Some recent pilgrimage observations...

In this episode of recent popular articles on pilgrimage..

• Shikoku
• Lindisfarne Good Friday
• Camino Primitivo
• Rocky Mountains, the spiritual
• Chimayó
• What is a pilgrim?
• Deutsche Welle Camino
• Bitten by the Hiking Bug

The Japan Times: No right way to complete Shikoku’s 88-temple pilgrimage

"The scent of incense reaches us before we see the temple. Two ferocious statues guard the gate, accompanied by a mannequin in full pilgrim costume: white clothes; a sedge hat with Kobo Daishi’s name and guiding messages in print; a walking stick; a monk’s stole and mala prayer beads." Click for full article.

Chronicle Life: Cross-bearing pilgrims arrive in Lindisfarne for Good Friday event

"Pilgrims celebrate Easter by crossing over the tidal causeway carrying wooden crosses on the final leg of their annual pilgrimage to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne"

An earlier post on the subject here.

MailOnline: Being in the moment on the Camino Primitivo

"'I've never been more in the moment': The life-changing effects of tackling Spain's oldest pilgrimage - a 200-mile walk through the Cantabrian Mountains"

CBC: The mountains as spiritual place

"The mountains as temple: A pilgrimage to Alberta's Rockies. 
The faithful discuss how moments of stripped-down clarity can come while being buffeted on a windblown peak"

Santa Few New Mexican: Thousands join pilgrimage to Chimayó

“I am walking to Chimayó in thanks for all the blessings that God has given me and to pray for the world because there is so much evil, so much lack of unity,” Elizabeth Lara said in Spanish. “I am asking for unity in the world and health for some of my friends that are sick and for my family.”

Metro: What is a pilgrim?

"One such thing is walking hundreds of miles to a place of worship

on what’s known as a pilgrimage."

"Anyone can go on a pilgrimage, as the more general dictionary definition of a pilgrim is ‘a person travelling to a place of particular personal interest’.

Deutsche Welle: Pilgrimage season gets underway in Europe

"More and more people are stepping away from daily life and onto a pilgrimage path like the Way of Saint James, which goes to Spain's west coast. Germany also offers pilgrims routes and help to meet their different needs."

Stuff: Bitten by the Hiking Bug

"One day we came around a corner and found a herd of sheep and goats and a shepherd standing next to them with a golden Labrador. At night he slept next to the herd to protect it from wolves – I felt like I'd stepped out of the Swiss family drama about Heidi and Peter."

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