The Literary Labyrinth
Our thanks to La Farge Library in Santa Fe for allowing us to display our labyrinth art and other information for the month of November. Library staff reported all books about labyrinths were checked out during this time!
Winter Solstice Farolito Walk
Meet Clive Johnson!
British Labyrinth Sojourner Clive Johnson is making his way around America with his canvas labyrinth. Labyrinth Around America is a an initiative to take a labyrinth around the United States, making stops in each state that marks the border of the mainland (i.e. those states that share a border with Canada or Mexico, or those which have a coastline). The labyrinth may journey to other states later – including Alaska and Hawaii – but the initial intention is to encircle the mainland with a trail of positive energy, bringing an invitation for people to come together in walking this wonderful path. For more information, visit http://www.labyrintharoundamerica.net and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/labyrintharoundamerica/.
You can meet Clive in Santa Fe, walk the labyrinth and talk with him about his project on September 18.
Labyrinth Around America
Tuesday, September 18, 7:30am – 1:00pm
Santa Fe Farmers’ Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe
Contact: Chris Harrell 575-749-1249, lrgsanta@gmail.com
Lecture and Labyrinth Walk with the Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress
The Labyrinth Resource Group will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a lecture by Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress, followed by a labyrinth walk on Sunday, May 27, beginning at 2 pm.
This special day on Museum Hill in Santa Fe will begin with a lecture titled “The Labyrinth: Its History, Mystery, and Meaning” by Dr. Artress in the auditorium of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. She will lead a walk following the lecture on the outdoor labyrinth in the plaza on Museum Hill.
Dr. Artress’ lecture will guide visitors in a journey to discover what labyrinths are, tracing their origins and identifying their many forms. She will also explore ways in which they promote peace and mindfulness.
Tickets for the lecture and walk: A $20 donation (or whatever you can contribute) is suggested. Tickets online with PayPal or by check.
Reverend Dr. Artress is the driving force behind the labyrinth revival movement of recent decades, and she travels around the world offering workshops and lectures. She has published three books on the subject, including “Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice.” She’s also a canon at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and founder of Veriditas, a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing people to the healing, meditative powers of the labyrinth.
Dr. Artress will also be giving a Labyrinth Facilitator training at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM on June 2. More information.
For more information about Dr. Artress, visit www.laurenartress.com or Facebook.
LRG Brochure
Suggestions for walking
Walking into the labyrinth – Quiet your mind chatter and
release your thoughts. Become aware of your breathing,
Take slow breaths. Relax and move at your own pace.
Open your heart to feel whatever it might feel.
Walking into the Center – This is a place of reflection.
Pause and stay as long as you like. Listen to your inner
voice.
Walking out the labyrinth – Walk out on the same path you
followed coming in, bringing a sense of well-being, healing,
excitement, calm or peace.
Le labyrinthe at Chartres Cathedral
Here is a short video about the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France which in many ways became the inspiration for reviving the building of labyrinths, a movement which has spread all over the world. The video has beautiful footage of walking the labyrinth at Chartres, both at the ground level and in aerial views. In French.
Create a labyrinth experience
Labyrinths have been used all over the world for thousands of years. Each person who walks brings their own way of being in the labyrinth to each experience of it. Labyrinths can be walked individually or in groups. One way of observing the rhythm of the year is to walk the labyrinth at the solstices and the equinoxes, thus marking the four seasons. Some people walk on the new or the full moon. Using the labyrinth to bring us into the cycle of the year is a beautiful way to find the harmony in our lives.
Carlos’ art
Santa Fe artist Carlos Smith features labyrinths in the images that he creates, many of them using traditional metal working techniques of the Southwest. You can catch him on Facebook or every year at Spanish Market in Santa Fe.
