Deconsecration
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Deconsecration, also referred to as decommissioning or secularization, is the removal of a religious sanction and blessing from something that had been previously consecrated for spiritual use. This c
Deconsecrated Church of Saint Philomena in Ugento, Italy, used as a city hall.
Bishop Craig Loya washing the bare altar during the deconsecration of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
Desacralization of knowledge
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In traditionalist philosophy, desacralization of knowledge or secularization of knowledge is the process of separation of knowledge from its perceived divine source—God or the Ultimate Reality. The pr
Deconsecration
…anointed corners has been broken or removed, or they have been permanently relegated to secular usage, either de facto or by a decree of the bishop. Desacralization of knowledge Desecration…
In saying "I think, therefore I am," Nasr contends, Descartes was not alluding to the "divine I" who proclaimed "I am the Truth" (ana’l-Haqq) through the mouth of Mansur al-Hallaj seven centuries before Descartes, the Divine Self which alone has the authority to proclaim I.
Hegel is said to have taken a decisive step in the process of desacralization, turning the whole process of knowledge into a dialectic inseparable from change and becoming.
For Nasr, the adoption of the rationalist branch of ancient Greek philosophy, particularly Aristotle (above), led to a shift away from sacred knowledge in the West.