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The Pilgrimage Experience

Season 2 Episode 202 | 57m 41s

For thousands of years, people of every tradition have embarked on long, difficult and often costly journeys to sacred places in search of various benefits, from health or material well-being to spiritual renewal. Explore various dimensions of this timeless ritual, which is an important part of most, if not all religions and spiritual traditions.

Aired: 03/31/17
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City
Sound Of The Soul is a compelling portrait of how music unifies all faiths.
Explore the natural world as an access point to the sacred.
A deep conversation between two dedicated spiritual leaders in the end-of-life movement.
Two guests use the power of story and storytelling as a means of remembering.
Why did UNESCO declare 2007 as "the year of Jalaluddin Rumi"?
Are we now as a species, headed for wisdom or catastrophe?
Discussing the search for God, perhaps the oldest of all spiritual quests.
Explore the oppositional relationship between love and fear, with Carlos Santana.
Explore the origins, translations, and interpretations of sacred or revered texts.
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Explore the natural world as an access point to the sacred.
A deep conversation between two dedicated spiritual leaders in the end-of-life movement.
Two guests use the power of story and storytelling as a means of remembering.
Why did UNESCO declare 2007 as "the year of Jalaluddin Rumi"?
Are we now as a species, headed for wisdom or catastrophe?
Discussing the search for God, perhaps the oldest of all spiritual quests.
Explore the oppositional relationship between love and fear, with Carlos Santana.
Explore the origins, translations, and interpretations of sacred or revered texts.