- Time of past OR future Camino
- CdS 2012, CdN 2013, Shikoku 2015, CP 2016.
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Do it Dave. I felt it was different from the rest of the CF. There is the problem though of which place to visit last; Muxia or Finisterre.Funny, but i have never been drawn to walk there from SDC after Camino.
I've never felt any mystical pull towards Finisterre but curiosity took me there in November as part of a longer walk: San Andres de Teixido, Camino Ingles, Santiago, Muxia and finally Finisterre. I did not feel anything particularly magical about it but certainly beautiful in parts - Muxia especially - and I am glad to have walked that way at least once.Funny, but i have never been drawn to walk there from SDC after Camino.
Do it Dave. I felt it was different from the rest of the CF. There is the problem though of which place to visit last; Muxia or Finisterre.
I took a bus from Santiago to Muxia, stayed the night, then walked 16k to Lires on the coast, spent one night, then walked another 16k to Finesterre, stayed a night, then a bus back to Santiago. So enjoyable I've done it this way twice!Jill and I have talked about doing a day trip to Muxia after we finish the Camino Ingles. It would be fun to see, I just would rather take a bus
Not to mention all that stuff about some Galilean proselytizer shipping his mortal remains to those windblown grassy hillsBut I'm astonished at the volume of "New Age" nonsense that has attached itself to it.
Perhaps, @davebugg, because the headline is correct - the pull is mythical!Funny, but i have never been drawn to walk there from SDC after Camino.
It is a walk worth taking. You should definitely consider it.Funny, but i have never been drawn to walk there from SDC after Camino.
Funny, but i have never been drawn to walk there from SDC after Camino.
Well, you could always get the bus there & walk backNah. Walking it just doesn't interest me at all. Going by bus after doing the Ingles in October is good enough
Ditto. I don't get the attraction.I've never felt any mystical pull towards Finisterre
Well, you could always get the bus there & walk back
I could, but I'm not attracted to walking either there OR back. It just has no appeal or draw to me.
For all those that are drawn to walk it, I don't begrudge that in any way. I can intellectually understand one being attracted to doing that walk. It's sorta like one's preference for milk chocolate or dark chocolate. While some adore dark chocolate, it is 'meh' to me. Give me milk chocolate and I really can enjoy eating it.
I disagree with you about Finisterre
I REALLY agree with you about chocolate!
Wave to me as you pass on the bus, I'll get us a beer in when I get there!
I am glad we are all different, the world would be really boring otherwise!
Davey
I did that a few years back just to say "we did it". IIRC the bus from SdC leaves at about 9:30, is supposed to take about 80 minutes and returns sometime after 14:00.Jill and I have talked about doing a day trip to Muxia after we finish the Camino Ingles. It would be fun to see, I just would rather take a bus
Is it easy to find the bus to Muxia and back? I leave in three weeks for the CP and am definitely adding 4 days of walking out to Finisterre and Muxia - but your experience sounds really nice. Thank you in advance.I took a bus from Santiago to Muxia, stayed the night, then walked 16k to Lires on the coast, spent one night, then walked another 16k to Finesterre, stayed a night, then a bus back to Santiago. So enjoyable I've done it this way twice!
that is in Muxia. You may recall the Gypsy guy (Ishmael?) tells Marting to go to Muxia and he actually brings it up to the rest of the gang before they get to SdC.In the film The Way, were the ashes put in the sea at Finisterre or Muxia? Have not been able to find answer.
Thanks
Well, I've only walked from Muxia to Finesterre. I've heard there are fewer buses that go from Muxia back to Santiago, but I'm sure it can be done!Is it easy to find the bus to Muxia and back? I leave in three weeks for the CP and am definitely adding 4 days of walking out to Finisterre and Muxia - but your experience sounds really nice. Thank you in advance.
Thank you, appreciated.that is in Muxia. You may recall the Gypsy guy (Ishmael?) tells Marting to go to Muxia and he actually brings it up to the rest of the gang before they get to SdC.
The Muxia church (the one that unfortunately burned down) can be seen when they get to the coast.
and here is wikipedia:
After the group arrives at Santiago de Compostela, Tom is accompanied by the other three members to Muxía. He scatters the remainder of Daniel's ashes at the sea there.
Mythical not mysticalI've never considered going to the ocean a mystical pull. I only enjoyed the beautiful change of scenery...and why not?
They sound similar to me and neither are factual in nature and I am neither of those things anyway! But you are clever to have noticed my error! Good one!Mythical not mystical
At least that's in the title of the thread...
Ah, just semantics.They sound similar to me and neither are factual in nature and I am neither of those things anyway! But you are clever to have noticed my error! Good one!
Your English is probably better than mine!Ah, just semantics.
