Antarctica: A Geography of the Sacred

• Main Author: De Pomereu, Jean
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository 2004
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; South Pole; Polar Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.12848; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/266777

For many thousands of years, and across all religions, the journey of the pilgrim from the world in which he lives to the sacred centre, or Holy of Holies, has been symbolized and illustrated by concentric designs such as mandalas, labyrinths and temple architecture. Through a coincidence of geology...