The Pilgrim's Progress Revisited (Part 9)

'The Pillar of Salt'

This is the ninth in a series of excerpts from the 17th-century Christian allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress and a subsequent series of stereograph paintings inspired by the book. Read parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to follow along with the story.

“The Pillar of Salt,” circa 1877, Library of Congress

Then I saw in my dream, that a little way off the road, n…