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shadowstalker
10th June 2011, 20:48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3FyD7H6dEY
ViralSpiral
11th June 2011, 05:32
Hi Shadowstalker

Thanks for taking the time to post your video.This is what it is: Labyrinth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth)

They represents journeys to our own center and back again. Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools. A gateway of potential.....

Enoy it!
shadowstalker
11th June 2011, 07:55
Ok no prob but since when do church's use these things?
ViralSpiral
11th June 2011, 08:40
In the article you will see that in recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the labyrinth symbol

see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Labyrinth.JPG


Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Billy
11th June 2011, 09:10
Hi Shadowstalker, If you have you ever heard of Chartres Cathedral. One of the most famous Labyrinth's around.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/chartres-cathedral

Quote:

The Chartres Labyrinth

The stone floor still bears its ancient floor labyrinth (1205), used for walking contemplation by monks and still used for meditation by pilgrims. There is just one path through the labyrinth and it is 964 feet long. According to John James, the center of the labyrinth once had a metal plate with figures of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur, figures from the classical myth of the labyrinth on Minos.

The circumference of the labyrinth is 131 feet, almost exactly the same size as the West Rose window. Intriguingly, the labyrinth is the same distance from the west entrance as the West Rose is from the floor - so if the west wall fell inwards, the rose would land directly on the Labyrinth.

Photo's here.
http://www.labyrinthos.net/photo_library14.html


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Terracotta Angel, c.1896
Watts Chapel, England

Photo ©: Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos 8000
Wings
12th June 2011, 08:23
In the article you will see that in recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the labyrinth symbol

Your avatar is a labyrinth too.
The labyrinth symbol can been seen in 2 recent tarot card releases: The tarot of the Sidhe (the glyph is used on the back of the cards) and the Wildwood Tarot:
http://www.rjantley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Sidhe-cardback.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yvo80p_delw/TZMiY-9CNCI/AAAAAAAAAtk/w1x6OXZsf3w/s1600/Wildwood_Tarot.jpg