There is a guy called Sig Lonegren who suggests using a labyrinth as a kind of pathworking aid. you focus on an issue and wend your way into the centre of the labyrinth as you wend your way into your altered state of consciousness.
I had an idea labyrinths could be used also for raising energy. Does anyone do this?
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What nobody?
Not personally,but heard it's done.
Saw a bit somewhere,will look it up when i get to work and post details.
http://www.labyrinthos.net/link_spirituality.htm
Saw a bit somewhere,will look it up when i get to work and post details.
http://www.labyrinthos.net/link_spirituality.htm
Sorry!
I have used the idea of a labirynth to help me come to decision, which while not actually a pathworking is similar.
Few books that might be of interest:
Nigel Pennick,Mazes and Labyrinths
Janet Bord,Labyrinths of the World
Jeff Saward,Magical Paths:Mazes and Labyrinths in the 21st Century
Helen Raphael Sands,Labyrinth:Pathway to Medititaion and Healing
Robert Field,Mazes Ancient and Modern
Nigel Pennick,Mazes and Labyrinths
Janet Bord,Labyrinths of the World
Jeff Saward,Magical Paths:Mazes and Labyrinths in the 21st Century
Helen Raphael Sands,Labyrinth:Pathway to Medititaion and Healing
Robert Field,Mazes Ancient and Modern
Thanks Morrigan!
Sig lives in Glastonbury and is a well know authority on Labyrinths, though Jeff Saward is the acknowledged authority and has travelled all over the world detailing labyrinths from many cultures.
I use labyrinths a lot and see them as a path through life, the Caerdroia labyrinth (traditional 7 circuit) can easily be visualised as a womb / tomb.
There used to be many turf labyrinths in the British Isles, often on village greens so people could walk them on their way to Mass. Some were used for 'games' where the young women would stand in the centre and the young men race around the labyrinth to kiss them. Most were neglected or destroyed after the Reformation, some much later (like the one outside Ripon Cathedral that was destroyed in the 19th century). There are good examples of turf labyrinths in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland and the famous 14 circuit labyrinth at Saffron Walden.
Labyrinths were also carved on stones (there is a good example in the Museum of Witchcraft at Boscastle) and 'walked' with the finger. I keep such a labyrinth in my pocket for 'walking' whenever I feel the need. It is said that midwives used such stone labyrinths to ease childbirth by helping the pregnant woman to calm by walking the path.
There has recently been a big resurgence of interest, not only in pagan or new age circles but also in Cathedrals.
I use labyrinths a lot and see them as a path through life, the Caerdroia labyrinth (traditional 7 circuit) can easily be visualised as a womb / tomb.
There used to be many turf labyrinths in the British Isles, often on village greens so people could walk them on their way to Mass. Some were used for 'games' where the young women would stand in the centre and the young men race around the labyrinth to kiss them. Most were neglected or destroyed after the Reformation, some much later (like the one outside Ripon Cathedral that was destroyed in the 19th century). There are good examples of turf labyrinths in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland and the famous 14 circuit labyrinth at Saffron Walden.
Labyrinths were also carved on stones (there is a good example in the Museum of Witchcraft at Boscastle) and 'walked' with the finger. I keep such a labyrinth in my pocket for 'walking' whenever I feel the need. It is said that midwives used such stone labyrinths to ease childbirth by helping the pregnant woman to calm by walking the path.
There has recently been a big resurgence of interest, not only in pagan or new age circles but also in Cathedrals.
Love labyrinths, don't really work with them as such but find them something easy to settle my mind on while meditating. I'm looking forward to having my own garden so I can plant one that I can walk.
It's believed that the Nazca tribes who drew the giant linear images on the mountains possibly - most likely - used them for a ritual walk, kinda like walking a labyrinth.
It's believed that the Nazca tribes who drew the giant linear images on the mountains possibly - most likely - used them for a ritual walk, kinda like walking a labyrinth.
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