For me, a thin place exists in my hearing of a Mahler Symphony. I also find a sense of the divine entering my life when I listen to choral work by the contemporary composer Morton Lauridsen (for whom I named my hypothetical client of Dr. Jung).
I suggest that Mitch Lauridsen found a thin place when traveling to Zurich and meeting for several weeks with Dr. Jung. For Mitch and many other people, a thin place is found (or created) when one is willing to risk gaining self-insight, when one is willing to travel far (physically or psychologically), and when one is willing to be guided by and learn from a person of wisdom, courage and vision, such as Kurt and Carl Jung.
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