Posts tagged Pilgrimage

Labyrinths

This week it was warm enough and dry enough for me to walk my favorite local labyrinth. It sits high on a hill overlooking Canandaigua Lake which brings joy as well as serenity to my visit. This labyrinth is made of well-groomed grass. I get the added pleasure of seeing clover blossoms with the occasional bee buzzing around as I walk it (in shoes and socks). The only place I like better is a labyrinth along a white sandy beach where I can walk barefoot.

Celtic Wisdom, Celtic Spirit, travel, thin placesJeanne CraneMay 9, 2022# labyrinth, Finger Lakes, Ireland, scotland, norway, canada, journey, Pilgrimage, christiansComment

St. Winifred’s Well-1300 Years of Pilgrimage

Winifred was venerated through stories of her ability to heal. Legend has it she was a 7th century princess who refused a powerful prince who then beheaded her. Her uncle restored her to life, and she became a virgin martyr and a 12th century saint.

Royalty and peasants alike visited through the centuries, for healing and thanksgiving. Fertility was also promised by the cleansing waters of its spring.

Celtic Wisdom, thin places, travelJeanne CraneOctober 7, 2019wales, Holywell, travel, st. winifred's well, spirituality, Pilgrimage, Great Britian, healing, Celtic Spirit