Have you ever gotten lost in an amusement park? A shopping mall? Out in the woods? Perhaps you were uneasy, until you found your way back to familiar ground.

Well, some folks like getting lost for fun. They enjoy it so much that they have formed The Labyrinth Society!

Here’s its mission: “This organization, known affectionately as “TLS,” is made up of labyrinth enthusiasts from all over the world. In only six years, well over 800 people have joined TLS; people who walk, build, write about, and study labyrinths. There are members who work to place labyrinths in schools and promote labyrinths for use in mainstream healthcare. There are members who write music to use while walking a labyrinth and others who are fascinated by the mathematical challenges labyrinths have to offer.”

Like just about any other pastime, labyrinths can obviously become an obsession.

There is lots of information about the society here, but what I found most fascinating was the information on labyrinths themselves. They are broken down into styles (classical, medieval, other) and styles within those styles. Of course it’s complicated! We’re talking about designs that are MEANT to be complicated!

Huge labyrinths are pictured and explained, also tiny ones designed into jewelry. You are also given instructions on how to build your own labyrinth from classic styles.

[Read The Labyrinth Society]

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