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Section 5 - The story of the labyrinth Worksheet 8: labyrinths from around the world LABYRINTHS Labyrinths are found in many cultures as far back as 3500 BC. Unlike a maze, the labyrinth is unicursal, having a single path leading to the center with no loops, cul-de-sacs or forks. This Labyrinth is a scale replica of an ancient labyrinth constructed around 1200 AD in the stone floor of Chartres Cathedral, France. Medieval Christians visited Chartres (and other cathedrals) and walked the labyrinth as an alternative to taking a hazardous pilgrimage to Jerusalem to walk in the “foot steps of Christ.” Modern “pilgrims“ walk the labyrinthine path as one of many tools to enhance prayer, contemplation, meditation, and/or personal growth. WALKING A LABYRINTH There is not a 'required way' to walk a labyrinth. The beauty of the labyrinth is that people can approach the experience on their own terms. However, as a guideline, we often break the ‘walk’ into three stages. Entering: (also referred to as shedding or purgation.) During this stage you walk the path toward the center, and should 'center yourself' by trying to put aside worldly concerns and quiet the mind. Illumination: The time spent in the center. This is a time of openness and peacefulness; you experience, learn or receive what this unique moment offers. Take your time. Let your inner spirit determine when to leave the center. Union: The journey outward. You choose when to leave the center, following the same path. This is a time to consider what occurred in the center and how it may be applied in your life. Sometimes a fourth stage is described representing life outside the labyrinth; the world where your experience or illumination will affect your future. FINGER-WALKING A PERSONAL LABYRINTH Begin by setting the environment. Find a comfortable chair, location, or position. Remove jewelry, watches, bracelets, etc. Set music or background sounds. Adjust the lighting. Acquaint yourself with the labyrinth, pass your hands over the edges, across the center and around the outer edge; examine the details that make this labyrinth unique. Adapt your breathing, and begin tracing the path from the outside with one or more fingers, following the groove/path toward the center. When you arrive at the center, stay a while. Complete your experience by retracing the path from the center outward. PAXWORKS - PERSONAL LABYRINTHS PAXWORKS has utilized modern CAD/CAM technology and a little old-fashioned 'obsessionwith-details' to create an extremely accurate 18-inch Chartres- style Personal Labyrinth. It is constructed of quality hardwoods and hand-finished with a durable satin finish. The natural materials make this labyrinth unique in all creation. Store it in a place of honor, hang it on the wall as a fine piece of artwork, display it as a contemplation piece. PAXWORKS - Works Of Peace - http://www.paxworks.com The Chartres Labyrinth: a medieval Christian pattern A tattoo of the Native American ‘Man in the Maze’ Labyrinth What would a 21st Century English labyrinth look like? Idea 1 Idea 2 22 scarlet education
Section 5 - The story of the labyrinth Theseus and the Minotaur L ong ago in Ancient Greece, in the days of monsters and miracles, there lived two powerful kings, King Aegeus of Athens and King Minos of Crete. King Minos was a very unhappy man. Every day he mourned, because he had lost the most precious thing in his life: his son. Not long before, his beloved son had been killed by ruffians on the streets of the great city of Athens. In his grief, Minos looked for a person to blame for his son’s death. So who do you think he chose? None other than King Aegeus, the famed King of Athens, of course. Aegeus ruled Athens fairly and kindly, but nonetheless, Minos felt that Aegeus owed him a payment in return for the death of his son. So night after night, as the sun slept, King Minos plotted a cunning plan to fill King Aegeus with sorrow, a sorrow as deep as his own. Minos also had another problem. The Gods had been weaving their magic again, and his wife had given birth to a weird creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man. This evil being was terrifying the people of Crete, who called him Minotaur, which meant ‘half man, half bull’. Day after day they fled to the smallest corners of their houses when they heard his lonely tread in the street. So Minos decided to kill two birds with one stone. The Minotaur had to be taken off the streets of Crete, so he commissioned a famous carpenter called Daedalus to fashion a labyrinth. The beast would be hidden away in the very centre of this spiralling structure. But a beast needs to eat, and more often than not, the flesh of man is the only thing that will do. So clever Minos sent a message to Aegeus saying that he must provide seven of the youngest and most beautiful Athenians every year to keep the Minotaur fat and content. What choice did Aegeus have? His citizens had killed Minos’ son and he was scarlet education 23
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