From the North-west passage to Niels Bohr via Bruce Chatwin, Bardsey Island, Joan Baez and Blue Whales, our journey on this podcast explores the physicality, spirituality and ‘otherness’ of pilgrimage. Recorded on location on the Camino de Santiago in Asturias, northern Spain we ponder the meaning of this human act of endurance, faith and meditation.
What do we learn when we feel the earth on our skin and feel, and touch or reconnect to, something more: to meet the crossing points to our ancestors, or the migratory routes of birds, or profound non-human experiences. Accompany us and discover if we are in fact ‘nobody to the hills; just a body, feeling’.
With music by Colin Williams.
THEME MUSIC BY DAVID ROTHENBERG. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST http://www.davidrothenberg.net
Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here:
Asturias Biodiverse Camino de Santiago Oviedo Cathedral of San Salvador Frédéric Gros: A Philosophy of Walking Satish Kumar Green lanes Croagh, Ireland Kumano Kodō, Japan Kumano Shan Zan Via Francigena, Italy Pilgrims Way, North Wales Holywell Bardsey Island Mount Kailash Circuit Tibet Matthew Oates Migration of birds Santa Cristina de Lena Swifts Shamanism John Clare Brill Building, Broadway Goffin & King Elton John Cafe Wah?, Greenwich Village Ellis Island Sicilian Black Mountains, Wales Bruce Chatwin Niels Bohr Quantum Physics Paleolithic rock art John Coltrane Joan Baez Bob Dylan Blue Whale Northwest Passage John Franklin Michael Palin: Erebus Stan Rodgers Michael Meade: Fate and Destiny the Two Agreements of the Soul