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  1. Pelgrimpaul

    Science backs up "hiking in nature"

    Some additional info on this topic I recently posted on my weblog Pilgrimage and Place Including several short movies, presentations, some article references of more recent dates... Meet the art of Shinrin-yoku or Forest bathing. Take a nature therapy session while being at home. The blog is...
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    Nature for you?

    On my Blog Pilgrimage and Place I just placed an item on Nature. Several views (and little movies) on nature as a place to walk, bike or stay. Have a look at what nature does for the brain, find out if nature is right for you, know about this nature practice: shinrin-yoku?, enjoy a nature...
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    Time between idea and start

    In a socialmedia group someone asked a simple question, leading to interesting answers. How long between your idea of walking the Camino to actually doing it? Thank you for idea Robert Altenbaugh
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    What's the Difference between a Pilgrimage and a Long Walk?

    In contemporary society pilgrimage is growing to be a widely used word. It already was a word for walking or non-walking (like Lourdes) events. Now you can encounter a wine-pilgrimage, food pilgrimage, pilgrimage to cemeteries (like Pere Lachaise, Jim Morrison), pilgrimage to sites like...
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    Movie A Walk in the Woods

    Enjoyed 'Wild'? Have fun with the movie 'A walk in the woods' Based on the book by Bill Bryson. Never too old to walk... the Appalachian Trail. Starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson. In theaters after summer! More information and trailer on this weblog. Just click here.
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    New weblog on pilgrimage & place

    I would like to try to interest you to visit a relative new weblog regarding Pilgrimage and Place. http://pilgrimageandplace.blogspot.nl/ The blog isn't a travelogue walking the camino. It's about interesting aspects of pilgrimage, the camino and experiencing place. Latest entries include...
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    The myth of Santa Compaña, the movie of O Apõstolo

    Have you ever heard of the pilgrimage of the dead? The Holy Company: Santa Compaña? Click on link (at end of topic) for more information. (Source: wikimedia) Not only on the Santa Compaña but also on the 2013 (Dutch release 2015, other releases unknown to me) animation movie that took seven...
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    how steep is the climb on the first day

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    Gadgets on the Camino

    Last camino I used maps.me on Iphone, downloaded the maps on forehand and also downloaded two different gps tracks from the route. Nice! First camino a normal iPad accompanied me, later camino's an iPad mini. Wouldn't go without. Also had many maps, guides, etc. on it. Music provided by nano...
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    Is hiking the Camino at 17 to young?

    From physical point of view a 17 year can walk the camino alone. From social point of view is depends on how you are! From security point of view you're ok I think. 'Organizationalwise' it should also go fine. And you still have a year to grow! So, buen camino!
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    Paintings of the Northern Caminos

    Camino Ingles, photographs:
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    History documentary from Planet Doc

    The Way of St. James. To watch on youtube. Click this link
  13. Pelgrimpaul

    The Movies: A Place to Walk, a Spectacle to Watch

    In recent times the outdoors is a returning theme in some very nice movies and documentaries. I gathered some of them on this page. Some of them on the Camino trails, some in the USA and some of them in Australia, the UK or in the desert. About endurance, emotion and beauty; profound and funny...
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    Walking without gadgets.

    Perhaps sometimes people just want to express their ego, provoke others. Sometimes people want their opinions or experiences to be the thruth, and nothing but.. I think the tourist-pilgrim dichotomy isn't real in most cases. Sometimes I perform as perhaps 'a pilgrim' would, sometimes however the...
  15. Pelgrimpaul

    inner experience and it's value

    Last months I searched and researched a lot and found many (to me) relevant literature/articles regarding pilgrimage/camino/experience. Wow, indeed the more you know, the more you know how little you know. Just some remarks... Think of difference Erlebnis und Erfahrung, experience in English is...
  16. Pelgrimpaul

    Camino north or Portuguese?

    Camino del Norte, about 800km, Camino Portugues about 600km (from Lissabon, 225 from Porto) As peregrina2000 says Portugues is crowded starting from Porto. Regarding 'touristic influence' from low to high: Portugues Lissabon to Porto, DelNorte/Primitivo variant, Del Norte, Portugues Porto to...
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    inner experience and it's value

    As I'm walking a camino at this moment, I don't have access to my digital brain. I know of a phd project on pilgrimage and therapy, a recent book on transformational tourism by Reisinger ed., many articles on the subject from Garth Lean, etc. But at the moment I'm planning on where to eat in the...
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    Being a Christian on the Camino

    Well, I would say, being Christian on the camino is like being Christian at home! No need to let others tell you how you should behave and act. You already know! Perhaps you'll come closer to 'the self', helping your beliefs. Don't let others tell you, find out yourself (As the Buddha said...

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