So you want to find out more about labyrinths . . . The ancient knowledge being re-membered by walking and creating labyrinths has many aspects and since the new millenium hundreds of new labyrinth have appeared around the world. Although the best way to understand and explore the subject of labyrinths is to walk one, Jeff Saward's research and passion for the subject are reflected in his excellent books, webs and journal Caerdroica.Through these you can find all you need to know about the history and diversity of labyrinths and mazes, where to find modern day labyrinths, details of labyrinth tours led by Jeff and a great bibliography.

Another useful online tool is the The Worldwide Labyrinth Locator. This new service, jointly operated by The Labyrinth Society and Veriditas, promises to be the most comprehensive online catalogue so far, with over 2000 labyrinths already in the database and new sites added almost daily. A user-friendly search engine and the facility to upload your own local labyrinths are also included.

Sig Lonegren's tireless work over many years has inspired many of us to "go co-create". He has produced a feast of practical information and an easy to follow website - www.geomancy.org where you will find down to earth aspects on all sorts of the things you need to know when embarking on the journey that is labyrinths.

You can study with Sig at the Sunny Bank Centre in Glastonbury if you want to learn how to dowse, how to make labyrinths and so much more. Contact Sig directly on sig(at)sunnybankglastonbury(dot)co(dot)uk.

People who work with earth energies are often refered to as geomancers which Sig Lonegren describes . ." exploring the realm where human consciousness meets and dialogues with the Spirit of the Earth. It empowers the harmonious interaction between person and place. Through the art of appropriate placement of both secular and spiritual structures, places where we pray, work and play, geomancers locate and shape spaces in harmony with both the physical and the spiritual environment of the place." Sig's site also covers the important area of ethics whilst at sacred sites. It is extremely important to work with the spirit of a place and to consider what effects your "healing" may have on the places or people involved. Always ask permission!! Perhaps it goes without saying but it is also vital to the practice of your healing to have asked permission of the human responsible and /or title holder of the land in question.

Sacred Geometry is one of the gifts of knowledge revealed along the path of labyrinth study. By walking a labyrinth, or tracing it its mystery on a finger labyrinth, one can by the very action of involvement understand instantly what all the words and theories aim to explain. At the heart of all sacred architecture is the concept of the ineffable - that which is incapable of being expressed or described in words - nature of the Divine. In some cultures it is also the idea that the very sacredness means that it is unthinkable to represent in human form but only with the very real magical harmony of the ratios, geometry etc. The actual architecture itself also is a way of passing on this knowledge and understanding to those that could uncode its beauty into theological wisdom. This vast and sometimes dazzingly esoteric subject is like a piece of music or art or good food - easier to "know" than to explain and yet in a way it has never been easier for the critical masses to get a grip of the subject. Not that it hasn't been around us for centuries . . .. ..

Designed by Leonardo Da Vinci, this staircase at Chambord was built around 1530 and it is a double helix, a huge and beautiful walkable model of a strand of DNA. . . the staircase at Chambord is one example of sacred geometry created by man, but in nature there are so many reminders of sacred geometry in front of our very eyes.

Walking a labyrinth one walks a complex sacred geometric pattern but to understand the wider picture Bruce Rawles Favourite Sacred Geometry has organised a fantastic and easy to follow massive database on Sacred Geometry where you can even downlaod a fold up template for The 5 Platonic solids (Tetrahedron, Cube or (Hexahedron), Octahedron, Dodecahedron & Icosahedron).

Juliet & Jiva Carter 's work with Sacred Geometry and their book "The Reconnection Of The Human Bio-Circuitry Through Coded Ceremony" recognises "Our communion with Sacred Geometry is a fundamental aspect of our evolutionary awakening."

Walking a labyrinth is just one of many ways in which to attune and "as we commune with Sacred Geometric forms we interact with their fields of informational influence. Their energetic radiance emits a frequency that communes with our electromagnetic fields in search of a ‘like frequency with which to resonate. Through this resonant feedback the structural integrity of the original human ‘template present in the soul covenant is reinforced, creating a deep vibrational healing.. . . Instead of searching for the out of body experience in order to realize our spiritual identity, we are beginning to understand that our physical being is the manifestation of that identity and to realize that the physical vehicles we embody will allow us to transcend this fear-based reality and create, through the resurrection of our full Human potential, a new paradigm - a golden age.

It is possible to train with the Template Organisation in London and Glastonbury.