repetition of

creation New Year Solstices Harvest Repentance – atonement

Time withp. 49

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Sacred Power Rivers: Ganges, Nile, Jordan

PLACES of

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Sacred Power Rivers: Ganges, Nile, Jordan Mountains: Mt Fuji, Mt Zion,

PLACES of

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Sacred Power Rivers: Ganges, Nile, Jordan Mountains: Mt Fuji, Mt Zion Ocean Sky

PLACES of

Large vast spaces give a sense that we are surrounded by something greater than us from which we come (creaturehood)

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Sacred PowerPLACES of

Natural wonders Battlefield Birthplace Place of first encounter

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Sacred PowerPLACES of

Birthplace Place of first encounter

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When an object takes on new, sacred meaning, its called a hierophany*

Greek: hieros = “sacred” phanein = “to appear”

*term coined by Mircea Eliadep43

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Axis Mundi World axis, an opening to a sacred space,

navel of the world, where heaven & earth meet

the Ka’ba (Mecca)

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Mt. Kailash (Nepal)

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Sacred Spaces Stupa (Buddhist)

Borobudor in Java

Cambodia, Royal Palace grounds

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Sacred Spaces Pagoda Nepal, China, Japan, Korea,

Vietnam (Taoist , Buddhist)

Wooden five-story pagoda of

Horyu-ji in Japan, built in the 7th century, one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world

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Sacred Spaces Mosque

Sultan Ahmad Mosque (Haggia Sophia)

Mezquita, Cordoba, Spain

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Sacred Spaces Tabernacle

Model of the tabernacle in Timna Park, Israel

: Hebrew: mishkanA portable dwelling place for the holy . (tent)