Sunday, December 8, 2013

Mitchell Genovese Image and Pilgrimage 2

Symbols and images help to embody a pilgrimage experience, as stated in Image and Pilgrimage.  It is these symbols that bring new people on the pilgrimage and continue it on.  Things like shrines can have a great impact on pilgrimages because it is a marker of accomplishment and traveling down a path that was carved out a long time ago.  Having a sense of carrying on a legacy or a pilgrimage from the past can make the experience even stronger.  It can probably even cause the pilgrim to go on completely new pilgrimages as well.  I never really knew how important shrines and symbols and pictures embodying pilgrimage can be.  It is why many are still going on today.

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