Holy Mountain

Holy Mountain may refer to:

  • the mytheme or archetype of the world mountain
  • specific peaks identified as sacred mountains
  • in Abrahamic tradition
    • Mount Sinai, by the Bedouin, is the name of a mountain near Saint Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt
    • The Temple Mount
    • Mount Tabor, located in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Sea of Galilee, in Israel

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Famous quotes containing the words holy and/or mountain:

    “Yourself a newborn bard of the Holy Ghost, cast behind you all conformity, and acquaint men at first hand with Deity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges, harnessing the energy of mighty rivers, or moving whole populations about like chess pieces, if we ourselves remain the same restless, miserable, frustrated creatures we were before? To call such activity progress is utter delusion. We may succeed in altering the face of the earth until it is unrecognizable even to the Creator, but if we are unaffected wherein lies the meaning?”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)