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Title: Following the Milky Way: A Pilgrimage on the Camino De Santiago by Elyn Aviva ISBN: 0-9710609-0-8 Publisher: Pilgrims' Process Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: "If we were religious, would it hurt less?"
Comment: The review heading is a quote from day 10, July 18, 1982 in Elyn Aviva's fascinating tapestry of trail journal and scholarly insight. This story was first published in 1989. The 2nd edition was published in 2001. Prior to the 2nd edition, the author walked the Camino again in 1997 and again in 2000.
The Camino in 1982 was a vastly different experience from the modern Camino, and for this reason the author has left the text of the body unchanged except for some editing. She has added an 18 page Introduction to the 2nd Edition where she describes some of the changes over the last twenty years and talks about the other pre Christian pilgrimage routes that some believe evolved into the Christian Camino.
I had never read the original edition, and really enjoyed the account of Elyn and her friend Bill's journey. They had never backpacked before, and started out carrying heavy packs, wearing new boots, and throughout the book I emphasized with the experience of new backpackers, gradually becoming fit. In 1982 there were few refugios compared to today, and frequently they slept under the open sky. The trail was poorly marked, sometimes non existent compared to today. Sometimes they had to hitch. Particularly in the earlier part of the trek, the local people did not look on pilgrims with favor.
Each day gets a section in the book, with a little map showing maybe a third of the entire Camino, with a little bracket showing the distance walked for the day. The first day has a similar map of the entire route - not a map for detailed info, but a simple line with place names. Day 1 starts in St. Jean Pied de Port and the book ends with Day 47 - leaving Santiago.
Anyone who has walked the Camino will appreciate this story, and anyone about to travel the route will benefit from the history included with the day to day narrative.
Modern day walkers - read this for background, but be sure to get the Confraternity of St. James The Camino Frances guide to take with you, as well as either John Brierley's guide or Davies and Cole's guide. Also, check the forums such as GoCamino and Santiagobis and websites such as backpack45.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best on the Camino.
Comment: Elyn Aviva has written an excellent book on walking the Camino. She includes the human interest angle as well as interesting info about the history, cultural aspects, and architecture. The fact that her walk was in 1982, before the Camino became the popular pilgrimage route it is now, is quite interesting. I consider this book to be a great addition to my growing library of books on this subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: Going to Santiago...a must read!
Comment: This account of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, made in 1982, before the current resurgence, contains everything you need to know about history, architecture, myth and legend along the ancient route across northern Spain and more. It is a personal account, but one chock full of customs and lore, as well as facts and individual musings on the nature of pilgrimage and what drives a pilgrim to leave home and hearth to trek 500 miles to the medieval end of the world.
Elyn tells her story with humor and pathos and ask the reader to consider just what the pilgrimage route and the symbols contained therein might really mean for today's pilgrims. It is, after all, both an inner and outer journey.
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Title: Walking the Camino de Santiago by Bethan Davies, Ben Cole ISBN: 097316980X Publisher: Pili Pala Press Pub. Date: 03 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago : The Complete Cultural Handbook by David M. Gitlitz, Linda Kay Davidson ISBN: 0312254164 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: El Camino: Walking to Santiago De Compostela (Penn State Series in Lived Religious Experience) by Lee Hoinacki ISBN: 0271016124 Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $38.50 |
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Title: Pilgrim Stories: On and Off the Road to Santiago by Nancy Louise Frey ISBN: 0520217519 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Pilgrim's Guide to the Camino Frances: From St. Jean Pied De Port to Santiago De Compostela by John Brierley ISBN: 1844090108 Publisher: Findhorn Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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