Jennifer Vance Landscapes of the sacred #3 Three approaches for understanding sacred place

Lane presents three approaches to understanding sacred place. He argues that all three of these approaches are necessary in understanding the complex character of any sacred place. While studying these three approaches I found the Phenomenological approach to be the most confusing. Below is my understanding of what he was trying to articulate to readers.
The ontological approach focuses on intuition and reason alone. It is based upon being or existence and suggest that a sacred place is perceived only as a matter of transcendent experience. The Cultural approach is opposite from the ontological approach. It suggest that places alone do not have any inherent meaning but peoples values, beliefs and disagreement have greater influence on a place being deemed as sacred. The Phenomenological approach is a more objective view of the place. The place itself participates in the meaning of a place being sacred. For example, the particularities of the place (all of the land, the animals, trees, sky, and geographical feautures) are significan in understanding sacred place.