Jay and Helen have a chat about what it means to be atheist or agnostic, and how the death of a loved one can affect a person’s belief in the afterlife. Does anything survive after we’re dead?

Helen, Steph, Jay and Jeff have a brief chat about what they think the afterlife might be like and even consider what Coffee will be like in heaven!

Eryl the Pioneer Priest talks about Celtic Spirituality to the Pilgrims. Tom, Christine and Eshaan respond especially well to being in a “thin place”.

The Pilgrims talk about the Buddhist view of life after death with Lama Shenpen at a Buddhist hermitage. Christine, Sonali and Eshaan reflect on her words.

Nelufar and Steph chat with a refugee from Afghanistan, which has a special resonance for Nelufar because she was also a refugee from Afghanistan. 

Helen talks with Daliso about her Jewish heritage and her complicated feelings around the deaths of her father’s family in Auschwitz and Theresienstadt, and whether or not she should “own” that.

Come and join us for Eid ul-Adha – the Festival of Sacrifice, celebrated by Muslims all around the world!

Daliso leads a discussion with all the Pilgrims about the Baháʼí faith and the belief that all religions are equal in their search for the truth.

Steph tells the group about the boating accident that led to her having her right leg amputated below the knee at the age of 15. She describes how it was the beginning of her faith.

Harry calls Nelufar a “rule breaker” and asks her why she’s still a Muslim. Nelufar describes what it means – to her – to be a modern Muslim.

Nelufar talks with the Pilgrims about her discomfort that so many terrible things have been done in the name of religion. 

Tom and Spencer join Sonali on a day’s fast to mark the Jain festival of Paryushana.