Former bank CEO Herman Wijffels

The prominent and progressive former leader of Rabobank Herman Wijffels has been the first to declare himself willing to become a symbolic forerunner of the Walk of Wisdom. He will also contribute to the contemporary book of hours and pilgrimage…
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First step towards permission for pioneer path

    Pioneer route and Wandelnet foundation On July 18, on behalf of the Walk of Wisdom , I visited an employee of the Wandelnet foundation. Stichting Wandelnet is the owner of the 117-kilometre-long Streekpad Nijmegen. We want to use…
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Walk of Wisdom will recruit ambassadors

Ambassadors Walk of Wisdom As Walk of Wisdom , we want to send out fund applications in September/October 2013. The foundation needs money to develop the new pilgrimage route that should start in the summer of 2015. We are now busy writing the…
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Walk of Wisdom signs cooperation agreement with Intermedi-art gallery

Contemporary Book of Hours and Pilgrims On Thursday 25 July, Damiaan Messing, chairman of the Walk of Wisdom foundation, signed a cooperation agreement with Theo van Stiphout of the Intermedi-Art gallery. Every year, Intermedi-Art organizes…
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Arnhem-Nijmegen region cooperates

On Monday 18 March, Huub and Adelheid and I were guests at the regional tourist office Arnhem-Nijmegen . The region connects many of the major cities of the pioneer route we have in mind for the Walk of Wisdom . The director of the agency, Jurriaan…
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Invited by the Arnhem-Nijmegen region

We take another step towards the new pilgrimage route: on Monday 18 March, Huub and Adelheid and I are expected to visit the director of the regional tourist office of the Arnhem-Nijmegen region, Mr. Jurriaan de Mol. The Regional Tourist Office…
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Enthusiastic reception at Mayor Beuningen

This afternoon Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas and I visited the municipality of Beuningen to talk about the plans for the Walk of Wisdom. We were welcomed by the alderman of Finance Henk Plaizier and the mayor Carol van Eert. Their welcome was…
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Invited to the mayor’s office

And another step: on Thursday 14 February, Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas are expected together with me at the mayor of Beuningen and his alderman for finance. This will be the first time for me that I will be able to talk about our plans with…
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Establishment of Walk of Wisdom Foundation and Logo

On July 30, 2011 we received a special request from Damiaan Messing for a meeting to exchange ideas. He enthusiastically explained that as a ritual researcher in development, he dreamed of a new, global pilgrimage route that would connect people…
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The region is on the move

In my blog A route without a route!? I explain that the Walk of Wisdom only exists in our imagination: we are working hard to realize a first part of 117 kilometers. We want to do this in the Nijmegen region through a pioneering route…