I guess myths can become mystical after all
I totally agree, all along the way these last 3 weeks it is the nature that has connected me with my God/Goddess, the churches and cathedrals have just been an indicator that I have arrived at distance travelled as evidenced by the Brierley book. As a Druid the culmination of my pilgrimage will be the liminal space of land sea and sky found at the end of the trip in either muxia or Finisterre. I have been unable to appreciate the church ever since I visited the Vatican on a day trip to Rome back in 1999.My first camino I was walking to Finisterre, Santiago is just a place on the way. After my seventh camino I still haven't been into the cathedral. Often I don't even stop in Santiago, I just walk through. Finisterre, The End of The World means much more to me.
We are all different, each to their own.
Blessings to all
Davey
I totally agree, all along the way these last 3 weeks it is the nature that has connected me with my God/Goddess, the churches and cathedrals have just been an indicator that I have arrived at distance travelled as evidenced by the Brierley book. As a Druid the culmination of my pilgrimage will be the liminal space of land sea and sky found at the end of the trip in either muxia or Finisterre. I have been unable to appreciate the church ever since I visited the Vatican on a day trip to Rome back in 1999.
It was at this same spot that the conquering Romans first set eyes on a simple stone temple built by the Gallaeci to honour the sun – the Ara Solis – consisting of four granite columns and a slender dome above, as described by Galician historian Benito Vicetto. Sadly, nothing remains today of the Ara Solis, which is believed to have been a place of pagan sun worship. For the Romans, the Ara Solis, situated at what they considered the end of the known world and facing the setting sun each evening, must have been a captivating and enigmatic sight.
Since 1500, this stretch of coastline, forebodingly known to locals as Costa da Morte, or Coast of Death [...]
I feel the same. It holds absolutely no pull for me.Funny, but i have never been drawn to walk there from SDC after Camino.
My first camino I was walking to Finisterre, Santiago is just a place on the way. After my seventh camino I still haven't been into the cathedral. Often I don't even stop in Santiago, I just walk through. Finisterre, The End of The World means much more to me.
In the film The Way, were the ashes put in the sea at Finisterre or Muxia? Have not been able to find answer.
While completely 15000000% agree with you, the ashes the OP alludes to were the ashes of the son that Tom carried throughout the whole Camino. Thankfully the movie did NOT show anyone doing the "burning the Pilgrim clothes" ritual ....Please don't follow the example from the movie and burn your things at either Finisterre or Muxia !
May I respectfully inquire what exactly transpired during that visit that caused these feelings?I have been unable to appreciate the church ever since I visited the Vatican on a day trip to Rome back in 1999.
You're right. I can't believe that I totally forgot that he was carrying his son's ashes!While completely 15000000% agree with you, the ashes the OP alludes to were the ashes of the son that Tom carried throughout the whole Camino. Thankfully the movie did NOT show anyone doing the "burning the Pilgrim clothes" ritual ....
I can only imagine the spike of the deed! I somewhat know how this works... Living and breathing American Civil War for 13 years it was astounding on meeting the people along the way that were totally convinced of something because they saw it in the movie Gettysburg (fondly known as DA Movie).
To them - if it was in DA Movie, it must be TRUE!
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Ah, a kindred spirit lol. I don't have your list of Caminos under my belt---yet, but I also couldn't get out of Santiago quick enough. For me it was (and continues to be) the journey, not the destination.My first camino I was walking to Finisterre, Santiago is just a place on the way. After my seventh camino I still haven't been into the cathedral. Often I don't even stop in Santiago, I just walk through. Finisterre, The End of The World means much more to me.
We are all different, each to their own.
Blessings to all
Davey
Ah, a kindred spirit lol. I don't have your list of Caminos under my belt---yet, but I also couldn't get out of Santiago quick enough. For me it was (and continues to be) the journey, not the destination.
Not quite so but I know what you meanAnd if maybe there is no historical truth to the pre-christian walk to Finisterre, (I disagree) I really have to question the historical truth of the cult of St. James.
MuxiaIn the film The Way, were the ashes put in the sea at Finisterre or Muxia? Have not been able to find answer.
Thanks
In a way - it is quite sadThat all this is of little to no interest for many who walk today is a different story and development.
Not really, I now think. The Camino Frances has become such a runaway success because it is a bit of a chameleon: it offers different things to different people, all of them enjoying their experiences and coexisting in the same time and space more or less peacefully.In a way - it is quite sad
I did the Camino Finisterre in 2017, and enjoyed every minute of it.... Great post-Camino walk!.... But I'm astonished at the volume of "New Age" nonsense that has attached itself to it.
Yeah.... with all respect due.... like burning the "camino clothes\shoes".What is nonsense to you may be another's spiritual sustenance.
Yeah.... with all respect due.... like burning the "camino clothes\shoes".
next, someone will start dancing around naked while building 10 ft-tall bonfires. I am sure that if asked they would refer to "their spiritual something".
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