[Gocamino] Fwd: A Traveler's Highway to Heaven

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I have never seen, nor heard of, a "badge of the cockle shell", nor is anything like it  awarded by anyone in Santiago, not at the Cathedral and not at the Pilgrims' Office. The document awarded to those who walk the last 100 kms. (200 if by bike or horseback) is called a Compostela.  A certificate, which is different from the Compostela, is given to those who do not meet the Compostela requirements.
Regards,
Rosina


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Grant, I honesttly feel that William Bonville needs to find a copy editor
ho knows the ins and outs of the camino.  Some of his information is
isleading to say the least.
1) People in rental cars who sleep over at Burgette can drive to
oncesvalles in the morning in order to get their pilgrim passport and
ttend the pilgrims mass for a blessing.
f so, you may wish to put up overnight in Burguete, just below
oncesvalles, convenient so that you may attend the pilgrims' early morning
ass at the Royal Collegiate Church and obtain both your passport and the
riest's blessing as you embark upon your journey.
2) They can walk the 1km (?) to the Ibaneta Pass to get a feeling for the
alking pilgrimage.
) They must get stamps in their passport at all the monuments and shrines
isited along the way and keep a log of all mileage walked while sightseeing
n and out of towns as this record will satisfy the 'churchmen' in Santiago
hat they have walked 100km.
) They can present this record of their mileage walked and the passport in
rder to earn the "cockle shell badge and the Compostellana."
 As for the hundred kilometers afoot, the walks we describe following the
ay through the towns, villages and cities along the Camino qualify for much
f it. Keep notes on the kilometers you walk and where, add selected walks
uch as from the pass down to Roncesvalles where you begin the pilgrimage in
he Pyrenees, or from the Mount of Joy to the cathedral of Santiago at the
nd. Those notes, plus your stamped pilgrim's "passport," will be proof
nough for the churchmen.
Finally, at Santiago de Compostela, with the last stamp in place, the
athedral Secretariat awards the badge of the cockle shell (most call it a
callop shell) and the certificate- the Compostellana -that announce to one
nd all the pilgrim's achievement of special favor in the eyes of St. James.
4)  Has he not heard of the CSJ or the American Pilgrims? And, has anyone
ver heard of the guide books he recommends? (No Brierley or Alison Raju or
SJ guides?)
For pilgrims, best current practical information may be obtained by
ontacting the Asociacion de Amigos de los Caminos, Calle Carretas 14, 28012
adrid, Spain.
Should you desire to walk or go by horseback or trail bike along the ancient
ilgrimage trail, there is but a single source that provides anything like
eliable instructions. It is *The Pilgrim Route to Compostela, *written
riginally by Abbé Georgés Bernés for the Editiones Randonnés Pyrénéennes.
This all makes me think that if his research on practical pilgrimage is
acking, what is the rest of the book like?




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or years, there has been a single book illuminating the art, architecture,
istory and culture along the Camino Frances. The Pilgrimage Road to
antiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook by David Gitlitz & Linda Kay
avidson stood for years as the sole beacon but now we can add a second.
eet William Bonville and his latest work, A Traveler's Highway to Heaven:
xploring the History and Culture of Northern Spain.
William and I had pinged a few emails back and forth until we finally spoke
his past Saturday. His work is a shot in the arm for the Camimophiles
verywhere. He brings us an interpretive monologue of the art, architecture,
istory and culture along the Way of Saint James. Not a tour guide, but a
hinking man's impressions of the scene that lies before you. It also
ncludes a number of landmarks just a few kilometers off the main Path. At
00 pages, it's not exactly light, but the type is large enough to read
nside a dimly lit church. On my first Camino I had decided to not take the
itlitz and Davis book because of the weight. Then, leaving El Burgo Ranero
here it was, waiting for me on a park bench. "That's my book!", I
xclaimed, and schlepped it the rest of the Way to Santiago. Two things
hich made that a richer Road experience were the cultural guidebook and my
onversations with the locals. This book is in that same league, and yes I
ould carry it in spite of it's weight.
We have an introductory piece from the book available for preview at:
ttp://elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/A_Travelers_Highway_to_Heaven_Intro.pdf
The book is now listed on our Camino Books page as well:
ttp://groups.msn.com/ElCaminoSantiago/caminobooks.msnw
Buen Camino,
Grant
Grant Spangler
ASpangler at hotmail.com
ttp://groups.msn.com/ElCaminoSantiago
ttp://community.webshots.com/user/ElCaminoSantiago
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