Go on a pilgrimage.
When GYØ was planning the '09 UKØ gathering, a mysterious new player by the name of The Pilgrim signed up. This was, of course, me, planted there to keep an eye on the messages passed between the gathering participants. Because, of course, it would...
A pilgrimage has both surface ritual and deeper meaning. For example, a pilgrimage to Mecca involves wearing special clothing, performing particular sacrifices, and following prescribed routes and behavior, all of which tie into the essential meaning...
Seventeen thousand four hundred and twenty-four steps from my door. It's not so far, count it off sometime and you'll see.
4229 Kenmore
When I moved to Chicago in the fall of 2009, my Grandmother was very excited. She's always excited when I move, ...
pilgrimage:
any long journey, esp. one undertaken as a quest or for a votive purpose, as to pay homage
I've been planning this for awhile. I had a great journey. Almost 4,000 miles.
I started in Wasilla AK and went all the way down to SF itself. T...
"She led him past a pool with a fountain under a wide-spreading tree, and then struck off to the left between beds of plants toward a huge many-trunked pine. There was a massive stone wall with a doorway in it, and in the farthest part of the garden,...
Well, FINALLY I completed a pilgrimage that's been about 3 years in the making... You see I LOVE Sumo, I've followed it for about 7 years, and for the last 3 have been trying to get tickets for a tournament whenever I happen to be here. I've been 1 t...
C. G. Jung and his family resisted publication of his Red Book for over 75 years based on concerns over two kinds of people: academic colleagues they feared would lose respect for him, and adherents to his philosophy whose devotion bordered on relig...
Introduction
I wander back into what remains of this once-great civilisation, with no idea whether there is anyone still around to observe me. But it doesn't really matter if nobody sees. I'm doing this for me, and if anyone else stumbles across it...
[This is not a retro, just a late write-up, I promise. It occurred the Thursday after my Level Zero candidacy task. Pics may come later, if I get them]
The Oneida County Welsh Festival.
My father had been planning this trip for AGES, and was absolu...
i had a long journey to the desert ahead of me, i needed money so i found a job. i became the night guard for the tnt fireworks company so i could afford burning man. i worked every single night for two months straight during the hours of 8pm to 4 am...
I should perhaps have added something about it being possible for it to be a "non-religious" or "non-standard" "pilgrimage". To a sports stadium say, or somewhere that has great PERSONAL meaning.