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There is a configuration of seven pre Christian sites, which form the route of a pilgrimage of initiation used by druids, knights Templar and Christian mystics in their search for true knowledge and enlightenment. Beginning at Compostela in Spain, the voyage of discovery proceeds to Toulouse, Orleans, Chartes, Paris and Amiens, taking us deep into a mysterious world where hidden streams of spirituality flow beneath the surface of European history, profoundly influencing evolution of western thought. The journey ends at Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland,The European trailhttp://www.sharkstooth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/european.html In an older post I suggested there must be a trail in Italy here is a pilgrim routeThe Via Francigena is a historical itinerary leading to Rome from Canterbury, a major route which in the past was used by thousands of pilgrims on their way to Rome. A, route bears witness to the importance of the practice of pilgrimage in medieval times; http://www.viafrancigena.com/fra_fr_e.htm http://www.romeartlover.it/Francige1.html Whilst discussing the Egyptian chakra trail Gary Osborne said about the Egyptian chakra trail, the first location being Elephantine in Hindu depiction's the base chakra is associated with the elephant.And in the 'Hypnerotomachia' there is an image of an obelisk or column (spine) resting on the back of an ElephantSo could this statue represent the base chakra of a chakra trail in italy. Visit the pantheon and next to it, in the Piazza della Minerva, is a Bernini statue: that of an elephant with an obelisk on his back. The design is not original to Bernini Remarkably, however, the statue does not feature in Brown’s book.