In most Buddhist traditions, pilgrimages aim mainly at two things: enlightenment and liberation from suffering.
Pilgrimages in Shinto thus seek to bring pilgrims in contact with nature, with the divine forces dwelling in it, and with their own selves
The Camino de Santiago is not a single path, but rather a vast web. Here you can find some of the most established and popular routes
Some cities shine with a unique intensity – cities considered holy, where the streets seem to echo with countless prayers. But what elevates a city to this sacred status?
The first temple in Jerusalem was built during the reign of Solomon. From then on, people made regular pilgrimages to offer sacrifices to God at his altars.
Every faithful Muslim must make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime –if not impeded by any force majeure event, condition, or circumstance.
In a way, pilgrimages are as old as mankind. Being at the very base of ancient traditions still practiced and preserved by millions of people, pilgrimages are far from being…
For Abraham, the search for the promised land also became an existential search for the unknown, the transcendent, the radically other.
Whereas, literally speaking, the Latin word peregrinus means one who has come from afar, a pilgrim is not a just a tourist