THE NEW SEEKERS

MODERN PILGRIMS QUIETLY TRAVEL ON FOOT TO PLACES WITH MEANING OR SIGNIFICANCE. CLARE GOGERTY STEPS IN ALONGSIDE THEM

Illustrations: GERALDINE SY/GOOD ILLUSTRATION

YOU MAY HAVE been on a pilgrimage without even knowing it. All it takes is to walk purposefully towards a place that means something to you. I realised this one spring on Iona in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. I heard that there was a Well of Eternal Youth on the island’s highest point. The trek up the hill to the spring wasn’t particularly long or arduous. As I ascended, the island with its white, sandy shores and turquoise sea revealed itself beneath me. It was a crisp, sunny spring day and I walked slowly and carefully among the flowers that had just begun to open. I found the well on the side of a hill – a deep pool surrounded by rocks, its surface rippled by the wind. Sitting beside it,…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2017 - Issue 58

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