Labyrinths: Ancient Myths and Modern Uses - Softcover

Lonegren, Sig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0906362695 ISBN 13: 9780906362693

Publisher: Gothic Image Publications, 2007

Synopsis

For thousands of years, in many different cultures and in many diverse forms, the labyrinth's enigmatic shape has reappeared to tantalize archeologists and historians. What were these magical mazes used for, and why? What meaning could they hold for us today? Through myths, stories, and symbolism we enter the labyrinth's sacred space, and into its very heart where we can reach and understand its mysteries: how it enhances awareness and forces us to become attuned to the convoluted path in order to reach our goal. As we work our way through its various forms, from ancient Greece to Native America, through its legends, links with dream imagery, role in women's history, energies and planetary connections, we are given practical projects for personal growth. Draw your own labyrinths, use them as problem-solving tools, and even build real ones on a lawn or inside with a string and masking tape.

About this title

About the Author:

Sig Lonegren has been a student of sacred enclosures since the late 1960s and he has a Masters degree in Sacred Space, the study of pre-Protestant Reformation spiritual centers. He is the author of the "Earth Mysteries Handbook: Wholistic Non-intrusive Data Gathering Techniques, " in which he discusses sacred geometry, archaeoastronomy and dowsing, and "Spiritual Dowsing, " a book that explores dowsing both as a tool for locating earth energies found at ancient sacred sites, and for health and healing. Sig is a past Trustee of the American Society of Dowsers, and was head of their Dowsing School for several years. While his home is in Vermont, USA, he spends time each year in the heart of King Arthur's Avalon, at Glastonbury, England. For the past four years Sig has been contributing to Earth Mystery gatherings with people in Britain. These week long encampments, put together by a group called OakDragon, focus on specific topics like music and dance, astrology, healing, creativity, ceremony, and the study of the experience of ancient Britain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gothic Image Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0906362695
• ISBN 13: 9780906362693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 161