I - Entering sacred space
Summary
Editors' introduction
Leafy Sea Dragon, fecund and mysterious.
Potent symbol of The Deep.
We honour thee.
We call forth and reflect on the beauty, depth and significance of the element of water, and of the human relationship to it, at the anthropological level of myth and ancient culture. The contributions provide an overview into the pervasiveness of water in creation myths across the globe: water as the originator, as the chaos from which logos emerged, as the womb of the world. We explore heritages – indigenous, mythological, anthropological, cultural – examining the place of sacred waters as sites of spiritual and cultural power. Our intention is to expose archetypal structures of mind, human nature and culture as they relate to water, to document the voice of the water from past and present as a foundation for understanding the spiritual significance of aquatic environments. The cultural history of water is told through water-centred myths of creation, culture-evolution and an immersed sacred ecology.
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- Deep BlueCritical Reflections on Nature, Religion and Water, pp. 15 - 16Publisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2008