Beebe Bahrami

The Way of the Wild Goose (eBook, ePUB)

Three Pilgrimages Following Geese, Stars, and Hunches on the Camino de Santiago in France and Spain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

2023 Foreword INDIES Award Winner Silver: Travel


A pilgrimage-turned-adventure story in pursuit of a pagan mystery on the Camino de Santiago across France and Spain

"In Beebe Bahrami's The Way of the Wild Goose, a mystery, the wild feminine, and trail magic come together on the Camino de Santiago....Bahrami affirms that the Camino is more than a mere roadit's an initiation. With skill and insight, she details the joys, challenges, and human kindness she experienced on this 'great leyline forged from the mix of natural earth energies with the human imagination' that became her road to self-discovery and a heart-centered life." Foreword Reviews; starred review

With three pilgrimages across southern France and northern Spain defining author and anthropologist Beebe Bahrami's single journey on the Camino de Santiago, The Way of the Wild Goose recounts an inner and outer journey full of wild nature, ancient roads and history, quirky pilgrims, wise and humorous locals, and mysterious folklore. It's a compelling tale of quest, initiation, and transformation following the Way of Saint James.

The book is also a detective story that reveals an old mystery: Why is the goose associated with the medieval Camino de Santiago, and how did it come to preserve a whole universe of pagan, pre-Christian lore in one innocent symbol? Longtime trekker Bahrami decided to find out, and unknowingly catapulted herself into a true wild goose chase, unearthing a magnetically alive and meaningful long walk on the ancient roads in France and Spainand a journey into the Self.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Monkfish Book Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781948626644
• Artikelnr.: 63541623

Autorenporträt

Award-winning writer and anthropologist Beebe Bahrami is the author of the travel memoirs Café Oc and Café Neandertal and several travel guides, including The Spiritual Traveler Spain and Moon Camino de Santiago. Her essays appear in BBC Travel, Wine Enthusiast, Archaeology, the Pennsylvania Gazette, Perceptive Travel, and other publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Meeting the Goose xi
Part I: La Reine Pédauque: A pilgrimage in France
1 On a Goose-Footed Threshold 3
2 The Game of the Goose 12
3 Square One 19
4 The First Goose 29
5 Pigeon, Boar, Rabbit 36
6 The Bridge 40
7 The Second Goose 46
8 The Third Goose 49
9 Amber Wine 58
10 Twenty-Six Ducks 63
11 The Inn 68
12 Wild Boar, Pigs, and Pugs 73
13 The Tempest 78
14 The Recluse 85
15 The Fourth Goose 91
16 La Reine Pédauque 95
Part II: The Mistress of Animals: A pilgrimage in France and Spain
17 The Dice 101
18 The Fifth Goose 110
19 The Well 113
20 The Sixth Goose 119
21 The Ice Storm 126
22 The Seventh Goose 129
23 An Angel and a Saint 133
24 The Eighth Goose 141
25 The Serpent 146
26 The Ninth Goose 158
27 Melusine 168
28 The Rooster and the Hen 173
29 The Deer 177
30 The Tenth Goose 183
31 Red Roses and White Honeybees 193
32 Call Me Ishmael 199
33 The Labyrinth 205
34 The Ebro 217
35 Mistress of Animals 221
36 Prehistoric Pilgrims 227
37 Nirvana 235
38 Sa’di’s Daughter 238
39 Our Lady of Sarlat 240
40 The Sport of Joy 246
Part III: The Swan: A pilgrimage in France and Spain
41 Returning 251
42 The Alchemical Journey 255
43 The Gift 262
44 The Valley Way 267
45 The Eleventh Goose 276
46 Saint Martin’s Goose 280
47 The Fork in the Road 284
48 Cygnus 294
49 Saint James’s Dice 298
50 Mary’s Dice 303
51 House of the Gods 313
52 The Gander 317
53 The Tower 320
54 The Dragonfly 324
55 The Twelfth Goose 328
56 The Castle 336
57 The Castro 341
58 Death 350
59 The Thirteenth Goose 355
60 Arriving 361
61 The Lamia 369
62 Between the Setting Sun and the North Star 373
63 The Swan 378
Epilogue: Meeting the Goose, Again 383