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The origin of the word ‘pilgrimage’
The word
‘pilgrimage’ derives from the Latin peregrinus, meaning ‘foreign’,
derived from peregre, meaning ‘going’ abroad, derived from ‘per-
(through) + ager (field). In short,
the word ‘pilgrimage’ means: journey (abroad), elsewhere called itinerarium
(see Bonaventure, and whose book on pilgrimage is a sorry affair). A ‘pilgrim’
is someone who is on a journey, hence is not at home. The goal of
pilgrimage is to come home. Coming home
means: creating a true self. Only a true self (and which is wholly unique,
hence fundamentally random) is capable of making whole (hence complete and
perfect) contact, thereby becoming real and transmitting its essence. What ‘home’ means
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