Pilgrimage : journeys of meaning / Peter Stanford.
Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by all faiths, is one of the most enduring traits in our human story. In this compelling history Peter Stanford reflects on the reasons people have walked along the same sacred paths across the ages. How do the experiences of the first pilgrims to Jerusalem, Mecc...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York, New York :
Thames and Hudson,
2021.
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| Physical Description: | 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- The new geography of spiritual power
- Santiago de Compostela: the camino
- Jerusalem: the promised land
- Rome: seeing is believing
- Mecca: a world apart
- Lalibela: unearthing a mystery
- Lourdes, Medjugorje and the Marian Shrines: Mary and the Miracles
- The North Wales Pilgrim's way: Celtic revival
- Kumbh Mela: The world's largest pilgrimage
- The Buddha Trail: The peripatetic Pilgrim
- Shikoku: 88 temples in the footsteps of the great master
- North America: Optimistic hiking
- Machu Picchu: power places
- Epilogue: To arrive where we started.