Pilgrimages
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Every year I try to get to some bluebell woods (not last year of course) and this year was no exception. A 4:30 alarm call and forty minute drive, are we all mad or what !!
The same wood as the last image, how different it looks !!
Just returning from our annual Pilgrimage to Tofino where a shorebird festival is hosted every year. My husband and I decided to keep our plan to go even if the weather forecast had shifted at the last minute and wildlife photography opportunities were going to be limited. This time the forecast was right and we sure had a load of rain and fog. But, Tofino rain or shine or fog is still Tofino.... I know that these distant shots are not as popular as close-up but I like to take them.... It is always a challenge to try a full frame on these scenes of wildlife in their habitat. Here is a marble godwit (left) with a Whimbrel (right) .... We have been visiting Tofino for several years and we always find practically at the same location a pair of Whimbrels with one solitary godwitt hanging around together... never the other way around.... makes me wonder if they are the same birds, like us, on their annual pilgrimage to Tofino :) . The irony of it all is that while we were away, Victoria had a real windfall of shorebirds of all kinds. As many as 30 Whimbrels among other things showed up at the Victoria Golf Course.... that is life I guess :) I will be posting more from Tofino over the next couple of days.
Croagh Patrick is a mountain and an important site of pilgrimage in County Mayo, Ireland.
From ancient times pilgrims have climbed the mountain barefoot, as an act of penance.
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Inside the main Sanctuary temple at the pilgrimage site of Lalish, preserving the tomb of Sheikh Adi, main figure of the Yezidi faith.
The place is wrapped with knotted prayer cloths, that pilgrims may tie and untie, thus releasing the previous pilgrim's wish to be granted.
Throughout their history, the Yazidi were always heavily persecuted. The latest was in 2014, when Daesh (ISIS) killed many Yazidis and kidnapped girls, young women and boys. Boys to be brainwashed and trained as warriors and girls to be sold as (sex) slaves. The genocide caused many Yazidis to be forced to leave their ancestral lands in Northern Iraq.
Submitted: 25/06/2019
Accepted: 01/07/2019
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me. Only in the Heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
- Kabir
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The Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Francesco, Latin: Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor—commonly known as the Franciscan Order—in Assisi, Italy, the city where St. Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. With its accompanying friary, the basilica is a distinctive landmark to those approaching Assisi. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.
The basilica, which was begun in 1228, is built into the side of a hill and comprises two churches known as the Upper Church and the Lower Church, and a crypt where the remains of the saint are interred. The interior of the Upper Church is an important early example of the Gothic style in Italy. The Upper and Lower Churches are decorated with frescoes by numerous late medieval painters from the Roman and Tuscan schools, and include works by Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzetti and possibly Pietro Cavallini. The range and quality of the works gives the basilica a unique importance in demonstrating the development of Italian art of this period.
Submitted 26/05/2014
Accepted 23/06/2014
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Ranakpur in Rajasthan, India has one of the biggest and most important Jain temple complexes of India, covering an area nearly 4500 square yards, and having 29 halls. Located about 200 km from Jodhpur, Ranakpur is one of the five most important pilgrimage sites of Jainism. Chaumukha temple is dedicated to Lord Adinath, the first Tirthankara.
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In der Nähe von Graupa, wo Richard Wagner während seiner Arbeit an der Oper Lohengrin wohnte, befindet sich im Liebethaler Grund das größte Richard-Wagner-Denkmal der Welt, ein Wallfahrtsort für viele Wagnerianer.
Das Denkmal stellt Wagner als Gralsritter dar. Zu seinen Füßen sind fünf Figuren dargestellt, die die Elemente seiner Musik verkörpern: das sphärische, das lyrische, das dramatische, das dionysische und das dämonische. Die Figuren aus Bronze sind über vier Meter hoch, zusammen mit dem Sandsteinsockel hat das Denkmal eine Höhe von 12,5 m.
Das Denkmal wurde 1911/12 vom Bildhauer und Maler Richard Guhr entworfen. Er war Professor für Monumentalkunst an der Akademie Dresden und leidenschaftlicher Wagnerianer. Ursprünglich sollte das Denkmal im Großen Garten in Dresden aufgestellt werden, der Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges und die Wirtschaftskrise ließen es jedoch in Vergessenheit geraten.
