I am delighted to announce that at long last, my book of reflections based on the Camino de Santiago is available.
In 2013 and again in 2017, I walked the road to the shrine of St James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. On the way I met incredible people and had mostly-wonderful adventures, but more importantly, found a degree of self-knowledge and personal integration that changed my life.
In this book, I present a series of reflections based on themes from my work as a scientist, in which I explore how my faith and scientific work have grown together as ways of loving and experiencing the world. My experience is certainly not everybody’s, but I do hope you enjoy sharing it!
I have a small number of signed hardback copies available through this website:
Pilgrim: A Scientist Walks To Santiago — Limited Edition Signed Hardback
This is a once-off offer of a numbered, limited run of signed copies of the hardback edition.
Feeling trapped and frustrated in work and life, the author set out to walk the Camino de Santiago – the ancient Christian pilgrimage to the shrine of St James in Spain. On the way, he explored what it means to be a person of faith, a scientist and to live a compassionate life. In t…
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The book is also available as a hardback, softcover, PDF or eBook from blurb
Image Gallery
My favourite aspect of the book is the photographs that evoke such special memories. I am proud of the quality of the reproduction, and offer here some additional comments and stories about the pictures, that did not make it into the book: (Hover over a picture to see the caption / explanation)
Future Plans
I am tremendously excited about this book, but this is not the end of the journey.
Later this year (2019) I plan to walk a completely different pilgrimage route, and write a new series of illustrated reflections, as I continue to journey of the scientist-pilgrim. Watch this space!