Winter Solstice Webcam from Newgrange

Winter Solstice Webcast

Winter Solstice SunbeamFor the first time ever, the 2007 Winter Solstice illumination of the passage and chamber at Newgrange will be streamed live on the internet.

The webcast and an exhibition at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the re-discovery of the Winter Solstice Phenomenon at Newgrange by Professor O’Kelly in 1967.

The Winter Solstice event from inside the chamber at Newgrange will be broadcast on the mornings of Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd December 2007. If conditions are good the rising sun will illuminate the passage and chamber between 8:58am and 9:15am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

To view the webcast click on the Heritage Ireland website.



You will also find great links to various Irish Labyrinths at this site.
Quadruple Labyrinth



Quadruple Labyrinth

Recently constructed archetypal Energies Quadruple Labyrinth, at the Labyrinth Center for Peace & Reconciliation, Glore Mill Follain Art Center, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, Ireland.

The amazing solstice illumination of Newgrange can be viewed on the web for the entire year. Thank you Ireland for the glimpse of a 5000 year old experience.

To Create a Labyrinth

The Labyrinth Company is available to help you design your own, said Princess Haiku. Why not create a sacred space in your home or community.

Contact the Labyrinth Company

This may be the best labyrinth link yet.

The Land's End Labyrinth

JMG-Galleries - San Francisco Labyrinths by Jim M. Goldstein

I have discovered a stunning new labyrinth in the San Francisco Bay Area called "Land's End." In a few weeks when the earth has dried out from the winter rains I am going to visit. In the meantime, here is an interesting article about it.

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"It's not what you know about the path, it's how you walk it.." (from the Matrix)

Today, was spent exploring a classical labyrinth in Sonoma County. It was installed in 1999 by Alex Champion and associate Carolyn Carnell. Tall oaks sheltered the labyrinth and created a maze across the sky. Once you enter the labyrinth, Prince Haiku, where will the circle take you?

Volcanic Witch Project

Visiting the Volcanic Witch Project
Sibley National Preserve 2006


Sibley Park is located high in the San Francisco East Bay Hills and offers a spectacular wilderness view. Hillsides and cliffs are wrapped in mysterious gray fog. Glimmering blue clouds touch the tips of black pines and flaming banks of poison oak ignite quarries of volcanic rock. Winds blow up suddenly catching both humans and birds by surprise. Mysterious walking paths conceal the hidden labyrinths of the Volcanic Witch Project and the pagans that design them. It takes a sharp eye and intuition to find these modern yet ancient retreats from the everyday world.

I first discovered the heart shaped "Mother Labyrinth" as it was called by locals in the 1980's and had no idea who had created it or why. I later discovered that the original maze was created by the labyrinth master; Alex Champion in the 1970's. In the 1980's, I also had the pleasure of discovering remnants of a far older Sibley Labyrinth created perhaps in the 1940's. Its history remains hidden and now lost forever. This summer the park service did fire prevention work in the area as it is chaparral (burn zone) and I fear the last of the original stones have been displaced.

Who are the caretakers of the mysterious labyrinths? No one knows for sure but it is suspected they are projects of local covens. The rocks have to be carried miles and refurbished each spring as rain washes them away in the winter.

People of many faiths practice this ancient tradition of meditative walking. The Sibley Labyrinths offer a unique spiritual opportunity to convene with higher powers in a radiant, natural wilderness environment.

The sun was warm and the air crisp as I began my annual pilgrimage to the Mother Labyrinth. The scent of bay laurel, eucalyptus and dried underbrush permeated the air with the particular fragrance known by the Oracle of Delphi. My deepest appreciation and thanks to the souls who protect and care take the labyrinths.

Others have photos and tales to tell about the Sibley Mazes.