Labyrinth: At its simplest definition, a labyrinth is a path, usually circular in design, leading to a center point where the walker pauses for meditation, and then retraces the same path outwards once more. Dan Brosier, a Unitarian Universalist minister thinks, "The labyrinth is here to keep the spiritual dialogue open-to be a reminder that there are a number of paths to the sacred."

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  There is no doubting the resurgence of interest in this ancient
path at the turn of the Millennium. Beyond its spiritual and
mystical dimensions, it is sought out as a means of empowering
creativity, helping to deepen self-knowledge, and as a tool to
guide healing. In the U.S., much credit for "rediscovery" of
the labyrinth is given to Dr. Lauren Artress, Canon of Special
Ministries at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Her 1991 en-
counter with the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France led
to her writing Walking a Sacred Path, a seminal text for those
wanting to learn more, and to the development of an ever
expanding program, Veriditas: The Worldwide Labyrinth Project.
I completed my training as a labyrinth facilitator with Dr.
Attress in 2002. Information about my workshop, "Crossing Paths
with the Labyrinth", is available by contacting me.

My work with labyrinth has led me to create my own portable
15' labyrinth using a design called the Chalice Labyrinth, a
combination of the Cretan and Chartres patterns. It is this that
I use in my workshops and presentations.

Regardless of the design, all labyrinths are based on sacred
geometry offering a meditative space to listen to ourselves, to
connect with the divine as it we understand it, and to dance
to the rhythm of the earth.

The World Wide Web has an abundance of wonderful sites
devoted to labyrinth. Like ripples spreading out from a pebble
dropped into still water, the more one looks into labyrinth, the
more the patterns enlarge and intermingle in an endlessly
fascinating and ever deepening mystery. Start with one of these
links and see where it takes you…

~Find out about the June 2006 Glastonbury pilgrimage~

From Chartres Cathedral



Morningside Labyrinth
at Carol's home
Created June-July, 2004



Morningside Labyrinth
in winter


Red Pine Labyrinth
at Shawangunk Nature Preserve (also by Carol)


an ancient pattern
called the Cretan,
which can be dated back
to 3500 BCE and earlier.


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