Wagnerfreunde entdeckten das Denkmal in den 30er Jahren wieder und ließen es an seinem heutigen Standort an der Wesenitz errichten. Die Familie Staude, damals Besitzer der Lochmühle im Liebethaler Grund, wo Wagner 1846 Teile seiner Opern Lohengrin und Tannhäuser schrieb, stellte das Grundstück dafür kostenlos zur Verfügung, Richard Guhr finanzierte den Aufbau des Denkmals und den Sandsteinsockel. Am 21. Mai 1933, dem 50. Todestag Wagners, wurde das Denkmal enthüllt und war damit das erste Wagnerdenkmal in Sachsen.
Near Graupa, where Richard Wagner lived while working on the opera Lohengrin, the Liebethaler Grund is home to the largest Richard Wagner monument in the world, a place of pilgrimage for many Wagnerians.
The monument depicts Wagner as a Knight of the Grail. At his feet are five figures that embody the elements of his music: the spherical, the lyrical, the dramatic, the Dionysian and the demonic. The bronze figures are over four meters high, and together with the sandstone base, the monument is 12.5 m high.
The monument was designed in 1911/12 by the sculptor and painter Richard Guhr. He was a professor of monumental art at the Dresden Academy and a passionate Wagnerian. The monument was originally intended to be erected in the Great Garden in Dresden, but the outbreak of the First World War and the economic crisis caused it to be forgotten.
Wagner friends rediscovered the monument in the 1930s and had it erected at its current location on the Wesenitz. The Staude family, then owners of the Lochmühle in Liebethaler Grund, where Wagner wrote parts of his operas Lohengrin and Tannhäuser in 1846, made the property available free of charge, and Richard Guhr financed the construction of the monument and the sandstone base. The monument was unveiled on May 21, 1933, the 50th anniversary of Wagner's death, making it the first Wagner monument in Saxony.
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Helena, the mother of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine, stopped by Konya on her way to Jerusalem for pilgrimage in 327 CE and saw the carved temples of the early Christians here, and decided to build a temple in Sille for the Christians. Church of Agia Eleni has survived to the present day after undergoing repairs for centuries. Now it is a museum.
I have rested for a while, my pilgrimage nearly at its end
I constantly seek a connection, my spirit searching for meaning
But often I feel as though I have just missed you
In reaching for you it's as if I am trying too much
You come to me at the point of stillness,
Often when I turn around to say goodbye
And then I see your glory and inspiration
And marvel that I did not see you before
But I was not looking in the right places
Because you were always there beside me
It is as though we have to stop to start
And the pilgrimage just opens our heart
This beautiful detail of a Stained Glass Window in Glynde Church, Sussex, UK of St.Peter’s resting feet made me think of those who undertake a difficult pilgrimage, some going barefoot all the way, and the dedication it takes to do this. Not only that, it was the fact that these feet looked so vulnerable. And this is the meaning of pilgrimage, to make ourselves open and receptive to what thoughts or guidance that might come. It is the journey, rather than the destination that is often important.
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This is my second favourite from yesterday's light extravaganza in Upper Padley.
Looks like a still from a film I feel.
Make of it what you will.
Happy days.
For a good photo you go already once to the knees ;-)
The Zwiefalter Münster Unserer Lieben Frau is a baroque building that was the monastery church of the Benedictine abbey of Zwiefalten until 1803. It has been a parish and pilgrimage church since 1812. The Zwiefalter Münster is one of the largest churches in Germany.
We visited Roseberry Topping and Newton Woods, today, on our annual pilgrimage to see the beautiful natural display of Bluebells. Walking up through the trees, we could hear a Cuckoo and the flowers were at their very best.
Chanctonbury Ring is a prehistoric hill fort atop Chanctonbury Hill on the South Downs, on the border of the civil parishes of Washington and Wiston in the English county of West Sussex. A ridgeway, now part of the South Downs Way, runs along the hill.
After its final abandonment around the late fourth century AD, the hill fort remained unoccupied save for grazing cattle until a mid-18th-century landowner planted a ring of beech trees around its perimeter to beautify the site. They became a famous local landmark until largely being destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987. Periodic replanting on a number of occasions to replace old or destroyed trees has afforded archaeologists the opportunity to carry out a series of excavations which have revealed much about the history of the site.
It was certainly worth visiting, very enjoyable indeed. I found this particular group of trees fascinating, like a mother and her children.
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