Thin place

"Thin place" is an ancient Celtic term referring to places where the veil between the physical world and other world are thin and one can walk between them. The Apache have a similar concept with their phrase, "wisdom sits in places". Thin places are said to pulsate with an invisible but vibrant energy and possess an ineffable allure, drawing people and the paranormal to it. Time seems to stand still and exist in unison, and people report a stronger feeling of the divine. Many memorials have been made marking thin places for thousands of years.

Travel to thin places does not necessarily lead to "enlightenment", but it does disorient and confuse, jolting one out of old paradigms. Thin places are not necessarily tranquil, fun, or beautiful. Not all sacred places are thin. Loaded with history and outsized expectations, they collapse under the weight of their own sacredness. Many thin places are wild and untamed, but cities can also be surprisingly thin.

Thin places

 * Rock of Cashel
 * Whitepark Bay
 * Dooloug
 * Cashelkeelty Stone Circle
 * Kilshannig
 * Boa Island
 * Uragh Stone Circle
 * Glastonbury
 * Knock
 * Isle of Mull
 * Rumi's Tomb
 * Boudhanath
 * Katmandu
 * Santiago de Compostela
 * Laity Lodge
 * Mt. Sinai
 * St. Peter's Basilica
 * Blue Mosque