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4.5
I approached this book as a person who has never walked a labyrinth but feels close to it. And as someone who follows Lauren Artress' activity.This book is everything I was hoping to find and so much more. It presents a bit of the author's story, a bit of how she got close to the labyrinth, some more about what she built and a lot about the act of walking the labyrinth, walkers' experiences and a lot of issues this activity implies.As she is part of an organized religion and as the labyrinth is pretty much a spiritual path, this book is written in this kind of note. I felt the religious side was diffuse enough for people who are not necessarily religious or spiritual but open minded and looking for a walking meditation practice to dig into this matter anyway. I personally appreciate greatly the discussion of the divine feminine in the context of the labyrinth. So I feel the book balanced nicely these paths that can take one to the labyrinth.I also loved the richness of experiences presented and the richness of resources to understand more about the labyrinth and maybe help others discover it.More than anything I loved the whole vibe of this book, I think Lauren Artress writes and speaks as the labyrinth : with so much care and so much compassion, with an all encompassing and all embracing attitude toward the human experience while setting clear boundaries, drawing a safe space.I feel I will come back to this book many times in the future.
