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LabyrinthJourney- Use the Labyrinth In Your Journey of Self-Discovery
Description
The Labyrinth is an ancient symbol that has been recently rediscovered and adapted for use in modern times. Walking the Labyrinth is a practice that is thousands of years old, and the Labyrinth crosses all faiths and cultures. Found in such varied countries as China, Crete, Ireland, India, Scandinavia, and others, the Labyrinth also shares similarities with the Native American medicine wheel, the Kabalistic symbol in Judaism, and Tibetan sand paintings.
The Labyrinth played an important role in the Christian tradition beginning in the 12th Century when pilgrimages to Jerusalem became too expensive and dangerous. Labyrinths were placed into the floors of many Gothic cathedrals throughout Europe to be walked as part of pilgrimages. One of the most well known of the remaining Labyrinths is inlaid at the cathedral in Chartres, France.
The Labyrinth is one circuitous path to the center and out again. The entrance is also the exit. Unlike a maze that it designed to confuse and have us lose our way, the Labyrinth has no dead-ends and is designed to help us find our way. A maze is a puzzle to be solved, a left-brain task that requires us to think logically, sequentially, and analytically. The Labyrinth, in contrast, is a right-brain task that involves intuition and creativity.
