The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred
At a glance
The Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau, the award-winning writer and host of the PBS series Global Spirit, is a guide to making any trip a meaningful, spiritual journey. It draws on stories, myths and meditations from travelers of many faiths and includes over 70 illustrations.
The Spiritual Traveler’s Travel Guide
“A must read before a trip.” ―Escape
“One of the greatest travel books I have ever read.” ―Peter Feibleman, author of Lilly: Reminiscences of Lillian Hellman
#1 Bestseller in Atlases & Maps
The classic guide to making travel meaningful. The Art of Pilgrimage is a travel guide full of inspiration for the spiritual traveler.
Not just for pilgrims. We are descendants of nomads. And although we no longer partake in this nomadic life, the instinct to travel remains. Whether we’re planning a trip or buying a secondhand copy of Siddhartha, we’re always searching for a journey, a pilgrimage. With remarkable stories from famous travelers, poets, and modern-day pilgrims, The Art of Pilgrimage is for the mindful traveler who longs for something more than diversion and escape.
Rick Steves with a literary twist. Through literary travel stories and meditations, award-winning writer, filmmaker and host of the acclaimed Global Spirit PBS series, Phil Cousineau, shows readers that travel is worthy of mindfulness and spiritual examination. Learn to approach travel with a desire for risk and renewal, practicing intentionality and being present.
Spiritual travel for the soul. If you’re looking for reasons to travel, this is it. Whether traveling to Mecca or Memphis, Stonehenge or Cooperstown, one’s journey becomes meaningful when the traveler’s heart and imagination are open to experiencing the sacred. The Art of Pilgrimage shows that there is something sacred waiting to be discovered around us.
Inside find:
- Inspirational stories, myths, parables, and quotes from many travelers and many faiths
- How to see with the “eyes of the heart”
- Over 70 illustrations
If you enjoyed books like The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho, Unlikely Pilgrim, Zen on the Trail, or Pilgrimage─The Sacred Art, then The Art of Pilgrimage is a travel companion you’ll want to have with you.
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Book details
- Author
- Phil Cousineau
- Imprint
- Conari Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 298
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Travel › Special Interest › Literary
Travel › Maps & Road Atlases
Reference › Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps
Mind, Body, Spirit › Inspiration & Personal Growth - Topics
- sacred travel · spiritual journey · meaningful travel · travel inspiration · nomadic life · literary travel
- ISBN-13
- 9781642502909
About the author
PHIL COUSINEAU is a writer, filmmaker, editor, and lecturer with more than 35 books translated into more than ten languages and 15 scriptwriting credits.
Cousineau is an award-winning writer who has appeared alongside Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith. He has been featured on CNN, the Discovery Channel, and the Smithsonian Channel, and has been interviewed in Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times.
When he’s not writing, Cousineau serves as host and co-writer of Global Spirit on PBS-TV and leads one or two small group travel programs or writing retreats each year.
Phil lives with his family in North Beach in San Francisco, California.