Mindie B.

Mindie Burgoyne - Author, Thin Places Tour Guide

About fifteen years ago, I became interested in holy or mystical sites, particularly in Ireland.  At the time I was a publisher and our company was working on an anthology about these special places.  Through research I’ve visited hundreds of these sites in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.  I’ve met many artists, writers and mystics gathering insights about “thin places.”

Thin places is an ancient term used by the indigenous people of Ireland long before the Celts arrived.  It’s a reference to a site where the veil that separates the physical world from the eternal world is thin – the old Irish translation, according to the great mystic, John O’Donohue actually refers to these sites as being interwoven.  So a person standing in a thin place could be touching both worlds simultaneously.

This May, I’ll be escorting a group of pilgrim travelers on a Thin Places Mystical Tour of Ireland.  We’ll be covering the west of Ireland (though all our tours begin in Dublin).  We’ll explore places that are well known to the mystical traveler such as Newgrange, Tara, Croagh Patrick, Knock, Connemara and the Aran Islands. But we’ll also see sites that are less well known such as Boa Island in Northern Ireland, the Hill of Uisneach, Rath Croghan and the Burren.

I invite to travel with us.  Tour dates are May 12 to 22, 2012.  Come with us and be moved by these thin places.  Spread the word to your friends and family.