or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
Express Checkout with PayPhrase
What's this? | Create PayPhrase
Sorry!
More Buying Choices
61 used & new from $2.94

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Exploring the Labyrinth: A Guide for Healing and Spiritual Growth
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here.
 
  

Exploring the Labyrinth: A Guide for Healing and Spiritual Growth (Paperback)

~ (Author) "I flick on my computer, log on to the Internet, and type "labyrinth" into the waiting blank of my favorite search engine..." (more)
Key Phrases: tape labyrinth, finger labyrinth, backyard labyrinth, Harmony Hill, Neal Harris, Sig Lonegren (more...)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

List Price: $15.95
Price: $10.85 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
You Save: $5.10 (32%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Want it delivered Tuesday, November 10? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
24 new from $8.49 35 used from $2.94 2 collectible from $15.95

Frequently Bought Together

Exploring the Labyrinth: A Guide for Healing and Spiritual Growth + The Way of the Labyrinth: A Powerful Meditation for Everyday Life (Compass) + Labyrinths for the Spirit: How to Create Your Own Labyrinths for Meditation and Enlightenment
Price For All Three: $29.50

Show availability and shipping details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Sacred Path Companion: A Guide to Walking the Labyrinth to Heal and Transform

The Sacred Path Companion: A Guide to Walking the Labyrinth to Heal and Transform

by Lauren Artress
4.4 out of 5 stars (7)  $10.08
Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice

Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice

by Lauren Artress
5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  $10.08
Labyrinths for the Spirit: How to Create Your Own Labyrinths for Meditation and Enlightenment

Labyrinths for the Spirit: How to Create Your Own Labyrinths for Meditation and Enlightenment

by Jim Buchanan
4.8 out of 5 stars (4)  $7.09
The Healing Labyrinth: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

The Healing Labyrinth: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

by Helen Raphael Sands
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  $12.71
Way of the Winding Path: A Map for the Labyrinth of Life

Way of the Winding Path: A Map for the Labyrinth of Life

by M.A. Eve Eschner Hogan
5.0 out of 5 stars (5)  $10.17
Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The oldest and most universally known labyrinth existed over 3,500 years ago on the Greek island of Crete--home of the mythical Minotaur. Now, over three millennia later, walking the labyrinth has become an astonishingly popular form of spiritual and emotional growth and healing. In fact, walking the labyrinth has proven itself to be so transformative and soothing, labyrinths are now being built on school playgrounds, university campuses, hospital courtyards, and even prison grounds.

Why the sudden surge in popularity? "Walking the labyrinth fulfills six important contemporary needs," according to author and psychotherapist Melissa Gayle West: "deepening spirituality; inwardness and connection; access to intuition and creativity; simplicity; integration of body and spirit; and intimacy and community." These are tall orders, but West manages to demystify this powerful process, explaining how it differs from walking a maze and how readers can make their own labyrinths. The book's narrative and organization themselves flow as thoughtfully and compellingly as a labyrinth. The three main sections cover "Meeting the Labyrinth," "Making the Labyrinth," and "Playing and Healing with the Labyrinth." West also offers an extensive resource listing and a thorough index. This is easily one of the best contemporary guidebooks on this fascinating and evolving form of spiritual practice. --Gail Hudson



From Library Journal

Labyrinths, a growing phenomenon in the New Age world, are used for emotional and spiritual healing. In this book, psychotherapist West explains how she has found labyrinths constructive in her life. But while she tells us how to construct our own labyrinths, she neither gives the uninitiated a clue as to how to find out if we live near one nor provides a general list of where they are located. She includes a very brief, glossed-over history of labyrinths and a too-short annotated bibliography that fails to include many references made in the text. She does offer detailed instructions on how to construct our own labyrinthsAfrom tabletop-sized ones suitable for finger-tracing to full-fledged football field-sized ones good for contemplative walkingAand a helpful appendix of organizations, products, and web pages. But on the whole, this book leaves the reader with more questions than answers. Not recommended.AMarija Sanderling, Rochester P.L., NH
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Broadway; 1 edition (February 8, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0767903560
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767903561
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #260,468 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

More About the Author

Melissa Gayle West
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Visit Amazon's Melissa Gayle West Page

Inside This Book (learn more)




What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?


Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

 

Customer Reviews

7 Reviews
5 star:
 (7)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars exciting must read, May 6, 2000
By Adair Deacon (colorado) - See all my reviews
I am a longtime scholar of the labyrinth, and labyrinth enthusiast. Ms. West's book is by far the best book I have ever read on labyrinths, and I believe I've read them all. I had never before had the courage to make a labyrinth, though. Ms. West's clear and simple instructions gave me the push I needed-I was astonished to find how really easy it was to create a labyrinth using her instructions. For anything to do with the labyrinth-history, theory, creative and imaginative uses, and how to make them-this book is absolutely essential.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars finest labyrinth book available, November 30, 2000
By helene m (Montant) - See all my reviews
I just discovered Melissa West's book. I am a longtime labyrinth facilitator and have devoured everything in print I can find. Her book is profoundly inspiring, both to newcomers (I've already recommended it to several) and regulars. I find especially helpful her specific instructions for using the labyrinth for fostering creativity and goal setting, something I've never thought to use the labyrinth for. I find very moving, and very inspiring, her work with people who are seriously ill to use the labyrinth as a powerful healing tool. Ms. West obviously lives life from a very deep place, and writes about the labyrinth from that place as well. Guaranteed to invite you into new territory with the labyrinth, no matter what your level of experience! A great gift to us all.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Inspiration, February 17, 2000
By A Customer
If you want to explore all the many ways of working with a labyrinth, this is the best book available. I'm a veteran labyrinth walker, and I've learned ways to use the labyrinth I've never known about. I particularly liked the chapters on creativity, inspiration, and healing
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars LABYRINTH AMASEMENT
With wisdom and intergrity Mellissa reaquaints us with nature and with the vitality of the mystics. Read more
Published on August 25, 2000 by Mr. Ron Witt

5.0 out of 5 stars exciting book
I just walked the labyrinth for the first time last weekend. I wanted to know more and my friend gave me this book. It answered all my questions plus much more. Read more
Published on March 20, 2000 by joseph

5.0 out of 5 stars best book on labyrinths yet
I am a longtime labyrinth facilitator and know every book out there-very excited to find this one. Particularly recommended are all the creative ways to "explore the... Read more
Published on February 29, 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars read this book!
This is one of the finest books I've ever read on practical ways of exploring personal and spiritual growth. Even if you've never walked a labyrinth, read it. Read more
Published on February 17, 2000 by Joshua Green

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   




Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)


Look for Similar Items by Category


Look for Similar Items by Subject

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.