“Gee, so you’re developing a mini-Compostela?” That was the question of the owner of Oortjeshekken, a monumental river café/hotel on our pioneer route. I had told her that pilgrims 4 to 6 days with telephone and internet as much as possible And that we are looking for distinctive pilgrimage customs, symbolically charged staging points and inns where pilgrims can easily and cheaply spend the night.
A mini-Compostela. For people who don’t have time to go to Spainbut still want to live the pilgrim experience. A simple and powerful way to set up the Walk of Wisdom.
Still, I would think it would be a shame if the Walk of Wisdom becomes a (small) Santiago. We can learn from the ritual creativity of that route, but The old idea of pilgrimage lends itself beautifully to new themes such as the quest of a world that is becoming more and more one, but is far from it. Or the desire for connection without giving up our individuality.
How can we Linking big questions to the more personal onesof the pilgrim? I have the intuition that it can be done, but not the pretense that I know how to do it. I can’t do it on my own, I know that. That’s why I’d like to present you with a number of ideas 16 September at 7.30 pm in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen. Would you like to join us?
Location: Stevenskerk Nijmegen Date: 16 September 2014
19.00-19.30 coffee and tea 7.30 pm Presentation Damien: how do you start a pilgrimage tradition? 20.00 Exchange, led by chairman of the day Richard Engelfriet 8.30 pm Break: coffee and tea 8.45 pm Auction led by auctioneer Tim Haarlemmer 9.30 pm Closing: surprise
https://walkofwisdom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/walk-of-wisdom-logo-main-156.png00Damiaan Messinghttps://walkofwisdom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/walk-of-wisdom-logo-main-156.pngDamiaan Messing2014-09-14 08:19:402014-09-14 08:19:40Auction and friends’ evening: how do you develop a new pilgrimage route?
Damiaan was pionier van de Walk of Wisdom samen met Manja en een heleboel vrijwilligers. Eind 2024 heeft hij de stichting verlaten om zich toe te leggen op een leven als 'aardse mysticus'. Hij werkt als helpende in de zorg en is te volgen via zijn website broeder damiaan.
Extensive Report Friends Evening and – Auction