![]() ![]() A beach labyrinth won’t exist for long, which arguably adds to its spiritual significance. “I suppose there’ve been many times I’ve walked into a labyrinth already lost,” was the best I could muster.Ī beach labyrinth won’t exist for long, which arguably adds to its spiritual significance. “You can’t get lost in a labyrinth-there’s only one way in and one way out.”īut I hadn’t captured why, in the pile up of job losses, family crises, health scares and a recession without end, walking the labyrinth has become more frequent and vital. “The point of going into a maze is to get lost, and then find your way out,” I replied. In 2000 there were a half dozen now there are about 100. Seekers like me have boosted the number of labyrinths within 100 miles of Atlanta. ![]() I’ve carved them out of the sand on beaches and even mowed one in the back yard. I walk the labyrinth path at my church, search out others at parks and hospitals. How could I explain the power of what looked to others like walking in circles? How could I sum up my spiritual and meditative exercise for more than a decade? “No, it’s actually a labyrinth,” I replied. “It’s a maze,” she said, smiling and pointing at my T-shirt. The emblem of a winding path bound by a circle caught the attention of the convenience store clerk. ![]() The labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France. ![]()
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