The field of architecture has long been concerned with human experience. Several architects placed users at the center of architectural thought making user experience a primary consideration. The element of spatial experience or phenomenology of space was widely discussed by Juhani Pallasmaa and practiced by Steven Holl and Peter Zumthor who tailored space, choreographed light, and manipulated texture to appeal to the senses. Phenomenology or the study of human experience, perception, and means of constructing reality is related to the study of religious structures for these structures are designed to inspire, move, and elicit sensations in the believer’s mind. In parallel, the sublime is defined as the elevation of one’s emotions, and a sensational experience that appeals to an individual’s mind. In finding the link between architectural phenomenology, religion, and the sublime, through analyzing historic religious structures, this paper summarizes the common design strategies deployed in these structures and presents them as building blocks for the construction of the sublime.