“One picture is worth a thousand words” * as Sun Xi wrote in the fifth century, in full knowledge of the Chinese ideograms.
Pictures spoke to people long before writing began They spoke of the complexity that has been forgotten by our impoverished alphabets.
The labyrinth has always been the master pattern of dreams where people have drawn upon a fluid syntax far more ancient than the convolutions of language.
To whomever can decipher it. Paths of wisdom are revealed there in.
The labyrinth teaches human beings to behold their destiny in one glance as one holds a wounded bird in the palm of ones hand.
It enables one constantly to plumb the depths of their own secrets-and to remember them in order to live.
The above was taken from a book.
*This was written in the book By Jaques Attali
The Labyrinth in Culture and Society
This book is sponsored by the society for Study of Native Arts and Sciences whose goals are to cross cultural perspective linking arts science humanities andhealing .
Pictures spoke to people long before writing began They spoke of the complexity that has been forgotten by our impoverished alphabets.
The labyrinth has always been the master pattern of dreams where people have drawn upon a fluid syntax far more ancient than the convolutions of language.
To whomever can decipher it. Paths of wisdom are revealed there in.
The labyrinth teaches human beings to behold their destiny in one glance as one holds a wounded bird in the palm of ones hand.
It enables one constantly to plumb the depths of their own secrets-and to remember them in order to live.
The above was taken from a book.
*This was written in the book By Jaques Attali
The Labyrinth in Culture and Society
This book is sponsored by the society for Study of Native Arts and Sciences whose goals are to cross cultural perspective linking arts science humanities andhealing .
What is a labyrinth?
 | A labyrinth is an ancient archetypal pattern found in all ancient cultures of the world. A labyrinth is the opposite to a maze, as mazes have many paths and dead-ends. they are about multiplicity, choice and strategy, a path of the mind, whereas the single path of a labyrinth is about guidance, trust and reflection, a path of the heart. Click here to start shopping for a labyrinth meditation tool. |
It's allure may be simply that it's one track path implies that there is a way through the wilderness of our stressed-filled lives. It offers the hope of order in our disordered world.
Why would I use a Labyrinth?
Labyrinths have been used for centuries as a sacred journey, a means to connect with the divine for inspiration and guidance and to find purpose and direction; helping you find a path through the confusion and chaos of daily life. By surrendering to the winding path ones soul finds healing and wholeness.