why matamoros, at all

[Scott Horton]

I care for a couple of reasons.

First, I am a musicologist studying the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso
el Sabio, and any thorough study of these works (I hope you know them)
necessitates a deep understading of the Pilgrimage, particulary as it was in
the 11th and 12th centuries, and the cultural, physical, religious and
geo-politcal elements that surrounded and surround it.

Second, I am an avid trekker and the Pilgrimage represents one of those very
special walking opportunites that is much much more than just a hike for
some of the same reasons I cite above.

Third, I have deep respect for all religion and spirituality and am equally
interested in the Shinto 88-Shrine Pilgrimage in Japan and other
religious/spiritual journeys as metaphors for and pratical uides to
accessing deeper understanding of the divine.

--Scott




>From: Karen Willmus <willmusaRUNESTONE.NET>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: Re: why matamoros, at all
>Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 23:54:43 -0500
>
>Good question, Scott.  I've a question for you, then, and anyone else who
>wants to answer:  why, if you aren't a Christian, would you care about the
>Santiago Pilgrimage?
>
> > Karen, interesting that you assume that all of us are Christians and
>that
> > this is a Christian list . . . .
> >
> > --Scott
> >

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