IMAGINE A FAVORITE PLACE, WHERE YOUR HEART WAS TOUCHED BY BEAUTY OR YOUR SOUL CALMED BY GRANDEUR. 

WE YEARN FOR THOSE SPACES IN OUR LIVES THAT RECONNECT US WITH DEEPER MEANING AND IMBUE US--FILL US COMPLETELY--WITH A VIBRANCY THAT IS OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS HOPE REKINDLED.

WHEN WE ENCOUNTER SUCH SPACES, WE STOP IN WONDER, BECAUSE WE KNOW IN THAT MOMENT THAT THEY ARE SACRED.

THIS WEBSITE IS FOR THE EXPLORATION OF SACRED SPACE AND PARTICULARLY THE QUESTION OF WHAT IT IS ABOUT SUCH SPACES THAT MAKES US RECOGNIZE OR LABEL THEM AS SACRED.

I TRAVEL AROUND ARIZONA TO PLACES THAT HAVE BECOME SACRED TO ME OVER THE YEARS, LISTENING TO THE WISDOM OF ROCK AND WATER, OF SYCAMORE AND SWALLOW, OF WILD RAINS AND INFINITE STARS.

POSTED ON THESE PAGES ARE MY THOUGHTS, EXPRESSED THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD AS WELL AS THROUGH THE VISUALS OF PHOTOS AND SLIDESHOWS. 

AS YOU PONDER THESE QUESTIONS AND INSIGHTS ON YOUR OWN ENCOUNTERS WITH SACRED SPACE, I HOPE YOU WILL SHARE SOME OF YOUR INSIGHTS IN THIS BLOG.

(FOR THOSE OF YOU NEW TO BLOGS, THE FOUR WORDS AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE--WELCOME, SACRED SPACES ESSAYS, ALBUMS, AND THE MYSTICAL NATURALIST--ARE LINKS TO THE PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE.  PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE WORD AND CLICK IT TO GO TO THOSE PAGES).

© Susan Manker-Seale

Updated August 7, 2008

                        Elegant Trogan, Portal, Arizona