Chad Adams - Landscapes of the Sacred: Reflection of the 1st Axiom

All of Lane's axioms made sense and actually gave me a different perspective of sacred places, except for his first axiom. His first axiom is that sacred place is not chosen, but rather it chooses. I'm going to have to disagree with my main man Lane here. I think the combination of coincidence, stories, environment,and people chose what place is actually considered sacred, people having the biggest roll in the process (the process of making an ordinary place, ritually made extraordinary). When I say people, I'm referring to the mind set, openness, and imagination of the human mind. When he says the clearing in Mississippi was "quietly seeking me out", the first things i think of were coincidence, mindset and openness. If I was in his position I would feel that I found the clearing. He also says that "One never decides that "this" will be a sacred place-because of the beautiful view or the proximity to the village or the number of people who pass that way." I think there is definitely some holes in his argument. Churches don't just spring up out of no where. Some one chooses the location, the property is bought, and then the church is built where it was told to be by the owner. Churches are considered sacred places.
~Chadams