Camino - Texts

[Jilek, Glenn]

One of the many serendipitous events that fanned the spark in me to take the pilgrimage was turning on the radio and hearing an episode of "Sound and Spirit" on National Public Radio that devoted a whole hour to the Camino.  You can find the website by going to the originating radio station WGBH in Boston....the site is WBGH.org.  Sound and Spirit is broadcasted at various times on Public Radio depending on where you live.  You only have the ability to listen to certain programs, but all have transcripts that can be obtained through the station.  A brief description of the program is below.

Road to Santiago
Is life a pilgrimage from birth to death, and perhaps beyond? In this award-winning program, host Ellen Kushner explores this metaphor for the human experience through the music of the 500-mile long, one thousand year-old pilgrimage to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela. Hear about the pilgrim's journey, from Dante Alighieri, medieval author of The Divine Comedy, to Jack Hitt, modern author of Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain.

Glenn