Camino de Santiago: Why I Hiked and What I Learned

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  • A summary of my Camino experience: what I hiked, why I hiked and what I learned.
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    ⌛Timestamps:
    0:00 Intro: What the Camino is
    02:15 What I Hiked
    08:18 Why I Hiked
    10:29 Liminality and the Challenges of Communicating the Experience
    11:51 My Philosophical Reasons for the Hike
    17:25 What My Journey was Like

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  • @chillsahoy2640
    @chillsahoy2640 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As someone who grew up in Valencia but lives in London, it was so nice hearing your nuanced description of el Camino.

  • @bduffy1215
    @bduffy1215 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That was wonderful James and it was great spending time with you on the Camino. Buen Camino my friend.....

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great to see you here Bill! And it was a true joy spending time with you

  • @doyle6000
    @doyle6000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    TH-cam is lucky to have you!!

  • @samhitak6216
    @samhitak6216 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can relate to a long hike being a profound, spiritual experience! ❤

  • @ryanoconnor8160
    @ryanoconnor8160 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was eminently enjoyable!! Big thank you on sharing the stages of your journey especially Nietschze/walks/aphoristic and your ocean experience.

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Ryan! I think I'll articulate that Nietzschean/walking aphorism thing a bit more in future because it was a real bit revelation (for me anyway)

  • @n8works
    @n8works ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome back! Can't wait to hear about this adventure.

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks n8! Love the thumbnail image btw I'm a bit fan of the long shadow pic!

  • @hilestoby2628
    @hilestoby2628 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just ran across your video and love your spiritual perspectives. Every time I go on long hikes, I feel a deep connection to the natures magic and let all my anxiousness dissipate like mist in the air. I wish you the very best and look forward to more of your content.

  • @nicholaslewis862
    @nicholaslewis862 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Buen Camino, brother. The Camino is a truly humbling thing. It's tremendous that you it affected you in such a profound way. God be with you.
    I'll be walking part of the Portugal Camino in a week's time. I can't wait!

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ooh nice I'm jealous I'd love to be heading back out there again! I'm thinking I might do the portugese next year. That and del Norte call to me but I'm going to wait and let it cook and see what comes up. Which way are you taking? I hear there's an inland route and a coastal route right?

    • @nicholaslewis862
      @nicholaslewis862 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheLivingPhilosophy I'll be walking a small portion of the coastal route with a good mate of mine. It marks the end of a gruelling year and a half of study for me, and one of our few opportunities to spend time together before 2024. The forecast is very good. I wonder how different the experience is walking north, as opposed to walking west.

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว

      What a way to cut loose! Hope it's everything you're looking for and more! I do wonder about the northward thing as well - completely different Camino tan if nothing else 😂

  • @thisdrinkinglife
    @thisdrinkinglife 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very interesting and informative. Hoping to try it next May

  • @SkeezyBacon
    @SkeezyBacon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the channel James! Great meeting you on the Camino, drinking beer and talking history as well. Cheers from Canada!

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you sir it was a pleasure! Great memories and good chats 🍻

  • @TheMcquarriefamily
    @TheMcquarriefamily ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful, inspiring video James, thank you.

  • @jackyg2008
    @jackyg2008 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was really interesting James, been processing a lot since I came back too & resonated with a lot of what you said..though you said it much better than I could! Am really glad you were one of the people I met while walking, what a journey eh.. and looking forward to watching more of your stuff! Buen camino dude 🤗

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Jacky! I'm still far from being fully settled the process seems to go onwards 🙈 It certainly was a joy to be the same Camino clan and I'll be sure to be onto you next time I'm up in the capital!

    • @jackyg2008
      @jackyg2008 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheLivingPhilosophy for defo let me know when you’re up next! Be great to catch up 🤗

  • @yougotdirked
    @yougotdirked ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Welcome back, I hope to see more of you. Sounds like you had a wonderful experience. Maybe I should start investing in hiking shoes as well...

