"Deep Listening"

The stones are here!

Well, today we collected the first delivery of stones for The Labyrinth. They are heavy! Choosing the stones with Gillian, as well as giving us a work out, reminded me how beautiful river rock is. Each stone unique with its own shape and pattern laid down over thousands of years.

At Fiber Fellowship the painting began. Participants often gravitated towards particular rock to paint. The rocks and the paintings are as unique and diverse as we are. See some of the end results below.

 

 

The Way Event

 

Art Invitational



Labyrinth T-Shirts

Labyrinth Project t-shirts have arrived!

They are free to anyone who is involved in any Labyrinth Project event and $5 to purchase. Multiple colors and sizes available. Contact rosie.magee@wilson.edu

Inspiration

Rosie made this in the Felting Workshop by student, Gemma L.

 

 

Inspired by The Laybrinth Project

What is World Labyrinth Day?

 

World Labyrinth Day, an initiative of The Labyrinth Society, is a day designated to bring people from all over the world together to walk labyrinths.  It is celebrated every year on the first Saturday in May.  This is a day when people all over the world can join together to walk labyrinths for the good of all.

“Walk as One at 1”

 

 People are encouraged to have the main labyrinth walk of the day at 1 pm in every time zone to create a wave of labyrinth walking around our planet. 

 

In the past, a variety of events have been held at over 100 locations worldwide, including the Ellipse in Washington DC, public parks, churches, a maximum-security women’s prison, retreat centers and many private labyrinths. Countries joining the celebration include: the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, the Bahamas, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, China, South Africa, Australia, and the list grows every year.

 

 

Wilson College Labyrinth will be a registered participant in World Labyrinth Day this year.

 

 

 

Stones for our College Labyrinth

Today, I sourced the stones for our 'pop up' college Labyrinth which will be build in time for World Labyrinth Day on May 4. Getting the right type of stone is harder than one would think. The local garden center didn't have anything in stock. The local quarry had, as you would imagine, quarried rock which was too rough and jagged for what we have in mind. They recommended 'Country Breeze' in Marion and sure enough they have the perfect time of river rock for what we need! Now the hard part - to calculate how many stones we will need :)

Peace on the journey, Rosie

A poem as we embark on the pilgrimage of Lent

To the Pilgrim

Set out!

You were born for the road
Set out!
You have a meeting to keep.
Where? With whom?
Perhaps with yourself.

Set out!

Your steps will be your words-
The road your song,
The weariness your prayers.
And at the end
Your silence will speak to you.

Set out!

Alone, or with others-
But get out of yourself!
You have created rivals-
You will find companions.
You envisaged enemies-
You will find brothers and sisters.

Set out!

Your head does not know
Where your feet are leading your heart.

Set out!

You were born for the road-
The pilgrim’s road.
Someone is coming to meet you-
Is seeking you
In the shrine at the end of the road-
In the shrine at the depths of your heart.

God is your peace.

God is your joy!
Go!
God already walks with you!

Anonymous

For all Students

Witness the mind/body connection IN ACTION by taking some time for yourself in "The Well"

 

Located in the Wellness Center waiting room at the end of the Student Development hall

 

WHAT TO EXPECT: Hot tea and aromatherapy, juggling games (virtual), and boat rides (virtual) that YOU control, and that's just the beginning...

 

WHAT IT IS: We have a unique software program that allows you to practice meditation, work on focusing,  and find ways to make your brain and body connect with the ultimate goal of relaxation and insight. Skeptical? We get it. Come check it out to see for yourself and train your brain to calm your body...and vise versa!

 

 

Mondays: 12noon-1pm

Wednesdays: 1-2pm

Thursdays: 10-11am and 3-4pm

Fridays: 11am-12noon

 

Questions? Email wellness@wilson.edu

"The Way" Event

"The Way" Event

Friday, March 22

“The Way” - The Movie
4pm - Allen Auditorium
The Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world.
http://theway-themovie.com/

“Way Station” - Spanish themed meal
6pm - Patterson Lounge.
To sign up for meal email rosie.magee@wilson.edu (free to
students, staff and faculty)

 

Different Paths on El Camino/The Way

7pm - Patterson Lounge
Camille Baughman and Asunción Arnedo will share their   different experiences of walking the 500 mile El Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage through Spain.

