Continuing on the topic I brought up yesterday, let us discuss pilgrimage.

To many of you this is a term linked to Christianity, but in reality, “Pagan” Europeans went on pilgrimage thousands of years before Christianity was even a thing.

People in pagan cultures regularly traveled to sacred sites, holy springs (e.g., the Well of Segais), groves (e. g., the Nemeton), mountains, tombs, or oracles. In Ancient Greece pilgrimage to the Oracle at Delphi or Asclepian healing temples (like Epidaurus) was common.

Why?

Official history tells us they were seeking healing, wisdom, favor from the gods, or to fulfill vows.

I will not object to any of that, but they say nothing about how going on a pilgrimage to a sacred site could give you any of that. There is no explanation to how that works.

So let me clear that up to you….

If you read yesterday’s post, about how we understand by remembering, it should become evident to you: the original purpose of the pilgrimage is to visit places that you visited and knew from previous lives. To – yes – ‘seek healing, wisdom, favor from the gods’, and perhaps also ‘to fulfill vows’.

Because, by doing so you awaken memories from previous lives. You see the same trees and views that you saw in previous lives. You hear the same waterfall or trickling stream. You pick up the same scents, and sensations. You perform the same rituals. You sing the same songs. You recite the same verses. You experience the same.

You understand more, because you remember. You wake up – yourself. Your previous self. Ergo, indeed, you “heal” (become complete), you become wiser (to remember is to understand, to understand is to remember), you receive favor from the gods (you re-claim and strengthen your magical force, the Hamingja). You pick up the runes (secrets) that you knew in previous lives.

Yes! You become yourself.

Remember this the next time you want to visit some historical site…. You might have that desire for a reason.

Dixi.

V.