Although labyrinths are familiar to most people, few know that they can be used for meditation and spiritual discovery. This book introduces you to the theory and history of labyrinths and teaches you how to create your own labyrinths from everyday items, such as paper, string, shells and glue. The second section of the book shows you how you can create labyrinths to mark celebrations such as birthdays, weddings and anniversaries, and the book concludes with suggestions for choosing the site of your labyrinth and special materials you could use.

Labyrinths are found in rock, mosaics and turf all over the world, and seem to have been known to magicians from very ancient times. In the traditional designs no choices are offered to the seekers, the path simply delivering the walker to the centre in a certain way. But what does it mean? Can you really get lost in a Maze? What have gremlins got to do with it all? And the Minotaur? This tiny book of graphic beginnings, ending and lanes in between is a beautiful and thought-provoking guide to this fascinating subject.

In this, the most authoritative book on mazes and labyrinths, Nigel Pennick explores the maze in all its varied aspects. Here is a complete account of ancient rock labyrinths and turf mazes, pavement and church labyrinths and puzzle hedge mazes. This richly illustrated gazetteer of British mazes will provide inspiration and practical information for artists. The author guides the reader through the history of a perplexing artform that links us with the ancients.