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A phrase which I have encountered frequently recently is ‘thin places’. Have you come across it? Because the world has been much quieter, and many people have had more leisure, they have become more attuned to new dimensions of life and meaning. This isn’t easy to put into words, but a ‘thin place’ – a term of Celtic origin – has been defined as somewhere where the distance between heaven and earth dissolves, where connection to another sphere becomes profoundly close. It is the place, or the moment, when somehow the ordinary routine of life is pierced by an awareness of another world, as though the thin veil which separates us from this ‘otherness’ is for a moment torn apart, and through the rent in the fabric we sense a whole new world. For many in the last year this has happened on a quiet walk, perhaps in the countryside or by the sea. It is as though a long-forgotten affinity with the natural world is suddenly rediscovered, and

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people reconnect afresh to the universe. Some say the otherworldly feeling experienced has to do with ley-lines or electromagnetic fields. I prefer to see it as our rediscovering an ability to connect to realities beyond our everyday experience and the usual busy-ness of life. Thin places are not confined to a reconnection with the natural world though, wonderfully, that world is accessible to those of all faiths and none. Sometimes we encounter a thin place in the most unlikely of settings. A famous Anglican theologian of the mid-20th century described returning to his college and seeing a long queue outside a fish and chip shop, full of excited football supporters whose team had just won an epic victory. Suddenly, for a moment, he saw them suffused with glory, as though bathed in golden light, and knew every one of them was made and loved by God. Other people find their thin places in music, or art – even in mathematics! That doughty old atheist, Bertrand Russell, showed a deep affinity with the mystical when he wrote: “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture…. The delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.” I must confess maths never quite did that for me! I am more likely to encounter “the intersection of the timeless with time” in a church “where prayer has been valid” [T. S. Eliot]. If you understand what I have tried to describe, always be prepared to meet your thin place, and be transfixed by it. Mothering Sunday was a village affair this year, when the community joined forces to make 350 posies for all the mums in Marnhull. Reverend Gaenor Hockey of St Gregory’s Church, together with Ros Eveleigh, Viv Bruce, Rosie Gall and some 30 villagers, created posies for every mum with a child at St Gregory’s and St Mary’s Primary schools. Ros said: “Enough posies were made for every child and plenty to be distributed to the four collection points around the village, for people to pick up as they walked around – a little something to brighten their day. “This was a brilliant example of a random act of kindness, which was appreciated by so many in the village.” Several mums posted thanks on the Marnhull Facebook page. One said: “My children were very proud to present me with these at school pick-up today. A really lovely gesture.”

ITEMS FOR SALE

Patio circular table 36 inch diameter heavy black glass top, centre hole for parasol, black foldaway legs vgc £20 01747 835680 Tracx turbo trainer. Little used friction type adjustable to wheel size £25. 07855 557585 Shaftesbury Projector stand and Jessop tripod screen 125 x 125cm. £25. Tel: 01935 872269 Two metal-framed folding single beds with mattresses. Free if you collect. Tel: 01935 872269. Black leather skirt and 3/4 length jacket suit. .Size 14 excellent condition, little worn. Telephone 01747 821292. Full 13kg propane patio heater gas £40 Shaftesbury 01747 853599. Bosch under counter white dishwasher £60. Under counter white freezer £50 Bosch under counter white fridge £40 All in good working order 07724 152187. Kakariki cockbirds choice of two £40 01258 268810 Small wooden indoor aviary with choice of Zebra Firge £25 01258 268810. Lervia Laminator used once. Cookshop turbowave 360 slow cooker £5 each to clear 01963 23551 Garden table, round, teak, diameter 120 cms + 5 high back chairs. All folds down for storage. £50. 01258 818219 Power washer Sealey Industrial, 140 bar/ 2000 psi. £50 . 01258 818219

BEAUTIFUL MAHOGANY REGENCY REPRODUCTION DINING SUITE. Extendable table, six chairs & sideboard, Excellent condition. Open to offers – call 01258 860370

HONDA, UMK435E, Good condition, 4/easy start. Full harness + handbook £80 ono 01747 840301

2 Z BEDS FOR SALE. £20 each 01935 872663 or 07711 213181

AIR AWNING complete with carpet, water and waste containers, hitch lock, hookup lead, 2 propane bottles,mirror extensions, numerous other items, £350 Ono. 01258 880048

DOREMA CARAVAN AWNING for sale 873cm good condition £175 - 07546 172 838

CARECO EASI GO POWERED CHAIR. Nearly new, cost £700. Bargin £450 ONO. 01747 871428

CLASSIC TRACTOR. MASSEY FERGUSON T20. 1952. Restored condition. £2,500. Tel 01258 808313 or 07974 082293

8FT X 12FT POLY TUNNEL FRAME, buyer dismantles, presently used for lambing. 01258 830474