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I am fond of labyrinth walking as a spiritual practice. Before we had a labyrinth at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, I would sometimes draw a labyrinth on the surface of a parking lot using only a masonry nail, a rope with knots tied at the appropriate lengths, and children's sidewalk chalk. You need a fairly large masonry nail so that you can hammer it into the surface of the parking lot and use it to anchor the rope at the center of what will become the labyrinth. (Also, note that you will not make people happy if you do this in a newly paved parking lot!) In the 7-layer diagrams, I have indicated the locations for the knots in the labyrinths I have drawn. Also, sidewalk chalk is important. Blackboard chalk will disappear in no time and will be very frustrating to use. Sidewalk chalk is extra thick and has enough substance to draw the better part of even the largest of the circles and still have some left to actually hold on to. Here are diagrams for a seven layer labyrinth like the one below: 
Here are diagrams for an eleven layer labyrinth like the one at Chartres Cathedral: 
A seven-layer labyrinth can be nicely drawn with as little as a 16-foot diameter. An eleven-layer labyrinth requires a 24-foot diameter to be drawn to give the paths a 1-foot width. The formula for figuring out how much space the labyrinth is going to need is: diameter = (2 * #_of_Layers * width_of_Paths) + diameter_of_Center Conversely, if you have a limited amount of space, you can figure out how wide the paths will be as follows: width_of_Paths = (diameter - diameter_of_Center) / (2 * #_of_Layers) |
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