Labyrinth and its History: A brief overview

[@VENOM-tx6gp]

Here is an amazing story about labyrinths during wars, armies used to form a defensive structures (labyrinths, with warriors) generally having 7 levels where as you go in... The levels of warriors increases, so the outer most layer of labyrinth would have general army, then stronger warriors and in the center there would be the commander Also, as these were formed ny humans themselves, they could moves easily So these labyrinths used to rotate in a specific way so that the enemy after getting in cannot find any way out or in. These were called in sanskrit "chakra-vyuh" Where chakra means wheel And vyuh means trap During the times of mahabharat, it is said that you need to learn properly and strategically how to get inside, and how to get outside of that trap In mahabharat, the charachter abhimanyu died inside this chakravyuh as as opposed to 1, 7 warriors fought that single person Which is against the rules of wars of that time.

[@aletheaespino]

Thank you for this informative presentation.

[@StephenHolland]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing

[@natapreza1026]

Thank you

[@michaellaplaca7377]

The illustration at the very beginning, is it an actual labyrinth or a mock up design? I'm trying to draw it out but the circuit lines aren't matching up, something is off and it looks like the right side has and extra circuit squeezed in

[@georgejacinto7790]

You can go to my website pages here. The first has 8-finger labyrinths that prints onto 8 1/2 x 11 paper. The second one is a seed pattern for constructing a labyrinth. The second one may help you. gjacinto.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NEW-Paper-Labyriinth-Images-7-20-23.pdf view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgjacinto.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2F7-circuit-Cretan-Labyrinth-Seed-Pattern-1-2.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK My website is at: gjacinto.org/mutual-aid-group-resources/ The cover picture is an artwork by an artist in Georgia. It is of the Ghost Ranch labyrinth in New Mexico. l

[@rashmishetker]

Educative. Thank you .

[@Mexrpllionaire]

Thank your for sharing !

[@nancyjonesmusic]

Your mic has a short in it. But thanks for the video.

[@georgea.jacinto176]

Thank you. I will check it out.

[@dleiros]

Thank you! This was very useful!

[@kikiperry8176]

interesting photos. The large hedge one looks more like a maze.

[@georgejacinto7790]

You are correct I misspoke.

[@georgejacinto7790]

I also inadvertantly included one or two mazes.

[@Noone-gz8li]

@@georgejacinto7790 can it be a kind of military formation for protecting king ?

[@georgejacinto7790]

@@Noone-gz8li I do not think a labyrinth would be the best defense to a castle. The Chartres Cathedral labyrinth was built during the time of the crusades as an alternative to the pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Pilgrims would come to Chartres and walk the labyrinth. It is a metaphor for one’s journey through life with twists and turns. Labyrinths have a path from the entrance to the center without obstructions. It would seem a maze may be a better choice for the king. I have placed by mistake a maze or two in this video and I apologize. Mazes have dead ends and blockages that cause one to lose the way through the maze. This positional confusion could be taken advantage of by the king's maze constructor as booby traps could be placed in every dead end on the path.

[@georgejacinto7790]

I mistakenly have a maze or two in the video.

[@foundnowhere9580]

Goan Labyrinth much older than 250 BCE

[@cynicdogg2976]

Thanks. I just figured out that I need to be researching mazes instead.

[@georgejacinto7790]

I inadvertantly included a maze or two in the video. Best wishes to you in your research.

[@richardichard4237]

Useless. “ Here’s a photo of a labyrinth...here’s another one...and here’s another one “...!!?? Please don’t ever consider yourself a teacher, you aren’t. Showing photos is not EXPLAINING the history, reasons and ideas behind the labyrinth. Thanks for wasting my time.

[@georgejacinto7790]

This video was a brief overview of labyrinths for student who are not familiar with labyrinths. The variety and long history is of importance. I have been exploring the labyrinth since the 1990's. I spent a session with my graduate students walking an outdoor labyrinth each time I taught the Spirituality in Clinical Social Work class from the late 1990's through 2014. I spent a 5 days on pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral in 1994 with Robert Ferre as the leader. I have written several articles on the use of the labyrinth in psychotherapy and my most recent work was the use of the labyrinth in mutual aid groups. This video was developed for my webpage as a resource for those reading the journal article. I have learned that shorter videos are better for many attention spans and I do realize the history of the labyrinth is long and rich with stories. I at the end of the video I hope you overcome your aliment and walking a labyrinth might help alleviate your anger issue triggered by the video.

[@georgejacinto7790]

I have received several teaching awards over the years. Clearly, this rant is not about the video. I hope you are generally feeling better now 3 years later.

[@musk5delp]

@@georgejacinto7790 Well spoken.

[@ConsultRami]

Can help guide me with more tips for some reaso this labyrinth is something that captivate my mind and soul since i first saw it and until now im not sure if i understand what is it ​@@georgejacinto7790