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Sacred
Sites: A Marvellous Cosmic
Mystery Upon the Earth
By
Richard Leviton ©2002
Earth's
sacred sites, when seen as a whole, express a pattern. That pattern
is a template of the galaxy and all the structures in the spiritual
worlds, and it's here for all of us to experience.
Imagine a transparent skin around the planet, like an aura. In this
auric skin is a multidimensional matrix teeming with galactic life.
From this auric matrix emerges the physical planet. The planet retains
copious birthmarks, imprints of the galaxy's teeming life. In fact,
the galactic matrix and the physical planet are the same, occupying
the same space, but in different dimensions. Think of the Earth's
sacred or visionary geography as lying close to the planet's physical
skin the way heat waves ripple just a bit above a hot summer landscape.
This 'imprint' is present, to borrow a phrase from the Australian
Aborigines, as a Dreaming in the Earth – as the Earth. Where there
is a physical mountain, there is also a star; where there is a human
settlement, there is an Avalon; where there is a rounded hill, there
is also a dragon sitting on a horde of gems; where there is a physical
temple, there may also be the home of the gods, a Mount Olympus or Asgard.
The globe of Earth is a miniature galaxy, brimming with stars and pulsating
with lines of connection. Everything that is in the celestial worlds
is here on Earth as part of its visionary geography, its global landscape
of sacred sites.
All sacred sites feel holy, but it's not always from the same cause.
There are, at latest count, 80 different design features found at the
Earth's numerous holy sites. There are different kinds of subtle
temples put there for you to experience something of the spiritual worlds.
Present are many of the structures, 'places,' and processes
found in the spiritual worlds and often described in the world's
various religious, spiritual, and mythic traditions. For example: energy
canopies, miniature galactic wheels, dragons, cosmic eggs, sanctuaries
of individual deities, sun temples, cracks between the worlds –
everything we thought couldn't possibly be true, yet is.
The sacred manifests at holy sites. The gods appear at these crossing-over
points. We go to such places to get a glimpse of these spiritual presences,
to have visions, to remember. And if we want to get a sense of where
to go, where the sites lie in the landscape, consult the myths.
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