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

[blaroli at aol.com]

....... ALSO,
To obtain the Compostela a pilgrima will need to have walked (or bicycled or ridden) THE LAST CONTINUOUS 100, (or 200)  kms. ENDING in Santiago.  To walk the kilometers here and there adding to the required number will not do...... as too many pilgrims find out when they try to get a Compostela after having done so.
The requirements for the Compostela date back hundreds and hundreds of years.  To be granted one the purpose of the pilgrimage must have been "pietatis causa", that is, for spiritual, self-reflective reasons seeking to elevate the soul.
Regards,
Rosina

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I have never seen, nor heard of, a "badge of the cockle shell", nor is anything 
ike it  awarded by anyone in Santiago, not at the Cathedral and not at the 
ilgrims' Office. The document awarded to those who walk the last 100 kms. (200 
f by bike or horseback) is called a Compostela.  A certificate, which is 
ifferent from the Compostela, is given to those who do not meet the Compostela 
equirements.
egards,
osina

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

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


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