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Travels With a Stick

A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela
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Almost 300,000 people 'officially' complete the journey to Santiago each year, with hundreds of thousands more travelling at least part of the way. In Travels With a Stick, Richard Frazer discovers on his pilgrimage to the shrine of St James the Great how a journey, wherever... Read More
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Thisunique and engrossing travelogue which paints a vivid picture of the journey along the'Camino' trail and is also a very personal account of the way in which pilgrim journeys can be a source of emotional transformation, enable the rediscovery of our oneness with the natural, and be a source of spiritual healing.

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Almost 300,000 people 'officially' complete the journey to Santiago each year, with hundreds of thousands more travelling at least part of the way.

In Travels With a Stick, Richard Frazer discovers on his pilgrimage to the shrine of St James the Great how a journey, wherever it is made, undertaken with an open and hospitable heart can provide spiritual renewal and transformation, filling what many people see as the spiritual void in 21st-century life.

This absorbing account reveals how the pilgrim journey can be nourishment for the human heart. It connects us to landscape and brings us to the mystery of what it is to be human, vulnerable, and open to the kindness of strangers and the gift of the new and the unexpected.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780279299

Publisher: Birlinn General

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Birlinn Ltd

Edition: New Edition

Illustration: 8 Plates, color

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Alastair McIntosh

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 223g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Richard Frazerwas minister of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. He founded and chairs the Grassmarket Community Project, which helps the most vulnerable. He has been influential in the revival of pilgrimage in Scotland and in the Church of Scotland's decision to officially promote and revive pilgrimage after 450 years.

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