David Gleed explores the spiritual draw of remote islands

Out there, on the horizon, islands beckon, they always do, even on seemingly uninviting, wet, murky days. There’s something mysterious and enchanting about an island, something to be discovered… And getting there is always such an adventure!

There’s a spiritual pull too. These are places on the edge, distant from the mainland, where creation is raw and the gap between heaven and earth can seem wonderfully thin…

David Gleed is a member of Journeying, a non-profit-seeking organisation that takes small groups to beautiful and often remote places of pilgrimage in Britain and Ireland. For more information, visit journeying.co.uk

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This is an extract from an article published in the June 2024 edition of Reform

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