0. The Stage
I am a sky where spirits live.
Stare into this deepening blue,
While the breeze says a secret.
Like this.
" Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet,
jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic
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I
am known as “el Camino,” winding slivers of the world’s dream; pilgrimage
routes to the holy city of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Eons ago, the First Travelers came this way
seeking unsettled and fertile lands.
They followed the glittering edge of the Milky Way galaxy west and found
shelter from great ice sheets that covered most of Europe. Some descendants of the First Travelers are
drawn back.
The
archives of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela record that 145,877 men and
women completed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Santiago de
Compostela during the year 2009. One of these explorers rode a mountain bike
with “Military Technology” printed on its frame. I am about to summon him. Now.