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว

      I would highly recommend it. It's good for the soul (and depending on the shoes for the soles)

  • @maritlebliss
    @maritlebliss ปีที่แล้ว

    funny, we've had that Van Gogh around the house for a while. Love your videos. Thanks for the information. I worked on the West of Ireland at a hostel for a couple who did the Camino in chunks. I've been interested in it ever since.

  • @samhitak6216
    @samhitak6216 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi ❤Good to see you after a long time.

  • @johnmanole4779
    @johnmanole4779 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Camino that's nice! Full of brave and ready grand army of the Republic!

  • @DesireeLourensArtist
    @DesireeLourensArtist ปีที่แล้ว

    Van Gogh's 'Smoking Skull' in the background! Wow - first time I've seen this painting (print) anywhere outside of my own book on Van Gogh! One of my favourite paintings! Love it.

  • @mortenh9519
    @mortenh9519 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved hearing about your experience. I also found my experience the church in Santiago a bit hollow, but, like you, Ioved Finisterre.
    I walked the Camino in 2018. It is one of the most profound experiences in my life, and I am not religious. I still keep in touch with a number of the people I met - and I am planning my next one.:)

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good to hear it wasn't just me! And also great to hear that the religious thing was similar in your case (and also that you've stayed in touch with a few people; there's a few gems I've met along the way that I'd be sorry to lose touch with)

    • @mortenh9519
      @mortenh9519 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheLivingPhilosophy I'd also just like to compliment you on your channel. It has really managed to make a lot of philosophy more accessible to me.🙂

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah thanks for that - always a joy to hear!

  • @existential_o
    @existential_o ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro is majestic

  • @Paul-lf1bq
    @Paul-lf1bq ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've done del norte a few times, french way is next. Very unique experience, not something you can really explain to someone who hasn't experienced it.

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely. I'd be curious to hear your comparison of del Norte and Fracés when you're finished. They seem like very different animals

  • @hyperhorion
    @hyperhorion ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd love to hear your thoughts on Speculative Realism in a future video! :)

  • @quasimandias
    @quasimandias ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very similar to my own experience.

  • @storiestellr
    @storiestellr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wish we had met last year on the Camino - I’m only halfway in, but I’m really digging your thoughts. My experience was in the same vein (as are many’s, I suppose). What is the book called at around the 13th minute, “a theory of everything”?

    • @storiestellr
      @storiestellr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ok it’s “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World”, found it! - and I had similar feelings in the cathedral. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

  • @tphilbin1
    @tphilbin1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did you try the wine fountain? They say the Camino runs along the milky way

    • @TheLivingPhilosophy
      @TheLivingPhilosophy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha I did indeed and it was tasty. I got there around 7 in the morning so wasn't quite wine o'clock but better than a lot of wine I've had in my time!

  • @michelemoran3267
    @michelemoran3267 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Isn't it funny your name is James and you look like Jesus. I've walked 11 caminos. 😂Love

  • @anacasanova7350
    @anacasanova7350 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Muchos datos incorrectos. Carlomagno fue derrotado por los vascos, no por los moros.
    Los irlandeses no poblaron el norte de Hispania , sino los celtas. Una de sus muchas tribus. En la Península iberica hace mas de 50.mil años que esta el homo sapiens sapiens.😊

  • @myboatforacar
    @myboatforacar ปีที่แล้ว

    Where in the world is Camino de Santiago? (Laughts in edutainment computer game)

  • @Jon-dh3ki
    @Jon-dh3ki 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Aren't you French

  • @harrykey2448
    @harrykey2448 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I see you've removed my comment
    How fragile you must be.

    • @bernardofitzpatrick5403
      @bernardofitzpatrick5403 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Other commenters can report a comment and you tube can decide to remove it

  • @freeda4100
    @freeda4100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel. Keep going. You’re an interesting guy.