I will stick to walking.

[Sue Kenney]

Fellow Pilgrims,

I just returned from a visit to Germany where I travelled to the south reaching a
place called Passau. There is a monestary there (I don't know the name of it) but
is situated at the end of a pilgrimage. As I understand it, the pilgrims would
reach a covered path at the base of the hill. The monestary is located on the top
of the hill overlooking the city and the three rivers that meet in this city.
Then the pilgrims would travel the along the last section of this path, up a
steep hill, on their knees.

Can you imagine the impact this would have on the final leg of their pilgrimage?

Sue

lmorris wrote:

> I have been reading a book called "Men and Gods in Mongolia" by Henning
> Haslund, and he writes about a pilgrimage he witnesses, and I quote.
>         "This laborious form of progress involves that the whole of the route
> covered shall have been in contact with the suppliant's body. The
> pilgrim casts himself at full length on the ground, and mutters his
> prayers with his forehead pressed against the ground.  After this he
> makes a mark in the ground with his outstretched hands, rises and walks
> forward to the mark whereupon he casts himself down again once more and
> lays his forehead to the earth while he prays.  This penance is repeated
> without a break until the distance is reached"
>
>         Are we missing something by walking, I would say that these people
> really take their pilgrimage seriously. I think I will just walk with my
> pack on my back. I found it interesting to read about others and their
> way of doing a pilgrimage.
>
> leonard
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