Leila Barber- axis mundi

Lane says ‘sacred place becomes the point where the power of the divine could be seen breaking into the world’s alleged ordinariness. That fixed point becomes the center of the world--the navel of the earth aka the axis mundi. The passage can be obtained to the cosmic region & beyond’. In Hawaii, the ancient natives believed in the gods and goddesses of the land, some of which are still present on the islands today. Pele, the fire goddess, resides in one of the most active volcanoes of the world. They believe that she holds all the power over the destiny of the Hawaiian lands. This volcano is their axis mundi. In Australia, Uluru is a huge sandstone rock in the middle of the desert. An aboriginal tribe of Australia claims that as their axis mundi. It is where their people were created from. The center of their world, beliefs, people, etc originates from the inner depths of these places.