Mountains truly are spiritually alive. When you are awe-struck by the beauty of a powerful mountain, we are experiencing a piece of Divinity in our reality. The Thunder-God, Thor in the Germanic tradition, is typically associated with mountains, and when you see the raw strength of a thousands of feet tall mountain, it is impossible to consider anything except the might of the Thunderer. To Anglo-Saxons and other Germanic peoples, mountain peaks were considered holy sites, and places where Divinity is experienced. I have never been to the peak of a mountain, but such an experience must be a certainty, considering the Divine energies one can experience just by being in their presence.
Spirituality increases when one’s enviroment is geared towards the Spirit. The Otherworld is much more open and active in places it’s spirits feel welcome to run free, and such places must be cultivated to achieve such spiritual “openness” to the Otherworld. This idea can be explored with the idea of a vé, the Germanic sacred-space. In such a place, the very area, piece of Earth becomes more “alive”. It has been “opened” to the Otherworld. In context, one would feel more spiritually awakened and alive in an enviroment they feel spirits of the Otherworld.
When somewhere where the very landscape itself feels sacred, one can certainly become more spiritually-awakened and aligned. In the presence of Divinity, there is no choice but to become cleansed by It.
Take care of your sacred-spaces, and take care of the Earth. Your spirit, my spirit, and the Gods will thank you for it.
Poetry for the Gods 