The Pendulum
Lftbyrinth seeks to clarify, not confuse students
Colby Pierrp
Reporter
A labyrinth patterned after the one
found in Chartres Cathedral in
France filled McKinnon Hall
Monday through Wednesday, serv
es as a tool for reflection, medita
tion and deep self-knowledge.
The Truitt Center for Religious
®nd Spiritual Life has organized and
Sponsored the event since fall 2001.
Kate Colussy-Estes, the assistant
Chaplain and Director of Religious
Life, and Rene Summers, secretary
of the Religious Life office planned
labyrinth with help from many
students.
The labyrinth is an ancient, myste
rious and powerful tool for medita
tion and prayer. It supplies a spiritu-
^ path for body, mind and soul,
^ringing gifts of insight, wisdom,
^mfort and peace to all those who
choose to walk it.
The labyrinth used is a 32-ft
^dmade canvas provided by a
group of women from Blessed
^J^rament Church in Burlington.
*The history of the labyrinth is
Will Heins/ Photographer
lohn 'Mullican walks the labyrinth and meditates in center,
veiy old; it’s been a meditation tool Students walk the labyr
for centuries,” Colussy-Estes said.
“The most important aspect is the
path to the center, not allowing any
body to get lost”
Colussy-Estes said this labyrinth
should be important to students
because “many students live chaotic,
noisy and busy Uves. Walking the
labyrinth is a way for students, even
faculty and staff, to fmd peace, quiet
and mediation, a break ftxjm hectic
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imer peace during *ese las. stress.
Students walk the labyrinth when
they find the time. Sarah Schupp, a
sophomore, saw an advertisement
on E-net for the labyrinth.
“I needed to relax,” she said. “This
week has been the most stressful yet
for me. It helped me a lot. I did not
think about school or any tests or
papers I have coming up.”
Sophomore Caitlin Mackeown
has walked a labyrinth once before.
“The fust labyrinth I walked was
outdoors. I enjoyed the candles and
Amber King/ Photographer
Matthew Camp (in foreground) and Kamal lobe, senior philosophy majors,
get to the center of the labyrinth.
ful weeks of the semester.”
There are long-term plans for a
permanent, outdoor labyrinth.
“We would like an outdoor
labyrinth, open year-round, a place
that is quiet to reflect, where there
are no constraints for time and space
avaulability. We are trying to find
grants and space to have a low-main-
tenance labyrinth, open to all stu
dents,” Summer said.
Contact Colby Pierce at pendu-
lum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
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