I HAVE WALKED ON SEVERAL LABYRINTHS AND FOUND THEM TO BE TRANCE-LIKE. ONE AT BISHOP'S RANCH HAS MEDICINAL PLANTS THERE, A CORN MAZE WAS DEFINITELY DIFFICULT TO MANUEVER THROUGH, A ONE AT GRACE CATHEDRAL IN SAN FRANCISCO. WHILE I WALKED AT GRACE'S CATHEDRAL I WASA LIFE COACH ATTENDING A CONFERENCE. I MET SOME WOMEN WHO WERE FIGHTING CANCER. IT WAS SAD TO SEE SO MANY WOMEN WHO HAD CANCER BUT THEY HAD MADE FRIENDS THERE. LABYRINTHS ORIGINATED FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY DESIGNED FOR A KING. IT WAS A PLACE TO HOLD A MYTHIC CREATURE, HALF MAN AND HALF BULL WHO WAS KILLED BY AN AETHENIAN HERO. HE BUILT THE MAIZE CUNNINGLY THAT HE COULD HARDLY ESCAPE IT AFTER HE BUILT IT!
HISTORICALLY THEY ARE USED IN RITUAL AND PRIVATE MEDITATION. THE WORD IS ACTUALLY PRE GREEK AND SOME FOLKS HAVE RECORDED ROCK DRAWINGS WITH MAZES IN ITALY. NATIVE AMERICANS USED LABYRINTHS AS WELL. ONE EXAMPLE IS I'TOI, THE MAN IN THE MAZE OF THE TOHONO OODHAM IN THE SOUTHWEST. LABYRINTHS ARE BOTH INTERESTING TO SEE AND MY CHURCH HAS MEDITATIONS USING THE ROCK FORMATIONS IN CERTAIN RETREATS.
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