Landscapes of Transcendence
Social Sciences and Education Research Review April 21, 2025 Sanjeeva Guneratne, Upendra RMK Rajapaksha, Faiz MMT Marikar
Geography and spiritual growth converge in the construction of sacrality and the experience of transcendence within aniconic mountain sacredscapes worldwide. The paper explores parallel concepts such as apophasis and archetypicality to highlight points of convergence, supported by a literature review examining commonalities between Buddhist Insight Meditation, geo-phenomenology, and major Western discourses on transcendence and wilderness as restorative landscapes. It seeks common ontological and epistemological ground between South and Southeast Asian notions of sacrality and Western psychobiological perspectives, revealing challenges and possibilities for the resacralisation of mountain sacredscapes globally.