«Tourist is someone who passes by without load or direction. Walker who took the backpack and gear. Pellegrino who, in addition to looking, knows how to kneel when necessary »San Riccardo.
Maybe it is one of the longest-running travel categories in history of humanity, the pilgrimage, that going more or less long, often tiring, alone or in groups, in holy places. This form of participation is present in all religions and even today, in the West, where spirituality plays a less important role in the lives of many people, there are more and more those who decide to undertake a pilgrimage.
There is no need to be a believer or to expect a miracle, in fact, just start light, both physically and internally, and let the journey, nature, fatigue and encounters make something spring up within us.
This desire to go in search of something is not new. There have always been important pilgrimage centers: Delphi for example it was the sacred place of ancient Greece where the prophecies of the god Apollo who spoke through the mouth of the Pythia were discovered. Jerusalem it is still today a holy city for Christians, Jews and Muslims; not to mention India, a land of pilgrimages or the Mecca, of which we all have in mind the images ofajj when hundreds of thousands of people walk around the Ka’ba.
If in ancient times one went to sacred places to ask for something, it is in the eighth century that the pilgrimage assumes the function of penance, given the effort required and at times also the dangers that one ran: setting out to reach a goal served to be freed from one’s sins. Today, however, the “modern” pilgrim if you want you can strip all this: he does not need to be devout, nor to have a shell with him or to repent for something he has done, he simply decides to get going, looking for something inside yourself and having the opportunity, in the meantime, to get to know new places and new people, because even if it may not seem like it, especially in the high season, it is easy find companions on the way with whom to share a meal or a piece of the road.
And if it’s not necessary be particularly fit or sporty to face a pilgrimage, a little training is however necessary and the more demanding ones are not to be underestimated: the important thing is leave prepared… In every sense.
We have selected some pilgrimages that can be made around the world. «… Pellegrino [è] who, in addition to seeking, knows how to kneel when necessary ». It doesn’t matter with what intent you do it, just be ready to let yourself be moved.
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