Places of Pilgrimage - Cocquille St Jacques

Scallop Shell

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Signs are all around us, and at times of pilgrimage they can be especially potent and meaningful for us on a personal level.

The scallop shell, the cocquille St Jacques, is not only the symbol of the pilgrimage to Santiago de compostela in northern Spain, but also a female symbol of wellbeing. Indeed the scallop shell is used as a cleansing device in certain esoteric traditions. For pilgrims walking to Santiago de Compostela in norther Spain it was also once used as a drinking bowl and a star compass and timepiece.

Adrian Calabrese, in Sacred Signs encourages us to "Hear, See and Believe" the messages which we receive from the Universe.

To set out on the Way to Santiago de Compostella / Saint-Jacques de Compostelle is a spiritual adventure - for on the Camino we may draw on the imprinted energy of the countless pilgrims who have passed this way before us over so many centuries. For the Way of St James has existed for more than a thousand years, and in 1993 the Camino de Santiago was declared a world heritage site. More about the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela>>>

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