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‘The Walk of Wisdom was perhaps the most beautiful long-distance route so far’ (Ellie Smeekens and Maarten Smits)

We are developing the Walk of Wisdom as a pilgrimage ritual where you walk for several days with your phone and internet off. But we wouldn't be "the path of your own wisdom" if pilgrims did things very differently. Below is a nice report by…

Royalties pins waived

Pilgrim is the face of the Walk of Wisdom and designed by Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas. We can use the symbol - or, as the artists prefer to call it, 'icon' - free of charge. We only pay a small fee on the pins in our starter packs. The royalties…

Headstrong Duc de Berry admires the pilgrim’s Book of Hours of the Walk of Wisdom

And suddenly there he was, Saturday afternoon in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen: the medieval duke Duc de Berry in his brocade blue houppelande. He appeared during the festive gathering of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom where a special pilgrim's…

Wisdom comes when there is connection

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One of our warmest guest addresses is that of Ryon Groenen in Mook. Pilgrims can spend the night there for a voluntary fee ('donativo'). Ryon usually picks up pilgrims at the bench on the Mookerschans: a hilly piece of heath bordered by trees.…
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Silent walk on Saturday 3 June with the theme ‘Celebrating’

 The Walk of Wisdom in a year-round 'Celebrate'. That is the theme of the third guided silent walk. Celebrating is making an opportunity together to think back to a moment, a period, a day or an event. On Saturday 3 June at 11.00 a.m.,…

Nice (and laudatory!) analysis of our departure ceremony

Esther Zawiolkowski wrote a nice analysis of our departure ceremony for the celebrants training of the University of Humanistic Studies. She calls the ceremony "an example of beautiful ritualism." Read her paper via this link (download) I…

The Book of Hours is finished!

The unique edition of our pilgrim's book of hours is finished Seasons of Life was published at our opening in 2015. The book contains stories by Tommy Wieringa and Herman Wijffels, among others, about an important life experience and 40 reproductions…

‘These were days full of surprises, surrounded by beautiful people and nature’ (pilgrim Marlou Elsen)

On April 27, 2017, I turned 60. The ancient Greeks called 60 the age of the philosopher – the human being who searches for the deeper meaning of things and fundamental values. I recognize myself in this and wanted to celebrate my birthday…

“When the rains beat around your ears…”

The theme of our silent walk tomorrow is security (more). I asked editor Lucy Holl when she experiences that. 'I experience security in very different ways. When I'm with people who are on the same wavelength, for example. Or when I can work…

The Wisdom of Small Questions

Nowadays I prefer to walk on the Walk of Wisdom at appointments. Walking makes contact freer, the topic of conversation is literally under our feet and even at small distances there is enough time for two questions that occupy me: what is wisdom…