The Building of a Labyrinth.

Labyrinths can be found in virtually every culture on across the globe and have been around for thousands of years.

Scholars detail that 'Roman mosaics often depicted a labyrinth as fortified cities, while in Medieval Europe they symbolized the one true path to Christian salvation.

They have been used as ceremonial pathways, protective sigils, traps for unwelcome spirits, and for games and dances....... '

'...They can be looked upon as a single path for personal, psychological and spiritual transformation and Labyrinths are thought to enhance right brain activity'.

You enter the mouth of the Labyrinth and then walk on the path or circuit guided by the walls that keep you on the path.

Unlike a maze there is one path leading you to the Center and when you reach the center, you have walked half the distance of your journey – After reflecting on the journey that got you to the center you can leave your thoughts, burdens or say prayers in the middle.

You then turn around and walk back out, reflecting or meditating as you journey back through the path that lead you to the center.

Like life itself the path winds around and back again. At times you believe you are close to the center or goal, but then the path leads you away and round bringing you back to that central point having travelled further. On your journey back out you reflect once again.

It is a medatative journey, giving the opportunity to reflect on your thoughts, feelings, your life, as you journey one step at a time.

I built this Labyrinth in my spare time in two days and it follows the Classical approach to a Labyrinth, yet also honours the natural landscape as it winds between the trees and plants taking on a little less of a traditional symmetry becoming one with nature. None of the plants or trees were disturbed in its construction. It will last the summer and be hidden beneath many feet of snow during the long Tahoe winter.