Shirley Maclaine's book

[Lois Karner]

Yes, I have read Shirley's book and enjoyed it.  I will not pass
judgement on the past lives section since last night I went to see
Brian Weiss http://www.brianweiss.com  in New York City.  <grin>

I was visiting Paris two years ago in April.  It was a wet day.  I
decided to stay in and chill out.  CNN was on TV in the background
and Larry King was interviewing Shirley Maclaine about her book.  I
stopped and listened, that's how I first learned about the camino.
Thank you Ms. Maclaine if you lurk on this list.

Spending a great part of our life in Brazil I just "had" to read
Paulo Coelho's book to find out why so many Brazilians follow him
along the camino.  Paulo's story is different to Ms. Maclaine's but
is also interesting.

David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson's book "The Pilgrimage Road
to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook" is thorough but oh! I do
wonder about carrying it in my backpack on the camino.  What do I
leave out of my backpack to allow me to carry this book?

At the moment I am reading "Following the Milky Way: A Pilgrimage on
the Camino de Santiago" by Elyn Aviva (2nd Edition).  Although I am
only at page 20 I am enjoying this book immensely.  On their first
day from SJPP Elyn (Ellen) makes you ache with her and want to pick
up her backpack and carry her load.  I think I am going to "love"
this book.

I purchased all book from http://www.amazon.com


>Well, I forget that other people may not like Shirley Maclaine's past life
>theories.  I have read a few of her other books and myself believe deeply in
>the possibility.  That aside, I gain inspiration from her experience on the
>Camino, especially when her friend goes and she is left alone.  I can see
>that that will be very scary for me personally as I am doing the Camino
>alone.  I was relieved to see that she was afraid too and even cried.  I
>thought, well if she can manage it so can I.  But I also see from her book
>that there is a real community available when needed and at the same time a
>respect for privacy.  She also gives some nice history about the road
>itself.  I guess we all have our own belief systems and reasons for the
>journey.  Perhaps first is to respect ourselves so that we may not feel
>threatened by the differences in others.  I admired her doing the Camino
>from beginning to end and staying in the refugios despite her notoriety.
>
>Andrea
>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
>>  Behalf Of Andrea Innes-Michailov
>>  Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:37 AM
>>  To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>>  Subject: Shirley Maclaine's book
>>
>>
>>  I have just started Shirley Maclaine's book on her Camino.  It's fabulous!
>  > Has anyone else read it?
>  >
>  > Andrea
>  >