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Author_Sally Welch
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fresh expressions
labyrinth spirituality
maze
Product details
- ISBN 9781848250031
- Dimensions: 126 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 2010
- Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A labyrinth is a pattern consisting of a single circuitous path that winds into the centre, with no possibility of getting lost, as in a maze, and no dead ends. It is one of the most ancient tools for spiritual growth and development, dating back to medieval Christianity, and is currently enjoying a popular revival, especially in contemporary 'Fresh Expressions' of church.
As an effective focus for prayer and worship, labyrinths - temporary and permanent - are increasingly found in traditional and alternative church communities and at festivals like Greenbelt. This book provides a complete guide for beginner and seasoned labyrinth explorer alike.
An accessible and inviting illustrated guide, it: traces the history of labyrinths in the Christian spiritual tradition, explores the different ways groups and individuals can use a labyrinth for prayer and reflection, gives instructions for creating small and large, simple and complex, temporary and permanent, indoor and outdoor labyrinths based on the most well known designs - e.g Chartres, Rouen and Amien cathedrals, and it provides outlines for spiritual exercises using the labyrinth.
SALLY WELCH is an Anglican priest in Oxford. She trained as a labyrinth facilitator at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and is Labyrinth Advisor to the Reading Area of the Oxford Diocese. Her book Making a Pilgrimage (Lion Hudson) was published in 2009.
