Labyrinth And The Song of Songs

Cover Labyrinth and the Song of Songs by Jill K H Geoffrion
Cleveland: OH, Pilgrim Press. 2003.
ISBN 0-8298-1539-2
List Price: $17.00


Description

Labyrinth and Song of Songs lays side by side the author’s poetry, prayers, and hymns which were inspired by the labyrinth and the Hebrew Scriptures love poem “Song of Songs.” Written in the voices of Lover, Beloved, and Friends, both works are personal, provocative, and invitational. Delight, longing, and love rise up to greet the reader.


Selections include:

Receiving Nourishment
A Labyrinth Dedication
True Devotion
More than the Sum of the Parts
Witnessing Others on the Labyrinth
A Mirror
Remembering with Anticipation
A Promise
What Is
Why You Have Come
Praying from the Center
Walking the Labyrinth (A Hymn Text)
I Understand…
Looking at God through the Labyrinth
Afterglow
What Are You?
Be Open
Divine Appreciation
Invitation to What?
Desire
Morning Devotion
Centering
Prayer for Women Limping the Labyrinth
Can I Walk the Labyrinth Today?
Here I Am, But Where Am I?
Witnessing Labyrinth Encounters in Chartres Cathedral
I Know the Labyrinth As…
Digging the Labyrinth at Deep Haven
Brick and Grass Labyrinth in the Yard
Presence
A Question Worth Pondering
Rhythm
Reality
Knowings
Sacred Geometry
Preparation
What I Call You Besides “Labyrinth”
Walking the Labyrinth inside Chartres Cathedral
Witnessing Creativity
Heartbeat Lullaby
Growing on the Labyrinth
A Lover’s Letter
Mantra
Circling the Labyrinth (Hymn)


From Labyrinth and Song of Songs:

I understand
as the floor,
gracefully I reach
across the nave.
On your way,
you walk over me
unaware.
I await you,
ready.
“Follow the path,”
my stones beckon.
Shaped, formed,
hewn ever so carefully,
my lines and curves
invite your explorations.
Walk over me if you must.
Walk on me if you can.


Labyrinth and Song of Songs is currently out of print.


Other books on labyrinths by Jill
Praying the Labyrinth: A Journal for Spiritual Exploration. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1999.
Living the Labyrinth: 101 Paths to a Deep Connection with the Sacred. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2000.
The Labyrinth and the Enneagram: Circling into Prayer. Co-authored with Psychologist Elizabeth Nagel. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2001.
Pondering the Labyrinth: Questions to Pray on the Path. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2003.
Christian Prayer and Labyrinths: Pathways to Fatih, Hope, and Love. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2004.
Praying the Chartres Labyrinth: A Pilgrim’s Guide. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2006.