What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Pilgrimage means being alert to the times when all that's needed is a trip to a remote place to simply lose yourself, and to… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
“derives from the 14th-century word Old French aleurer, to attract, captivate, and more exotically, to train a falcon to hunt. The roots are à,… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
Imagine the wheel of time turning in a seemingly endless round, revealing that the beginning is the end of another beginning. This is the… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us to get… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona fide spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for any… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
“the startling line in J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, where Captain Hook is described: “The man isn’t wholly evil; he has a thesaurus in… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
The creative urge matters. Stories matter. Images matter. It matters that you were born with a genius, a guiding spirit, a daimon that may… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
But what if your fire is not burning well or, worse, has gone out? Without inner fire, you have no light, no heat, no… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
The practice of soulful travel is to discover the overlapping point between history and everyday life, the way to find the essence of every… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
“David W. Orr writes, in The Nature of Design, “We are losing the capacity to say what we really mean and ultimately to think… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share
