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PortlandKa said:1. What does it mean to be a 'true pilgrim'?
julie said:Both an online dictionary and my print version define "pilgrim" as someone who journeys (usually a long distance) to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.
being a pilgrim is undertaking a journey to a specific place with a spiritual motive for doing so.
sillydoll, I have come across this issue several times now and I for one still do not know what an authentic pilgrim is or even if I came close, (I don't believe I did).sillydoll said:There is no simplistic answer to this question.
At the end of her chapter 4, titled 'Landscapes of Discovery' she concludes:
"The point is that there is no authentic pilgrim but there are many authenticities. Each person creates his or her personal meaningful experience. ... With almost complete certainty, one can say that there is no 'best' or 'most authnetic' way. These ways change with time and the social, geographic and religious circumstances that revolve around the Camino"
sillydoll said:"The point is that there is no authentic pilgrim but there are many authenticities. Each person creates his or her personal meaningful experience. ... With almost complete certainty, one can say that there is no 'best' or 'most authnetic' way. These ways change with time and the social, geographic and religious circumstances that revolve around the Camino"
I think that there is something missing from many of the discriptions of a true pilgrim. Yes it is someone who undertakes journey to a place of religious devotion, but the pilgrimage is not complete at that because the journey has to be with the view to returning home in a different and better state that at departure. It must have had an effect. Anyone can undertake a journey, some become better human beings as result. In Christian terms they progress along the way of holiness a little. Without this it is mere tourism.
Hello all! I'm writing my undergraduate thesis in anthropology on the Camino Frances, and I have a couple of questions. I walked from Pamplona to Fisterra in December/January of this year, but I'd love to collect as many opinions as possible.
1. What does it mean to be a 'true pilgrim'?
2. I'm collecting stories of kindness, vulnerability, and/or transformation. Please share any that come to mind!
Many thanks!
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