- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (19 Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743208080
- ISBN-13: 978-0743208086
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 931,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Known as the "Camino," the ancient road to Santiago de Compostela is a famous pilgrimage trek taken by people for centuries across northern Spain. It is said, by some, that this 500-mile path lies directly under the Milky Way and that it reflects the energy of the star systems above it. Facing her seventh decade of life on earth, writer and actor Shirley MacLaine decided to take this fascinating trek. She wasn't sure why, she only knew that the Camino had been travelled for thousands of years by "saints, sinners, generals, misfits, kings and queens". Her motivation was that doing the trek would help "to find one's deepest spiritual meaning and resolutions regarding conflicts in Self".
Typical of MacLaine, this is a personal story with enormous adventure, a smattering of flashbacks, and a hefty serving of cosmic revelations. Like a true pilgrim, MacLaine travels solo, willing to strip herself down to the backpacking essentials and find deeper meaning in all the bizarre, frightening, and coincidental events she encounters along the way. It is no small feat that this sixtysomething woman walked this gruelling path in 30 days. Readers can expect vivid stories of stalking paparazzi, icy showers, bouts of hunger, lost paths, a worshipping young man, a deranged woman screaming in a roadside shelter, saintly truck drivers, a fellow pilgrim in a wheelchair, bouts of constipation and diarrhoea, and a cosmic crescendo that will knock the socks off MacLaine's fans. --Gail Hudson
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The Camino de Santiago de Compostelain Northern Spain is a gruelling 458 mile pilgrimage from the French border to the Atlantic Ocean. In this book Oscar-winning actress and best-selling author Shirley MacLaine presents a spiritual memoir of her journey along this route.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Shirley goes within - agin. Despite sore feet and travelling companions who would try the patience of a saint, she meets her Guru; zips off to the lost continents of Atlantis and Lemuria; is shown the origin of marriage; discovers why the Missing Link is missing; learns the destinction between soul-mates and twin souls; undergoes a form of Hara-Kiri that dosen't spoil the carpet; AND ... is back in time for tea. For those familiar with the writings of Alice Bailey, Shirley's revelation seems to be complementary to, rather than contradictory of, that text. There seems to be pressure building "behind the scenes" to kick-start humanity into a better understanding of its origins.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got this book as prepatory reading for my forthcoming attempt at the Santiago Camino or Camino de Santiago and was looking forward to it. Shirley MacLaine, I remember in the past was regarded as somewhat eccentric, but I can be too, so fairs fair and all that.
during the early chapters I was in tune with Shirley and here at last I felt I found my soulmate from what she was saying her reasons were for wanting to attempt this pilgrimage. I was excited and wanted to go sooner. Then it all started to go horribly wrong, when she met John the Scot of Irish descent, John the Scot, an apparition and sexual healer came to Shirley at night to enlighten her on the real reasons for her existence, her future, the First Cause, Adam and Eve, the Evil of Dogs and much much more.
Ms MacLaine's imagination is without doubt a force to be reckoned with, but if what she writes is supposed to be some kind of stream of thought, I couldn't buy it. She warns the reader that that might be the case, advising to consider going on at one point.
I did and I was drowned in the pool of fantastical revelations.
Events that I have not seen described since I read R D Laings schizophrenic uttering in The Politics of Experience/Bird of Paradise.
The Pilgrims Walk becomes a non-event in all this, only on occasion does she go back to it to relate where and when she pissed, slept or encountered the press.
The subheading of the book is A Pilgrimage of Courage. Determination is what is required to stick with this journey.
My book will take place on Earth
during the early chapters I was in tune with Shirley and here at last I felt I found my soulmate from what she was saying her reasons were for wanting to attempt this pilgrimage. I was excited and wanted to go sooner. Then it all started to go horribly wrong, when she met John the Scot of Irish descent, John the Scot, an apparition and sexual healer came to Shirley at night to enlighten her on the real reasons for her existence, her future, the First Cause, Adam and Eve, the Evil of Dogs and much much more.
