Studies of rituals in sacred gardens and landscapes offer
tantalizing insights into the significance of gardens and
landscapes in the societies of India, ancient Greece, Pre-Columbian
Mexico, medieval Japan, post-Renaissance Europe, and America.
Sacred gardens and landscapes engaged their visitors into three
specific modes of agency: as anterooms spurring encounters with the
netherworld; as journeys through mystical lands; and as a means of
establishing a sense of locality, metaphorically rooting the
dweller's own identity in a well-defined part of the material
world. Each section of this book is devoted to one of these forms
of agency. Together the essays reveal a profound cultural
significance of gardens previously overlooked by studies of garden
styles.
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