HERE are many
ways to utilize
a labyrinth
for prayer or
meditation. Most
are based on the inward and
outward journeys. On the way to
the center, walkers might name
all the things they are worried
about and choose to release what
is beyond their control. At the
center, they might stop and pray
or think for a few moments before
making a decisive turn to walk
outward. On the return journey,
having cleared their mind (at least
for a time) of worries, they can list
all the things for which they are
grateful.
Another way to meditate in a
labyrinth is to select a Scripture
or other sacred passage to recite
while walking, perhaps one for
the journey inward and another
for the journey outward. The
walk to the center can be one of
confession and the walk outward
one of listening to God. Some
people choose just one divine
attribute to focus on for the entire
journey. Others envision the walk
toward the center as a drawing
near to God and the journey away
not as departing from the divine
but walking with God back into
the world.
However the pilgrim chooses
to walk the labyrinth, it’s a unique
way to reflect while immersed in a
beautiful space.
There are at least two other
labyrinths in the Cape Fear
region in addition to those
pictured. The SECU Hospice
House of Brunswick has one iden-tical
to the one in Lower Cape
Fear Hospice’s Heritage Garden.
On the west lawn of Saint Philip’s
Episcopal Church in Southport is
a five-circuit, neo-medieval cruci-form
labyrinth, which is open to
the public.
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