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axis mundi
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axis mundi
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(
religion
) (
mythology
) A line (
axis
) through a point in the
Earth
that the
universe
turns around. Normally also the
connection
between
heaven
and
Earth
.
Some
Hindus
believe that a
holy
mountain
is the
axis mundi
, and that climbing it leads to heaven.