What are Sacred Spaces?
Sacred spaces can mean a lot to different people and it can mean many thing. Each person in the world not matter what religion will have their own sacred space or space that they like to be alone. In any different religions there are buildings and monuments which take place as a Sacred Space. This is often seen in the Jewish, Islamic and Christian religions.
Lets start by recognising personal sacred spaces. A personal sacred space is somewhere that means something to you. It can even just be the sound, fell or smell of the place that makes it your sacred space. Fro some people their sacred space can be their room, or the kitchen, or the living room. It is a place where you like to spend time just relaxing doing what you love. A sacred space is what you make out of it. In most occasions, a sacred space is a place where you are alone and you can just think and meditate on your day and life. Different religions also have sacred spaces. These sacred spaces come in many different forms and names. sSome religious sacred spaces are:
Each of these have different things in them that make the sacred to many people. In these sacred spaces, there is normally a part in the building that is the main sacred part. This is the part where most of the praying happens. Another component that makes something sacred in a religion is what is inside a certain building or how it is decorated. Some religions need to have certain objects or things in a building to make it a sacred space. For example, a Church needs a crucifix, an alter and a sacristy. This is because these are the three main parts of the sacred space in order to have a mass. For a Synagogue, you need to have a Bimah because this is the main place of prayer and it is where the torah scrolls and the ark is located. For a religion, a sacred space is where you can get closer to God/G_D/Allah. It is a place where everyone from the same religion will come and worship and pray. In many religions, there is a main leader who leads the congregation .In this case it can be a Rabbi, Pastor and a Priest. These three people are very important to the religion and sacred spaces because without them there would be no prayer. |