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Pilgrim

I brought Megan, a timid, Indian city woman out to Allans beach. She promptly climbed onto these rocks, lay down, and meditated for an hour and a half. Although she is a Christian theologian, she told me afterwards that she had deeply reconnected with Mother Earth in a profoundly renewing way.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Maija Jespersen