 

Event co-sponsored by the Spanish Club, Diversity team,

and the Office of the Chaplain as part of The Labyrinth Project @Wilson College

Labyrinths Around the World

Columbia

Hong Kong



Ireland



Mexico



Nepal

England

Peru

 

 

Latest Labyrinths in London

Mark Wallinger unveils the largest art commission ever, for London Underground's 150th anniversary. Labyrinth features 270 unique works, one for each of the 270 stations on the London Underground network. Here, Wallinger talks to Adrian Searle at Oxford Circus station (see video link below)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2013/feb/07/mark-wallinger-labyrinth-art-underground-video

Convocation Benediction (2/12/13)

We ‘come as we are’ to this place

      and we leave to live into who we will become.

As we prepare to leave this gathering and go onward

      to new discoveries and new challenges

may we be blessed with the humility and the humor to be good traveling companions

may we be blessed with courage and creativity for the journey

      each day of this wild, amazing life

      we are blessed to live

and may the God who names you, and loves you beyond measure

      bless your journey with joy and with peace. Amen

How to Build a Labyrinth

How to Build a Labyrinth <---link here!

Click on the link above to find out how to build your own Labyrinth!

Invitation to Campus Clubs

Greetings student club leaders, WCGA and class presidents!

 I am writing to give you some background on The Labyrinth Project which will be the main theme of the office of the chaplain during spring semester 2013. I am hoping to work with others on this project and so wanted to get the word out to campus leaders.

 The labyrinth is a symbol known to have existed for at least four thousand years. It has been used in many cultures and religions throughout its existence as a symbol of the journey of life and a sacred place of centering and contemplation. The labyrinth is acknowledged by many to be beneficial to mind body and spirit – the whole person. The relevance of the image of labyrinth stands in stark contrast to that of a maze where there are forced choices, fear, confusion, dead ends, and a sense of being lost. A maze is designed for you to lose your way whereas a labyrinth is designed for you to find your way.

The ancient concept of labyrinth will be re-imagined throughout the 2013 spring semester and invitation to participation will be extended to the entire community. Current proposals include:

* opportunities to share a meal, to ‘pause’ together, like a ‘way station’ on a pilgrimage
* a day of R.E.S.T. (Restore. Explore. Sacred. Time) off-campus at the beautiful Bon Secours Retreat center in MD on Saturday March 2 which has a wonderful outdoor labyrinth.
* invitational for visual arts and creative writing on the theme of Labyrinth. This theme is open to imaginative expansive images and metaphors in its interpretation, thus encouraging inclusivity and diversity of expression.
* Lenten Wednesday worship devoted the theme of ‘Pilgrimage’
* facilitated discussion of the movie “The Way”– a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever- changing and complicated world.
* The public culmination of The Labyrinth Project will be the creation of a temporary ‘pop-up’ labyrinth on the Main Green for World Labyrinth Day, May 4, 2013. Students, staff, faculty, in fact anyone who identifies with the Wilson community will be invited to place or name a stone to mark 'the way' on the labyrinth. We hope to start building the labyrinth on Monday 29 April and have it up for 2 weeks. It could be make of different materials…perhaps the environmental club might have some suggestions?, perhaps the Habitat club could help build it?….I am sure labyrinths have a mathematical component, or have a different meaning in different cultures…we can think BIG on this there are lots of ways this theme can be interpreted.

 Would your club/class like to be involved in any way?...have you an idea we could work on together? Some funding is available if a club wants to take an idea and ‘run with it’ - think outside the maze!!

If this is an image/project that speaks to you or your club/class please let me know and we can brainstorm! Please don’t hesitate to get back to me with any questions or comments you may have.

 Peace, Rosie

There is a road

that runs straight through your heart.
Walk on it.
To be a pilgrim means
to be on the move slowly
to notice your luggage becoming lighter
to be seeking for treasures that do not rust
to be comfortable with your heart’s questions
to be moving toward the holy ground of home with empty hands and bare feet.”

