Danielle Creel: Image and Pilgrimage part 2

Classification of Pilgrimage
Image and Pilgrimage
The author identifies that there are four main types of pilgrimages. The first is when someone follows a pilgrimage that was conducted by the founder of the group. These pilgrimages are drastically manifest in their symbolism, narratives, structure, and international reputation. The second type is when the pilgrimage bears traces of older religious beliefs and symbols which is very similar to the first type. The pilgrimage noted in popular and literary traditions. The Christian world originated in the European Middle Ages where it took the tone of many philosophical and theological ideas. The last pilgrimage has grown in the nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. This pilgrimage is characterized by devotional tone and the eager personal faithfulness of their followers. This formed an important part of the system that organized against the advancing secularization of the post-Darwinian world.
-Danielle Creel