sacred
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“They feel they have a sacred obligation to manage their forest, not for commercial logging per se. So I think it’s really a meeting of science and the sacred.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The gossamer thread holding the sacred feminine maelstrom together?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
At least 3,048 people remain missing, including many tourists and pilgrims to Tibet's sacred Mount Kailash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
A total of 80 Americans are missing in Nepal and Tibet, many of them pilgrims who were visiting sacred lakes revered by Hindus and Buddhists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Arethusa plunged down and emerged in Ortygia, where the place in which her spring bubbles up is holy ground, sacred to Artemis.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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