Priscillian
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 1999, Aragones 2000, Desde Le Puy 2002, Portuguese 2009, hoping RDLP 2014
When I walked my first Camino, I was staying at Manjarin and very late at night a bicycle pilgrim came in. He sat by the fire and spoke to no-one. I was told his name and that he had cycled from Jerusulem on a very old bicycle. He had, apparently, taken a vow of silence and carried a notebook. "If he thinks you deserve an answer, he will write you one". This provoked some conversation. One man had walked with someone who had taken a picture of this enigmatic pilgrim which, once the film had developed, had not come out. "Ah," said Tomas, knowingly, "es un angel".
I saw him (I think he may have been French) pass me the next morning and heard no more about him. No-one else I encountered had ever seen him.
Now, Manjarin at the best of times is a place to set your imagination wandering, but...
I have just posted in the Camino Books thread an invitation to learn something more about my new book "Compostela". In it, the main character has hallucinations in Santiago when she is accepted at the University to write her doctoral thesis. Her partner returns to the Camino - this time the Camino Portuguese. I would be most appreciative if Forum members have any "weird" experiences they would be willing to share which might be incorporated in the book. All messages will be acknowledged, and, if used in the book, a name mentioned in the Acknowledgements section if authorised.
Tracy Saunders
see also: http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.com
and
http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.blogspot.com
I saw him (I think he may have been French) pass me the next morning and heard no more about him. No-one else I encountered had ever seen him.
Now, Manjarin at the best of times is a place to set your imagination wandering, but...
I have just posted in the Camino Books thread an invitation to learn something more about my new book "Compostela". In it, the main character has hallucinations in Santiago when she is accepted at the University to write her doctoral thesis. Her partner returns to the Camino - this time the Camino Portuguese. I would be most appreciative if Forum members have any "weird" experiences they would be willing to share which might be incorporated in the book. All messages will be acknowledged, and, if used in the book, a name mentioned in the Acknowledgements section if authorised.
Tracy Saunders
see also: http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.com
and
http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.blogspot.com