THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred

Geared toward modern-day pilgrims looking for inspiration and a few spiritual tools for the road, this book combines stories, myths, parables and quotes from famous travelers of the past (and insights from travel guru Cousineau) to help them focus on the purpose and intention at every stage of their journey. (Hardcover & paperback editions, Conari Press; Audio: Dove Audio; also available in Spanish, Portuguese and Korean editions.)

"I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona finde spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler. With a deepening of focus, keen prepartion, attention to the path below our feet, and respect for the destination at hand, it is possible to transform, even the most ordinary journey into a sacred journey, a pligrimage."
--Phil Cousineau, from THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE

Learn about upcoming travel programs with Phil Cousineau
Phil Cousineau at Yeats Tower in County Clare, Ireland.

Jack C. visits the Oracle at Delphi, Greece, June 2008.

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October 8, 2010 (only 300 particpants)
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Phil Couisneau will share word stories and speak about WORDCATCHER | Bird & Becket Books | 653 Chenery Street | San Francisco, California
Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:30 PM
Ireland - Land of Myth and Mystery – A small group "Pilgrimage into the Heart of Sacred Ireland" with Phil Cousineau
September 13 – 24, 2010
Phil Cousineau speaking @​ TEDX San Jose | People, Passion, Possibilities Making a Difference | Villa Montalvo | San Jose, California
October 8, 2010
Phil Cousineau on WORDCATCHER | Books Inc. | 1760 Fourth Street | Berkeley, California
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Poetry reading with Coleman Barks and Phil Cousineau, Chicago Poetry Center | Chicago, Illinois
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Phil Cousineau on WORDCATCHER | Boswell Book Company | 2559 N. Downer Ave | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Friday, October 29, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Phil Cousineau on "The Hero" | C.G. Jung Society of Vancouver @​ Museum of Vancouver | 1100 Chestnut Street (Vanier Park) | Vancouver, CANADA
Friday, November 5, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES: Nine Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination | Esalen Institute | Big Sur, California
Friday, December 3- Saturday, December 5, 2010
Listen to Phil Cousineau on The Olympic Odyssey: Stealing Power from the Gods
Podcast of CBC's Tapestry radio show with host Mary Hynes, February 2010
The New York Times write-up on "Global Spirit" TV series
April 11, 2009
"Global Spirit" a Link TV series hosted by Phil Cousineau
Watch extended clips (and several full programs) online
Phil Cousineau on the "Global Spirit" TV series
Spirituality and Practice interview
STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES: 9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination
Conari Press, publisher Web site
Review of THE BLUE MUSEUM
San Francisco Chronicle
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
University of California Press, publisher Web site
THE WAY THINGS ARE
University of California Press, publisher Web site
THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Quest Books, publisher Web site
Michael Guillen on Phil Cousineau
"Evening Class" on Cousineau, Campbell & The Hero's Journey
Gregg Chadwick on Phil Cousineau
Listen to Phil Cousineau on THE ART OF PiLGRIMAGE
Savvy Traveler audio interview
Learn more on "The Roots of Fundamentlaism" (DVD)
Phil Cousineau interviews Huston Smith
Kifaru Productions
Native American Films
The Joseph Campbell Foundation
E-mail Phil Cousineau
for infomation on books, films, lectures, writing consultations

Books by Phil Cousineau

Nonfiction
WORDCATCHER: An Odyssey Into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words
Phil Cousineau grew up in a family where they took the dictionary with them on vacations. In WORDCATCHER, Cousineau writes about these family origins of his love of words, and describes 250 of his favorite words and the fascinating stories behind them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE OLDEST STORY IN THE WORLD
This book is a brooding, daring, exploration of the secret strength of storytelling, in which Phil Cousineau addresses the central theme which runs through all of his work, the transportive power of words. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES: 9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination
Cousineau writes, "Creativity is as natural as breathing. To create is to grow, which in turn makes us feel vitally alive." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Huston Smith In Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Rekindling the True Spirit of the Great Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE HERO'S JOURNEY
Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ONCE AND FUTURE MYTHS
The Power of Ancient Stories in Modern Times ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOUL: An Archaeology
Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE BOOK OF ROADS
Travel Stories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COINCIDENCE OR DESTINY?
Stories of Synchronicity That Illuminate Our Lives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE SOUL OF THE WORLD
A Modern Book of Hours ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Poetry
NIGHT TRAIN
Poems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE BLUE MUSEUM
Poems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DEADLINES
A Rhapsody on a Theme of Famous and Infamous Last Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNGOES AND FASTBALLS
Basball Haiku ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~