| It
is our hope that you will be inspired by the continuing photos and
rituals, created by people around the world with water and labyrinths, to bring healing, calm, and meaning, as well as some joy and humor to the stresses of the times we live in. Please contact us if you have a waterlabyrinth picture or event to share. Lea Goode-Harris and Selma Sevenhuijsen with Carol Comstock and William Frost |
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| One
of the specialties of Labyrinth Maker Jim Buchanan of Scotland are his amazing labyrinths out of shadow and projected light. |
Projected
Light Labyrinth |
Jim
sent us this test projection - in a small therapy swimming pool. Its for public use as of April, 2005, in Utrecht, Holland. "A real water labyrinth!" |
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June
21, 2005 |
Carol
Comstock of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, celebrated the first day of
summer, 2005, reflecting on the blessing of water, especially the
refreshing qualities enjoyed so much in the summer. The labyrinth
was on the shore of Lake Erie, on the same beach where Carol held
the January Worldwide Circle of Labyrinths. -photos by Carol Comstock |
January
23, 2005 |
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Selma
Sevenhuijsen, Netherlands, made this labyrinth on a Dutch beach
with the growing tide. The water came in with such a speed that
she just succeeded in drawing it, but the water came too fast
to walk it! This experience captures for her how the labyrinth
can be a symbol both for transience and finitude. |
William
Frost, Minnesota, USA created this "Dolphin Labyrinth"
for the International Water Conference |
Summer
Solstice, 2005, |
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"Pink
Flamingo Labyrinth" |
-Flamingo
Labyrinth photos |
The
morning we heard about the July 7th bombings in London, I went
to the heart space of our Santa Rosa Labyrinth and lit a candle,
set in wood that is thousands of years old from the British Isles,
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| Artist
Lorena Babcock Moore from Tucson, Arizona, wrote about her work
with labyrinths and water: "After the December 26 Indian Ocean
tsunami, I worked with the maze to dispel the unquiet and distinctly
crowded feeling that overwhelmed my studio. On a sunny, windy morning
three days after the event, I walked the maze carrying a vulture
feather and my ritual knife. As often happens when I use these tools,
there was a swirling disturbance in the air and the sense of the
roof opening in a flash of light, then all was calm, quiet, and
empty." |
Lorena
used different
stones to represent the four elements in their labyrinth, with
washed glass at the center for water. |
"In
the days after that I created several pieces of art. On the January
Full Moon, a month after the tsunami, I walked the maze several
times in succession, calling upon the Manta Ray (one of my oldest
spirit guides) and carrying a small forged iron boat. The
story of the Boatman is a description of that very intense journey.
(Using an iron boat, instead of one made from wood or paper, is
not as strange as it sounds. In parts of Indonesia, iron nails
are traditionally left with food and flowers as offerings for the
dead.)" |
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