Crossing to Avalon

[Preston Pittman]

Yes, Kathy.  This certainly applies directly to our discussion on motives
for making the pilgrimage.  One might begin with a less than conscious
spiritual motive and find a transformation through the process.

I think it was Rosina who mentioned a book about someone who was collecting
pictures and statues of the Virgin Mary *as religious kitsch* but found that
"looking for Mary" transformed her spiritual life.  She found herself to be
a true devotee.


>From: Kathy Gower <kathygoweraHOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: Re: Crossing to Avalon
>Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 11:38:16 -0500
>
>>
>>Lin had mentioned the book "Crossing to Avalon" a couple of days ago.
>
>I believe there is another reason why Lin mentioned the book, connected
>with
>the current thread on motives and its collalary, making sense of our
>journeys.  Simply this:
>
>"pilgrimages invite reflection.  We become as receptive to our own
>thoughts,
>feelings, and memories as we are to the impressions we receive at sacred
>sites.  As a result, we muse, recollect significant experiences and make
>connections."  (pg 83)
>
>"any significant, soul-shaping event becomes more integrated into our
>consciousness, and more universal, when we can express the essence of the
>experience and have it received in depth by another." (pg 111)
>
>(Right on, Lin)
>
>
>
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