{Shikoku Hachijūhachikasho Meguri}
--BOOKS & PAPERS ABOUT THE PILGRIMAGE--
-BOOKS ON OTHER PILGRIMAGES & PILGRIMAGE IN GENERAL-
First You Shave Your Head
, Geri LARKIN. This is Geri's accounting of a pilgrimage she made in Korea with her teacher, Samu Sunim. I like anything Geri writes, it's so down to earth. She pulls no punches in this book. Her pilgrimage was hard, it was agonizing, it brought tears on most days, it tested everything she thought she understood, it was a window into her heart and being.
Cellestial Arts, 2001
Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture
, Victor & Edith TURNER. So many people cite this book when they talk and write about pilgrimage that i finally decided i needed to read it first hand. While it focuses on Christian pilgrimages, they explore the
idea
of pilgrimage in depth and that makes this appropriate reading for Shikoku as well.
Columbia University Press, 1978
(There is a new 1995 edition, but i haven't seen it)
Liminal to Liminoid, in Play, Flow, and Ritual: An Essay in Comparative Symbology
. Victor TURNER.
Rice University Studies
Vol. 60, Pages 53-92
1974
Pilgrimages
, Richard BARBER. A very short introduction to pilgrimage in general then studies of the main pilgrimages in each of the major spiritual traditions. The final chapter is a good look at the commonalities found in pilgrimage across all all traditions.
The Boydell Press, 1991
Pilgrimage: Adventures of the Spirit
, edited by Sean and James O'REILLY. Memoirs from people who have made various pilgrimages and sacred travels around the world.
Travelers' Tales, 2000
Pilgrimage and Communitas
. Victor TURNER's first indepth look at pilgrimage, the concept of communitas, and how these two relate to each other.
Studia Missionalia
Vol. 23, Pages 305-327
1974
Sacred Journeys: An Illustrated Guide to Pilgrimages Around the World
, Jennifer WESTWOOD. A catalog of pilgrimages around the world.
Henry Hold & Co., 1997
The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred
, Phil COUSINEAU. A very good book on the
art
of making a pilgrimage more than just a hike.
MJF Books, 1998
The Center out There: Pilgrim's Goal
, Victor TURNER. This appears to be his first attempt to write about and introduce people to his themes of communitas and liminality. Somewhere else he said he started thinking about the ideas in the mid-1960's but here he say he says he is introducing a "work in progress" as he is still developing the ideas. In fact, the term liminoid doesn't even appear at this early stage.
History of Religions
Vol 12, No. 3, Pages 191-230
Feb. 1973
Variations On A Theme Of Liminality
, Victor TURNER. Chapter 3 in the book
Secular Ritual
. Continuing discussion of the theme of liminalality, and the introduction and explanation of its cousin, liminoid.
Sally Moore & Barbara Myerhoff, Editors
Van Gorcum & Co., 1977
Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road
, Sally Hovey WRIGGINS. The pilgrim of all pilgrims. The mother of all pilgrimages. Xuanzang, or Hsuan Tsang as may of us are used to seeing it, spent 16 years on the henro trail. He left the Chinese capital of Chang'an in 629 even though the emperor had personnaly forbid it. He walked west along the silk road, worked his way to India to study Buddhism at its source, and returned 16 years later a hero and leader of Chinese Buddhism.
Westview Press, 1996
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