Please note that these recommendations/links have been collated by and are © Danielle Wilson. They are merely my own recommendations of other sources of information people might find useful when embarking on research into labyrinths:
WEBSITES:
Veriditas, The Worldwide Labyrinth Project:
www.veriditas.net (this is the organisation I trained with)
The Labyrinth Society (USA):
www.labyrinthsociety.org
http://www.labyrinthsociety.org/html/howto.html - instructions on how to draw a classical 7 circuit
http://www.lessons4living.com/drawing.htm
http://www.labyrinthsociety.org/html/howto02.html – instructions on how to draw the Chartres labyrinth
http://wwll.veriditas.labyrinthsociety.org/search.php - the WorldWide Labyrinth Locator (a collaboration between Veriditas and The Labyrinth Society)
Resource website for labyrinth activities by Veriditas trained facilitators in UK & Ireland:
http://www.labyrinthuk.org
Good overview of history of labyrinths all round the world:
http://www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths.html
Labyrinthos (Labyrinth Resource Centre UK – Jeff Saward):
www.labyrinthos.net
Walking a Sacred Path (labyrinth workshops in Chartres):
http://www.veriditas.net/programs/chartres.html
The Labyrinth Company:
www.labyrinthcompany.com/
Labyrinth Enterprises:
www.labyrinthproject.com/ (canvas labyrinths)
Jay Edge: therapeutic workshops using labyrinth in UK –
www.journeyofthesoul.co.uk
Sarah Harrison: labyrinth walks available in UK –
www.labyrinthing.co.uk
Cindy Pavlinac - great photography (including labyrinths!!!):
www.sacred-land-photography.com
Tony Christie: labyrinth activities in Ireland:
www.labyrinthinireland.com
READING:
"Walking a Sacred Path" - Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress - ISBN 1-57322-547-9 (Artress is the person responsible for making labyrinths more widely used in the last 10 years & also the person I trained with)
"Praying the Labyrinth" - Jill Kimberly Hartwell Geoffrion - ISBN 0-8298-1343-8 (prayers)
"Labyrinth - Pathway to Meditation and Healing" - Helen Raphael Sands - ISBN 1-85675-186-4 (good general book with rituals, how to make labyrinths, lots of great colour photos)
"Labyrinths - Ancient Paths of Wisdom and Peace" - Virginia Westbury - ISBN 1-85410-809-3 (good general book with colour photos)
"The Way of the Labyrinth" - Helen Curry - ISBN 0-14-019617-X (good on rituals)
"The Art of the Maze" - Adrian Fisher and Georg Gerster; Weidenfeld & Nicolson - ISBN: 1841880256
“Magical Paths: Mazes and Labyrinths in the 21st Century” - Jeff Saward - Mitchell Beazley - ISBN: 1840005734
“Labyrinths & Mazes: A Complete Guide to Magical Paths of the World” - Jeff Saward - Lark Books - ISBN: 1579905390
“Labyrinths and Mazes of the World” - Jeff Saward - Gaia Books - ISBN: 185675183X
“Mazes and Labyrinths in Great Britain” – John Martineau – Wooden Books – ISBN: 0-9525862-1-5
“Labyrinths: Ancient Myths and Modern Uses” - Sig Lonegren - Sterling Publishing - ISBN: 0806974079
“Exploring the Labyrinth: A Guide for Healing and Spiritual Growth” – Melissa Gayle West – Broadway Books – ISBN: 0-7679-0356-0
“The Complete Guide to Labyrinths” – Cassandra Eason – The Crossing Press – ISBN: 1-58091-126-9
“Way of the Winding Path" - Eve Hogan - White Cloud Press - ISBN: 1883991528
MUSIC:
Generally commercially available:
“Officium” - Jan Garbarek & Hilliard Ensemble – ECM New Series 1525 445 369-2
“Feather on the Breath of God” - Hildegard von Bingen – Hyperion CDA66039
Other music good for labyrinth walking – available through indicated websites:
“Laudate” - Music of Taizé – recorded live at Gort Muire Conference Centre, Dublin -
http://www.cenacle.co.uk/products.asp?partno=M0139
“Mysteries” - Musica Divina – recorded for labyrinth walking at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California -
http://cdbaby.com/cd/musicadivina
“Soul Songs of the Labyrinth” - Lisa Rafel – recorded live at Grace Cathedral -
http://www.lisarafel.com/cd.html
“Homage” – Judith Tripp – solo flute at celtic sacred sites –
http://www.circleway.com/products.htm
“Chartres – The Path of the Soul” - Catherine Braslavsky Ensemble – recorded live during labyrinth walks at Chartres Cathedral*
“Labyrinth Walk” – Martin Gregory – Solo Piano written specifically for labyrinth walking –
www.boatloadofdogs.com*
*THESE TWO CDs ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE: SEE JUKEBOX FOR SOUND CLIPS AND SHOPPING CART TO PLACE AN ORDER
OTHER PRODUCTS:
Wooden finger labyrinths available from:
www.paxworks.com
www.peacefulendeavours.com
www.ispiritual.com
www.relax4life.com
Labyrinth lapel pins - £5.00
Wooden finger labyrinths - 40 cm square - £50.00
Tours to Chartres:
Rev. Lauren Artress – Veriditas (USA): http://www.veriditas.net/programs/chartres.html
Helena del Pino (UK): 01733-310 795 – delpinofam@aol.com
FABRIC INDOOR LABYRINTHS TO WALK:
LONDON:
St James’s Piccadilly:
www.greenspirit.org.uk/events/sjp.asp - Second Sunday of each month 1:30pm-2:30pm: small Chartres style - Contact: Petra Griffiths on Sundays at St. James's.
OTHER:
PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL: 1st Saturday each month –- Chartres style canvas - Contact: Helena del Pino, 01733-310 795 – delpinofam@aol.com
EDINBURGH – St Peter’s Lutton Place: 7 – 9 PM – last Tuesday of month* - 32 ft canvas Chartres style
GLASGOW – Renfield St Stephens Church Centre: 7–9 PM – first Sunday of month*-32 ft canvas Chartres style
*not July or August
CONTACT: FIONA FIDGIN, ALTARED IMAGES - 0131-221 9267 - fidgin@blueyonder.co.uk
EDINBURGH – University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy Centre, Bristo Square: check for dates:
http://www.chaplaincy.ed.ac.uk/labyrinth.html - 32 ft canvas Chartres style – Contact: Rev Di Williams 0131-650 2595/6
Outdoor labyrinth in Edinburgh in George Square Gardens; open 7AM>7PM (4 PM in winter) Monday>Friday - for more information, see:
www.labyrinth.ed.ac.uk
DUNDEE – University of Dundee Chaplaincy Centre: 36 ft canvas Chartres style – Contact: Nick Halpin 01382-344 164 – nicholashalpin@tiscali.co.uk OR
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/counselling/Labyrinth.htm
OTHER OUTDOOR TURF OR PAVED LABYRINTHS TO WALK (check the World Wide Labyrinth Locator for more information:
http://wwll.veriditas.labyrinthsociety.org/search.php)
Breamore, Salisbury
Julian’s Bower, Alkborough, Lincs.
Edinburgh – George Square Gardens
Milton Keynes
Godmanstone, Dorchester, Dorset
Saffron Walden, Essex
Hilton, Cambs.
St Catherine’s Hill, Winchester
OTHER INDOOR PAVED LABYRINTHS TO WALK:
Ely Cathedral