Spiritual traveling companions, such as Mary and Elizabeth, are the catalysts for change, for sacred step-taking in our lives.
Ms. Moreau, still an imperious presence at age 75, makes no effort to look or sound like Duras -- this is one sacred monster stepping in for another.
I still recall first encountering Judith Duerk's chorus of questions about how my life might have been different if there had been a sacred circle to step into.
This time, before the water is poisoned or another sacred site is bulldozed, the protectors will step in.
"This makes it a more sacred space, so people step out of their environment into their own sanctuary," she said.
But they generally agree that Jews should not visit the Temple Mount, to avoid accidentally stepping on sacred ground.
Each ritual comprises four steps: abhisheka (sacred bath), alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Annamalaiyar and Unnamulai Amman.
With Tommy, I felt like, "God, will he approve of me doing this?" He didn't know me, I felt like I was stepping in sacred ground here, so I needed to be really cool how I play this.
"Dresden was one of the places where it was hardest to view western television – it was the most completely cut off under the GDR," says Neil MacGregor, the recently retired British Museum director into whose near-sacred shoes Fischer steps on Monday.
What I didn't know was that I was stepping onto somewhat sacred ground for Southern foodies.
"The book, Vaticano Spa, steps inside the sacred palaces and uncovers secrets thanks to the huge archive bequeathed by monsignor Renato Dardozzi, who was summoned to join the 'perestroika' working on the Holy See's finances.
