Tuesday, 11. March 2008
Labyrinthe - Labyrinths

Labyrinthe - die Gebilde aus magischen Linien - haben eine lange Geschichte.

Vor Jahrtausenden heilige Orte für Initiationsriten, Fruchtbarkeitsfeste und kultische Tänze. Bis heute geht ein geheimnisvoller Zauber von ihnen aus. Was verbirgt sich hinter den rätselhaften Zeichen?

Labyrinthe vom ZDF.

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100 Labyrinthe von Eichfelder (German)
Guter Vortrag, tolle Bilder und sehr schön gestaltet.

In einem Labyrinth kann man sich nicht verlaufen, wie im Irrgarten, weil der Weg keine Abzweigungen und Kreuzungen hat, sondern auf gewundene Weise zum Mittelpunkt führt. Der Weg ist verschlungen und lang, wechselt ständig die Richtung, führt oft am Ziel vorbei, ist aber eindeutig, führt sicher in die Mitte und wieder heraus ... Der Weg im Labyrinth kann Zeichen des Lebens sein.

Hier erfahren Sie, was ein Labyrinth ist, können virtuelle Labyrinthe gehen und wirkliche Labyrinthe sehen: mymaze = Geheimnis Labyrinth von Erwin Reissmann (German version)
Unten auf der Seite mit "Home" oder dem Zurück-Button kommen Sie wieder auf diese Übersicht

Diese Seite befasst sich mit begehbaren Labyrinthen: Labyrinthe in Deutschland von Silke Wolf und Werner Kaufmann (German)

Und hier sind sie in Oesterreich: Labyrinthe in Österreich von Ilse M. Seifried (German)
Schade. Die Seite für die Labyrinthe in der Schweiz finde ich dermassen schlecht, dass sie hier nicht aufgeführt wird.

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The medieval labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France lies at the heart of a renaissance in the spiritual use of labyrinths, some 800 years after it was originally constructed.

Photo: Jeff Saward


Labyrinths are a potent symbol in many cultures, and have been for thousands of years. When Theseus killed the Minotaur he defeated the beast at the heart of darkness - and created a myth that is still vibrant and evolving. Roman mosaics often depicted labyrinths as fortified cities, while in medieval Europe they symbolised the one true path to Christian salvation. They have been used as ceremonial pathways, protective sigils, traps for unwelcome spirits and for games and dancing. Puzzle mazes have been exercising our feet and entertaining our minds for hundreds of years - and have become a symbol of confusion.

Labyrinthos - Labyrinth Resource Centre by Jeff & Kimberly Saward (English)
A highlight!

The Labyrinth Society is a gigantic website with very much content and pictures - also how to built one. (English)
Don't miss it.

mymaze = Mystery Labyrinth by Erwin Reissmann (English version)
Press "Home" below the site or the Back-Button in your browser to come back to the overall view.

Well the sad news is that the Labyrinth at Labyrinth Springs no longer exists as a physical creation. It does however still exist as an energy form and continues to enhance the area to this day.

The Labyrinth of Labyrinth Springs by Martin Rusholme (English)

It would certainly seem somewhat inappropriate to talk of "the Cretan Maze" or "the Hampton Court Labyrinth," but, generally speaking, we may use the words interchangeably, regarding "maze" as merely the northern equivalent of the classic "labyrinth." Both words have come to signify a complex path of some kind, but when we press for a closer definition we encounter difficulties. We cannot, for instance, say that it is "a tortuous branched path designed to baffle or deceive those who attempt to find the goal to which it leads," for, though that description holds good in some cases, it ignores the many cases in which there is only one path, without branches, and therefore no intent to baffle or mislead, and others again in which there is no definite "goal." We cannot say that it is a winding path "bounded by walls or hedges," for in many instances there are neither walls nor hedges.

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One of the most famous labyrinths, for example, consisted chiefly of a vast and complicated series of rooms and columns. In fact, we shall find it convenient to leave the question of the definition of the words, and also that of their origin, until we have examined the various examples that exist or are known to have existed.

Mazes and Labyrinths by W.H. Matthews [1922] by Sacred Texts. (English)
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