Ms MacLaine's imagination is without doubt a force to be reckoned with, but if what she writes is supposed to be some kind of stream of thought, I couldn't buy it. She warns the reader that that might be the case, advising to consider going on at one point.
I did and I was drowned in the pool of fantastical revelations.
Events that I have not seen described since I read R D Laings schizophrenic uttering in The Politics of Experience/Bird of Paradise.
The Pilgrims Walk becomes a non-event in all this, only on occasion does she go back to it to relate where and when she pissed, slept or encountered the press.
The subheading of the book is A Pilgrimage of Courage. Determination is what is required to stick with this journey.
My book will take place on Earth
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having completed my first Camino in Sept 2009 I brought Shirley Maclaine`s book more out of curiosity than anything. Having read the book. I wish I hadnt!
I found the story irritable to say the least. I am certain that if any other pilgrim had wrote this book it would have ended up being filed in the bin of all publishers, I guess that is when it is fortunate to be a ex Hollywood legend. If the book is being purchased for its Camino content i.e. the beautiful scenery, the wonderful people including fellow pellegrino`s and the Spanish residents, the camraderie, the physical battles, endurance and pain. Which is indeed a big part of the journey then this book would have only needed half a dozen pages. The book I feel never got into the fabric of the Camino. Instead it was an ego filled spiritual story with no substance. The book mentions in her view the state of some of the Albergues (Hostels) this is not Hollywood its a place that real people journey because there life perhaps has not been so blessed.
I found the story irritable to say the least. I am certain that if any other pilgrim had wrote this book it would have ended up being filed in the bin of all publishers, I guess that is when it is fortunate to be a ex Hollywood legend. If the book is being purchased for its Camino content i.e. the beautiful scenery, the wonderful people including fellow pellegrino`s and the Spanish residents, the camraderie, the physical battles, endurance and pain. Which is indeed a big part of the journey then this book would have only needed half a dozen pages. The book I feel never got into the fabric of the Camino. Instead it was an ego filled spiritual story with no substance. The book mentions in her view the state of some of the Albergues (Hostels) this is not Hollywood its a place that real people journey because there life perhaps has not been so blessed.
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shirley macclaine.
a fantastic narration of a jouney that the actress made in her sixties, an inspiration that age should never be a barrier to your ambitions. Read more
Published 4 months ago by tree
You gotta love this woman
I have read all Shirley's books. I know she believes all she writes..but it is hard for most people to swallow ..
When I lie down to sleep...I just get crazy dreams... Read more
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Published 4 months ago by A. Mcclintock
Camino
This is a spiritual journey and much soul searching from an accomplished twice Oscar winning actress. A Must read book.
Published 7 months ago by David Chong
Off the beaten track
I always thought that Shirley MacLaine was wacky, but this is so far beyond wacky that it is definitely off the beaten track. Read more
Published 9 months ago by julia marshall
A load of codswallop!
I have read (and walked!) extensively on the Camino. This must be the worst piece of literature there is on the subject (and there are lots). Read more
Published 20 months ago by James G. McKelvie
Another Shirley Classic
I love Shirley's far out stuff. If you are not into soul travel, spirituality and the Universe type stuff though this book will NOT be for you!!!
Published 23 months ago by Ms. T. Haden Tebb
big fan
Firstly I have to say I'm a big fan of Shirley Maclaine so this may be a rather biased review. I would hope that others would read it with an open mind and realize that she has no... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2008 by b.lops
A Great Atlantean Memory!
A great book! In it, Shirley MacLaine describes her memories of Atlantis during the time when she was androgynous--had both sexes in one body. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2006 by Carole Chapman
Abolute Nonsense
This is a dreadful book. Purporting to be an account of a journey through the camino it is an exercise in how to treat a reader with contempt. The arrogance of this actress. Read more
Published on 22 April 2006 by A. G. Enright
Not really sure!!
After finishing this book,I have to admit that I am not sure what to make of it. I am not even sure if I want to believe it although I do believe that the author herself is honest... Read more
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