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This set of 30 talks on three Cds was recorded by Althea Hayton using her own equipment while making a 400-mile pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain in September 2005. Althea made the journey alone as a celebration of reaching her sixtith year in good health. She recorded a series of 30 meditations to document the inner, spiritual journey as it happened to her. Each recording consists of a short meditation that arises out of a particular stage of the pilgrimage, a short story to illustrate the theme that has arisen and a short prayer to sum everything up. Phil Richards, programme editor for Verulam Productions, has created three CDs from this material, providing three and a half hours of speech in 30 seven-minute sections. A 32-page booklet with further background information is included in the set box. By means of this series, listeners can make the same pilgrimage in their imagination and thereby share in the experience by means of a pilgrimage made at home. A pilgrimage at home is a journey made in the mind and heart, without walking anywhere. For those who have ever made a real pilgrimage or a long walk, they can draw upon this experience to create their own inner journey. For those who know they could never manage to make the walk to Santiago, the "Walk with me" series and workbook will enable them to share in the spiritual transformation that can take place on any pilgrimage. For those who have already made the pilgrimage to Santiago, they will be able to draw upon their memories and take another look at their experience in the light of the inner journey. For anyone intending one day to walk to Santiago, this journey will make a fitting preparation and hopefully will enrich their experience when they are on the road.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1437473 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-01
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 3
• Binding: Audio CD

About the Author
Althea Hayton is author of several non-fiction books and sole proprietor of Wren Publications. She is a Roman Catholic and has a keen interest in spirituality in general and Christian spirituality in particular. She has published books about the Christian response to the death of a baby before or around birth and on addiction to food. She is director of wombtwin.com, a research project about the experience of being a surviving twin. She is married with two sons and lives in Hertfordshire.

Excerpted from Walk with Me: The Pilgrim Road to Santiago with Althea Hayton by Althea Hayton, Philip Richards. Copyright © 2006. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
(from the accompanying booklet)

FIRST STAGE: MAKING A START

This stage covered a short walk from Pamplona. This road is called the Camino Frances, because it begins in France. The roads to Santiago are many and various and this is the most popular. In this series I will call this road the "Camino Santiago" or more simply "The Camino."

Cizur Menor is a tiny village where there is a pilgrim refuge run by the Knights of St John of Malta. Pilgrims have always been protected citizens and as such are entitled to charity and safe conduct. Pilgrims therefore carry credentials to prove that they are genuine pilgrims. The mediaeval orders such as the Knights of St John of Malta were present on the Camino to make sure that pilgrims were protected from harm and cared for. This strong tradition continues today. The Pilgrim Passport was my credential, and the refuge charged me a very small sum for staying there. There was a special pilgrim menu (menu peregrinos) at a local restaurant.

As you start your Journey of the Heart, imagine that you are setting out on a long walk. Make sure you are well prepared, in body, mind and spirit. Be open-hearted. Make your bag as light as possible. Try and learn as much as
you can from every stage of the journey and don’t be in a hurry to get to the end. You will need a willingness to enter wholeheartedly into this experience. I hope that you will be transformed by this journey, as I was.

ACTIVITY
1. Contact a neglected friend or relative
2. Make a new friend

BIBLE READING
Matthew 4:20 Following Jesus

BOOK
"The Road Less Travelled" by M. Scott Peck.