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A meditative journey in a compressed amount of space could describe one way people use a prayer labyrinth, and it occurred to me the Christian Lenten season which comes to a close today, is also used by some people of faith for a meditative journey through 40 days of growing unease and disorientation to the hopelessness of death and darkness and then the surprising shift at the transforming center: a brilliant Easter morning with death completely overturned. I am wishing everyone who celebrates it a lovely close to Holy Week and a joyous Easter. This outdoor labyrinth is open to the public in the courtyard of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the Uptown neighborhood. Whenever I walk by I admire the unique 1962 "Googie" style roof that fits in so well with similar design elements of nearby landmarks built at the same time like Key Arena and Seattle Center.
3 comments:
Great choice, Kim!
This labyrinth appears to be modeled on the one at Chartres cathedral. Grace (Episcopal) Cathedral in San Francisco has two labyrinths patterned after Chartres - one in the nave of the church and one outdoors.
I had no idea we had a Labyrinth in Seattle. Thanks for sharing!
Ours at the Cathedral Church of St John (Episcopal) in Albuquerque is an identical design and is in a beautiful enclosed garden. Good Friday was for us a chilly, windy night. Some of us have been suffering through a terrible tragedy down here; that night I walked the labyrinth reading to myself from the Stations of the Cross.
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