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The labyrinth has recently emerged as a spiritual and physical meditational tool. They are built in churches, schoolyards, gardens, hospitals and prisons, architecturally beautiful and emotionally fulfilling. Yet beneath the feet of modern walkers resides a much deeper mystery. Greek mythology told of the monstrous Minotaur at its center and deeper yet, the people of ancient Crete worshipped a goddess of the labyrinth. Other traditions have understood the labyrinthine journey as a symbolic pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a hero's mythic adventure, and an inescapable prison. How can this elegant and paradoxical form represent so many different experiences?

Author Jodi Lorimer has spent over 12 years following an Ariadne's thread to its source, deep into the origins of human consciousness. The labyrinthine journey to the Otherworld was painted on the wall of caves by the first modern humans in Paleolithic Europe over 32,000 years ago. Ancient shamans mapped the route of the labyrinth revealing the complex minds and spirits of a sophisticated people. Their enigmatic art, arising from powerful experiences encountered in the weirdly beautiful environment of the caves still has a mysterious resonance for us today. What are the deep secrets of this symbol? Why is it reemerging today, proliferating around the world from Tasmania to Finland? And what lesson does it bring us from our ancient ancestors? How can both god and monster reside at the center of the enigmatic labyrinth?

Visit www.dancing-at-the-edge.com.

Dancing at the Edge of Death
by Jodi Lorimer

Kharis Enterprises Publishing, 2009, $15

The labyrinth has recently emerged as a spiritual and physical meditational tool. They are built in churches, schoolyards, gardens, hospitals and prisons, architecturally beautiful and emotionally fulfilling. Yet beneath the feet of modern walkers resides a much deeper mystery. Greek mythology told of the monstrous Minotaur at its center and deeper yet, the people of ancient Crete worshipped a goddess of the labyrinth. Other traditions have understood the labyrinthine journey as a symbolic pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a hero's mythic adventure, and an inescapable prison. How can this elegant and paradoxical form represent so many different experiences?

Author Jodi Lorimer has spent over 12 years following an Ariadne's thread to its source, deep into the origins of human consciousness. The labyrinthine journey to the Otherworld was painted on the wall of caves by the first modern humans in Paleolithic Europe over 32,000 years ago. Ancient shamans mapped the route of the labyrinth revealing the complex minds and spirits of a sophisticated people. Their enigmatic art, arising from powerful experiences encountered in the weirdly beautiful environment of the caves still has a mysterious resonance for us today. What are the deep secrets of this symbol? Why is it reemerging today, proliferating around the world from Tasmania to Finland? And what lesson does it bring us from our ancient ancestors? How can both god and monster reside at the center of the enigmatic labyrinth?

Visit www.dancing-at-the-edge.com.