Labyrinth at the Cathedral of St. Philip
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
At the Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead, Atlanta's Episcopal cathedral, a permanent outdoor labyrinth anchors the cathedral's contemplative program. It is among the Southeast's flagship church labyrinths, walked in scheduled programs and open to the city.
At the Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead, Atlanta's Episcopal cathedral, a permanent outdoor labyrinth anchors the cathedral's contemplative program. It is among the Southeast's flagship church labyrinths, walked in scheduled programs and open to the city. The Labyrinth Locator's record lists it as a Chartres-style labyrinth in the cathedral gardens, not an exact replica; installed fall 2012.
Every labyrinth is a walking practice, not a puzzle: a single path winds to a center and back out, and the walk is done slowly, as prayer or meditation. The pattern descends from the medieval pavement labyrinth at Chartres, and the modern urban revival began in the 1990s when Lauren Artress brought replicas of that path to American congregations and public grounds through Veriditas and the Labyrinth Society, whose World-Wide Labyrinth Locator now catalogs thousands. There is no branching and no trick to the path; walkers of every religion and none use it.
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