Way of the Winding Path: A Map for the Labyrinth of Life [Paperback]

M.A. Eve Eschner Hogan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

We spend lifetimes looking for our spiritual path as if it is something lost that we must find — we seek, rather than see that we are always on a spiritual journey. While we cannot step off the path, we can certainly get lost and disoriented. Way of the Winding Path offers simple, practical steps for experiencing life as a spiritual pilgrimage, and serves as a map guiding you to find your way with ease, grace, and clarity. Through exploration of the labyrinth as a metaphor for life, discover the essential skills of getting centered, listening to the voice of God, remembering who you are, taking action in divine alignment, celebrating transitions, and ritualizing everyday actions.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"Remember, we are always on the labyrinth." For Hogan (Intellectual Foreplay; Virtual Foreplay), walking a labyrinth is a metaphor for the spiritual journey we all make throughout our lives. Walking an illuminating labyrinth (which bears no real relationship to walking a disorienting maze, she is careful to point out) is an invaluable tool for gaining spiritual insight. Labyrinths have a 5,000-year-old history, and have been found in such far-flung locales as England, India, South America, North America, Greece and Scandinavia, yet we have no real explanation of how they came about. Hogan makes a powerful case that these ancient earth designs hold real power for people of all ages and cultures to reach their own "quiet internal center," to remember the Divine within and without. Hogan's clear style and structure mirror the precise experience of preparation, journey and return. It would be a mistake to perceive this slender, practical volume solely as a labyrinth manual; the book is just as much a profound, deceptively simple guide to the spiritual life as it is about negotiating, for example, the 800-year-old pattern on the floor of Chartres cathedral. Hogan's book will best be enjoyed by readers who are new to or slightly familiar with labyrinths. Her truths as times seem obvious, but perhaps this is because, like labyrinths, they are timeless.
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Review

"Eve Eschner Hogan masterfully turns the labyrinth into a metaphor for awakening. This unique book touched me." -- Alan Cohen, author of I Had It All the Time

"Insightful, accessible and wise. . ." -- Lauren Artress, author of Walking A Sacred Path: The Rediscovery of the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool

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Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: White Cloud Press; 1st White Cloud Press Ed edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883991528
• ISBN-13: 978-1883991524
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Way of the Winding Path, February 16, 2004

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Caroline Miura (Kauai, HI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Way of the Winding Path: A Map for the Labyrinth of Life (Paperback)

Eve's book is truly the book I wish I had written! I came away feeling deeply moved, light hearted, and grateful to have the labyrinth in my life. Basically I gobbled this book down whole, only taking one break, and came away fully satieted and filled to overflowing. I love her quote: "What if we were to live our lives as if we were always on a pilgrimage--on a journey toward the Divine, with the Divine, as the Divine?" That shall be my focus, my aim, and my intention from this step forward! Thanks, Eve, for putting to words what I have long since felt and known in my heart regarding this powerful spiritual tool. Blessings, Caroline

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Filled with wisdom!, October 7, 2005

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Gay Lyn Fry (Chula Vista, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Way of the Winding Path: A Map for the Labyrinth of Life (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book so very much. I felt the peace of the labyrinth as I read the stories and wisdom gained on the path of the Labyrinth and on the path of life. This book is such a joy and a wonderful guide to the labyrinth. I loved this quote from Jack Kornfield's Buddha's Little Instruction Book, "As you walk and eat and travel be where you are. Ohterwise you will miss most of your life." This book is a good reminder for us overworkers. Thank you, Gay Fry

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful !!!, September 20, 2003

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sherry lambert (Maui,HI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Way of the Winding Path: A Map for the Labyrinth of Life (Paperback)

Way of the Winding Path is very beautiful,very simple & very thought provoking.While reading the book I felt so peaceful--& many
ah ha's about what is intriguing about the Labyrinth.Upon finishing the book I understand the concept & history of what a Labyrinth is & also a desire to walk it.As the title suggests--it is also a way to view this journey of Life---
this book is Heartfelt,inspiring & practical--
I'm sending copies to all loved ones.....
Mahalo to Eve
Sincerly, Sherry Lambert