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Responses to the Return Thread
I’m going to provide a general answer to the forum topic rather than respond to people individually. Thank you again to everyone who chose to participate. I may contact you individually, in private, in the future. This is a long response and has various parts...
Thank you very, very much to all of you who are replying. I greatly appreciate your taking the time to share your experiences of the return. I am listening and reflecting on what you are sharing and it's very helpful. Thank you.
Since some people are concerned about "Who I Am", in a stroke of synchronicity someone sent me this link this morning from the American Pilgrims on the Camino Association :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmericanPilgrims/permalink/10153057137462348/
To Dougfitz - thank you for your apology.
To SYates -
You asked: you do want to know what kind of tech, if any, we used, but do not want to know if we found it beneficial?
Nancy: In my Thread: How do Internet Technologies Impact the Camino Experience...
In 1998 I published Pilgrim Stories. On and Off the Road to Santiago (UC Press) based on my doctoral dissertation research in cultural anthropology along the Camino de Santiago which covered a period from 1992-1997. I have remained connected to the Camino continuously since that time and...
Yes, I am definitely taking this into account. This forum discussion/post is only a part of my research. I understand that what I hear here is limited and skewed by the fact that you are all active members of a virtual pilgrim community and I'm taking that into account. I am very interested in...
All of you, thank you very much for taking the time to respond and reflect on the questions that I have proposed. I greatly appreciate your responses and feedback. I can’t answer each one of you individually but please know that I have thoughtfully read all of the responses and I may contact...
Hello there. Back in the early 1990s I researched the resurgence in popularity of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage on the ground interviewing hundreds of pilgrims, working as a hospitalera in numerous refuges, maintaining contact with pilgrims once their experiences were over and living in...
Thank you very much, Beebe, for your general comments, reflections on synchronicty and for sharing your beautiful, remarkable story. I strongly believe that the potential power of the Camino pilgrimage does not reside in doing it in a certain way (ie, from x point, for x distance, etc.) and...
Thank you for your responses. I am interested in the full range of experiences from the type such as described by Emile Deschamps to the chance encounters -´guardian angel´type of stories (as referrred to by silldoll in her post) to the signs of being led/directed to the Camino (such as Clarisa...
Excellent question! Defintions are something that I will be exploring thoroughly! I didn't want to get into it in the short reply I previously made but you are absolutely right that it is essential to understand what people mean when they use words like 'synchronicity', 'synchrodestiny' (that...
Thank you very much to all of you who wrote your messages! Yes, synchronicity is a fascinating topic! Meeting my husband on the road was just plain good luck! though I also believe there was an element of synchronicty involved though I didn't realize it at the time. I have been very conscious of...
Hello to all of you new, old, and thinking-about-it pilgrims! I just came across this great site. Back in the early 1990s I researched the rise of the Camino for my PhD dissertation and published my work in the book 'Pilgrim Stories. On and Off the Road to Santiago' (UC Press, 1998). Since that...
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