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"Problem:
What is a church or temple? It is a place of worship, spirit, contemplation, of course. But above all, from a human point of view, it is a gateway. A person comes into the world through the #church. He leaves it through the church. And, at each of the important thresholds of his life, he once again steps through the church...
... Solution:
In each community and neighborhood, identify some #sacredsite as #consecratedground, and form a series of nested precincts, each marked by a gateway, each one progressively more private, and more sacred than the last, the innermost a final #sanctum that can only be reached by passing through all of the outer ones." Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander