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Stained glass windows, Norwich Cathedral, by Jenny Hannon-Briggs

Seven stages of pilgrimage

This outline of the Seven Stages of Pilgrimage comes from the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) which drew on its long experience of working with the major faiths. As ARC says, these are ideas, not rules, to help explore how any journey can become a pilgrimage.
'Simple, green, modest pilgrimage
is touching the beauty of God
​in a concrete way.'

– Father Pierrebattista Pizzabella,
Custodian of the Holy Land


1. Mindfulness
The first stage involves thinking about being a pilgrim rather than just travelling from A to B.

2. Journey / Voyage
The second is about recognising that journeys are entities in themselves and can, if you allow them, take on a life of their own. They are not just a means to an end.
 
3. Companionship / Friendship / Consideration / Awareness
The third is becoming aware of the people with whom you are travelling and why you are together, discovering what each of you brings as well as being honest about some of the tensions.

4. Illumination / Seek / Epiphany / Exploration / Understanding
The fourth is about understanding the story that has brought you there: your story.

5. Absorption / Zen / Immersion
In the fifth stage you lose your role as an observer and become part of the landscape and part of someone else’s story.
 
6. Observation / Appreciation / Appraising / Praising
The sixth stage is to actually look at the landscape you are passing through.
 
7. Metamorphosis / Transformation / Transfiguration /
Ascendance / Transcendence

The seventh and final stage is to recognise that at the end of the journey you ​should be a different ​person from the person who set out.
With thanks to Creative Commons photographers. Photo credit: Stained glass windows, Norwich Cathedral, by Jenny Hannon-Briggs 

Location

European Green Pilgrimage Network

The European Green Pilgrimage Network
Diocese of Canterbury 
​Communities & Partnerships Office
Second Floor
The Old Palace
The Precincts
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2EE

Email: EGPN @ diocant.org
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  • GREEN PILGRIMAGE
    • KEY AREAS TO CONSIDER
    • INSPIRING STORIES
    • SEVEN STAGES OF PILGRIMAGE
  • RESOURCES
    • THEOLOGIES
    • TOOLKITS & DOWNLOADS
    • USEFUL LINKS
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