Macrina Wiederkehr

Day Retreat

Invitiation from The Bottom Shelf Review

Wilson’s own literary magazine, The Bottom Shelf Review, is teaming up with Wilson’s Chaplain Rosie Magee in celebration of the labyrinth.

 What is a labyrinth, you may ask? The labyrinth is not to be confused with a maze. While mazes are designed to trick you with dead ends and false paths, the labyrinth has only one path leading into the center and the same path leads back out. Rather than a game, labyrinth offers a metaphorical pilgrimage—a walking meditation. As Helen Curry once noted, “Our quest, I feel, can be summarized as this single obligation: to switch from life-as-maze to life-as-labyrinth. The transformation from maze to labyrinth requires us to dismiss much of our conditioning, to reevaluate our identity, and to apply a new context to our lives.”

 For part of its Spring 2013 Issue, the BSR will have a section of poems, fiction pieces, and essays entirely devoted to the concept of the labyrinth. Examine what the idea of “finding one’s self in a labyrinth” (literal or metaphorical) might mean to you. Write a poem that responds to Mary Wroth, the great English sonneteer of the labyrinth. Or write a short story where your main character finds herself dealing with a metaphorical labyrinth. Or write about your own experiences in labyrinths, whether real or imagined.

Your creativity is your only limitation!

 And to sweeten the pot, the Chaplain’s Office will be sponsoring a contest. The best pieces written by both students and faculty/staff (separate categories) will win a fantastic gift card. So send your work in today!

All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible, as are all faculty and staff.

To submit, please email your piece to Dr. Michael G. Cornelius at mcornelius@wilson.edu no later than MONDAY MARCH 25. You may enter up to 3 submissions (but send each as a separate file.) Send your pieces as .doc or .rtf files only. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Cornelius. Please mark the subject line of your email “BSR Labyrinth.”

 The BSR is also soliciting creative works of all genres and on all themes for its issue. Submit those works using the same directions as the other. Please mark the subject line of your email “BSR.”

 Remember: “A maze is designed for you to lose yourself; a labyrinth is designed for you to find yourself.”

 (Want to learn more about the labyrinth? Need inspiration? Check out the links below, or talk to Chaplain Rosie.)

http://labyrinthsociety.org/

http://www.gracecathedral.org/visit/labyrinth/

http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog that will cover all things labyrinth for The Labyrinth Project @ Wilson College! Check back frequently for updates on events, pictures from events, and more!

The labyrinth is an archetypal image for our life journey. The labyrinth is a symbol known to have existed for at least four thousand years. It has been used in many cultures and religions throughout its existence as a symbol of the journey of life and a sacred place of centering and contemplation. The labyrinth is acknowledged by many to be beneficial to mind body and spirit – the whole person.The relevance of the image of labyrinth stands in stark contrast to that of a maze where there are forced choices, fear, confusion, dead ends, and a sense of being lost. Remember, "A maze is designed for you to lose your way whereas a labyrinth is designed for you to find your way."

The ancient concept of labyrinth will be re-imagined throughout the 2013 spring semester and invitation to participation will be extended to the entire community. Current proposals include:
* opportunities to share a meal, soul time to ‘pause’ together, like a ‘way station’ on a pilgrimage
* a day of R.E.S.T. (Restore. Explore. Sacred. Time) off-campus at the beautiful Bon Secours Retreat center in MD on Saturday March 2 which has a wonderful outdoor labyrinth.
* invitational for visual arts and creative writing on the theme of Labyrinth. This theme is open to imaginative expansive images and metaphors in its interpretation, thus encouraging  diversity of expression.
* Lenten Wednesday worship devoted the theme of ‘Pilgrimage’
* facilitated discussion of the movie “The Way”– a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever- changing and complicated world.
* guest lecturers who will share their experiences of walking the ancient pilgrimage site, El Camino de Santiago
* The public culmination of The Labyrinth Project will be the creation of a temporary ‘pop-up’ labyrinth on the Main Green for World Labyrinth Day, May 4, 2013. Students, staff, faculty, in fact anyone who identifies with the Wilson community, will be invited to paint and place a stone to mark 'the way' on the labyrinth.

So, The Labyrinth Project is an invitation to escape the maze and LIVE THE LABYRINTH. 

We are on the journey together... and we make the road by walking......