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~ Our apologies, but our labyrinth is currently under construction,
and will be available again in 2010. ~
The Chartres Labyrinth Our labyrinth is established in the center of the 130' Garden Square, east of the back parking area of the Inn. Our eleventh circuit Garden Square Labyrinth design is the same as the Chartres Labyrinth, laid sometime between 1199-1200, in the Chartres Cathedral, France. Legend states the design was part of King Solomon's Temple and was brought to France by the Templars. This style is associated with the Knights Templar and the freemasons who built the Gothic Cathedrals throughout Europe.
These cathedrals were all created using applied sacred geometry. This geometry, for the most part, is a lost body of knowledge today. Philosopher Plato wrote the theory while Pythagorus developed the actual measurements and equations based on whole numbers. The central concept of unity, symbolized by the circle, stands behind the choice of numbers, proportions and patterns. These labyrinths were strategicaly located in geometric patterns related to the whole of the cathedral.
 The Labyrinth Walk When walking the labyrinth most walkers can feel its energies. The inward-circular path quietens as it leads into the center rose. Walking out, the unwinding path integrates and empowers its walkers.
The Invitation The best way to learn about the labyrinth is to walk one with an open heart and mind. Then, step quietly onto the path. Allow all things to fade away, except the path. The simple act of walking the labyrinth invites us back into the center of our being.
The Parts that Make the Whole The classical Chartres Labyrinth style is based on the invisible thirteen pointed star. This star radiates out from the center connecting with the lunations, outer circle of field stones. These invisible radiations determine the placement of the path in relationship to the center. The star's intersecting lines guide the positioning of the six petaled rose.
The labyrinth in some unexplained manner is empowered by this invisible star. These energy patterns result in balanced integrative experiences of the walkers.
At the center is the six-petal rose, symbol of the acceptance of God's love for the world. Its petals symbolize the six days of creation and the evolutionary process of spirit coming into the earth.
The singlar path represents creation and meanders throughout the labyrinth's eleven circles.
The ten turns of the path, labyrs, form a cruciform, a large cross-section cross highlighted by buttercup-yellow daylilies.
The field stones, lunations, were placed on the outside circle. To add the increases the beauty and energies of the labyrinth.
Information from Walking a Sacred Path by Dr. Lauren Artress, Canon Pastor at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA.
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