Pilgrimage into Desert Spirituality
Sinai Desert, Egypt – Petra, Jordan

The Art of the Journey
Wisdom of the Heart
September 24 – October 3, 2010

Overview | Day-by-Day Itinerary

Sunrise in the Sinai Desert

On this unique pilgrimage we will experience Desert Spirituality through the Art of the Journey.  This is the heroic quest of the journeyer to uncover layers of answers to simple questions until a perennial wellspring of wisdom surfaces.  The fourth century Christian Desert Fathers and Mothers understood that to question with a holy curiosity is to stand in awe and wonder at each moment as it is given.  We will experience these same opportunities

Pilgrims will learn the four primary components of pilgrimage as the archetypal journey through life, using St. Anthony of Egypt as a model.

In both early Christianity and in the Sufi Islamic tradition, the heart was considered the meeting space between the human and the Divine, the only space in all the heavens large enough to contain the Creator.  It was also the place to meet and confront the dragons of self. By making peace with them, thoughts and actions were then with a mindful intention as well as with a stance of compassion towards self and others.

Through site visits, desert quiet time, and the practice of enduring spiritual tools we sense the vast dimensions of our own hearts and its power to transform reality.

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