The inside of Salisbury Cathedral is even more beautiful than the outside. All the lines immediately drew my eyes upward. Certainly the people who built it thought of heaven and God as up and wanted the building itself to lift their thoughts heavenward. I find myself thinking of heaven more as another dimension mingled with this one and God within and around me as well as out beyond the stars.
Just inside the church is this very attractive baptismal font with water constantly overflowing from four points. The abundance of new life that God offers us. I put my hand in the water and blessed myself and renewed my baptism.
One of the aspects of this cathedral that appealed to me was that it didn't have the clutter of tombs and memorials that others had, like Westminster Abby in London.
Outside to the right is a lovely cloister from which I entered the Chapter House. Here is displayed one of the four original copies of the Magna Carta (Great Charter) from 1215. It is significant because it was the beginning of limiting the power of kings, constitutionally guaranteeing that the monarch was not above the law. And, I suppose you could say, paving the way for our Declaration of Independence from the king.
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