I think we talk because what lives inside silence scares us.
-Linda Hogan
Where will your own “zona sacra” be found today?
(Photos taken at the Abbey of Montecassino in Italy)
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Rebecca – thank you! Such kind and wonderful words.
Beautiful description Suz.
Oh, Christine…this is so beautiful.
One of my sacra zonas is the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Sacred Land of the Lakota. They call it Paha Sapa. I think I feel a deep sense of the Holy One there more than anywhere else.
Love to you and Rebecca, too!
Oh, Christine…this is so beautiful.
One of my sacra zonas is the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Sacred Land of the Lakota. They call it Paha Sapa. I think I feel a deep sense of the Holy One there more than anywhere else.
Love to you and Rebecca, too!
Oops! Forgot to say that HERE, the Abbey, is one of my Zona Sacras. : )
Love,…
Christine, Thanks for asking. I will keep my eyes and heart wide open for those places. Love…