TLS Gathering Committee

Co-Chairs – Ben Nicholson & Cordelia RoseTLS Board Gathering Liaison – Randy FillmoreTLS Board President – Lisa MoriartyTLS Executive Director – David GallagherMidwest Regional Representative – John Ridder

TLS Gathering Sub-committees

Concurrent Workshops Program Solicitation / Selection - Vanessa Compton with Harriette Royer, John Ridder, Katja Marquand.Exhibitions – Ben NicholsonEquestrian Demonstrations - Cordelia Rose with Jill BakerFun & Entertainment - Randy Fillmore, Ben Nicholson and Cordelia RoseGraphic Design - Laura Nicholson with Janet Lorence and Patricia Taber Harmonist Labyrinth Pilgrimage Walk – Jill Geoffrion Keynote Speakers selection - Randy Fillmore, Ben Nicholson and Cordelia RoseLabyrinth Images - Randy Fillmore Labyrinths on the Grounds - Connie Fenty with John JefferyLocal transport - TLS Forum and FacebookMarketplace Coordinator of Vendor area / TLS store - Jane Gallagher Maypole dances – Cordelia Rose and Ole Jensen with Missie Carrigan Dance GroupMorning Announcements - John Ridder Morning Movement - Joan Guilfoyle Opening & Closing Ceremonies - Toby Evans with Carol House Post Gathering Near-by Labyrinth tour - Reverend Warren LynnPost Gathering St Louis Labyrinth tour - Robert Ferre with Judy Hopen Post Gathering Wonders of Nature Sightseeing tour - Nina PeacockPublic Relations - Christiana Brinton with Karen Walker Registrars - John and Gail Ridder Silent Auction & Quilt Raffle - Dan Raven with Laura NicholsonSunday worship - Reverend Mark Milligan TLS Mixer - Randy FillmoreVolunteer Coordinators - Cathie Bishop and Paul Campbell with Janet Lorence

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Schedule – times / events / locations 6–9

Workshops and keynotes: descriptions, presenter statements and photosPre-gathering workshops 10–13Keynotes 14–15 Concurrent Workshops 16–23

Activities: descriptions, presenter statements, and photos TLS Mixer & Cathedral Labyrinth Luminarias 24

Historic Walking Tour of New Harmony 24 TLS Annual Business Meeting 24 Energy Keepers Reception 25 Opening and Closing Ceremonies 26 Pilgrimage to the Harmonist Labyrinth and Indian Mound 27 Morning Movement 27 Regional Representatives meeting 28 Morning Announcements 28

Vendor Marketplace and TLS Store, list of vendors 29Silent Auction and Quilt Raffle information 29Evening Maypole Dance in the Labyrinth 31American Legion’s Pancake breakfast 31Sunday Worship 32Members’ Labyrinth Images 32Equestrian Labyrinths, a demonstration by riders on horseback 33

Ongoing ActivitiesLabyrinths on the Grounds 34Leaf Labyrinths 34Art Room in The Pottery 35Art on the Wall in the Atheneum 36Mapping New Harmony exhibition 37Exhibitions by TLS Members 38–39

Post- Gathering tours: descriptions, leader statements and photos 40–46 World Labyrinth Day flyer 25

Horse and Carriage Rides, Golf Carts, Bicycles 47 Map showing Labyrinths on the Grounds 48 & Inside back cover

Table of Contents

Welcome to New Harmony from Gathering co-Chairs Inside front cover

List of Gathering Committee, New Harmony Project Leaders, Donors and Volunteers 2–4

General Gathering Information 5

New Harmony project leaders

Judy Alsop – Red Geranium Enterprises Jill Baker - Liaison for Posey County Saddle Club owners and riders, Cordelia Rose, and Apple Blossom Carriage ridesCathie Bishop and Paul Campbell Jenifer Blevins - Coordinator of the Art Room in The PotteryJim Buchanan - Artist in residence, labyrinth installations, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary ArtMissie Carrigan - Docent and leader of Gypsy’s Tent maypole danceEmma’s Place, sawdust for equine labyrinthMolly Felder and Mickey Grimm – Singer songwriter and drummer for Pilgrimage Irish Session Players – Maypole dances John Jeffery – Assistant to Connie Fenty with Labyrinths on the Grounds, coordinator of Leaf Labyrinths in the Harmonist Cemetery Janet Kahle – Leader of Historic New Harmony toursJeff Koester, Contractor for the GranaryChris Laughbaum, Manager of Barn Abbey and Granary Janet Lorence, Docent manager, Historic New Harmony. temporary and permanent labyrinth interpretation, liaison for volunteers, Luminarias in Cathedral Labyrinth, logo design, Labyrinths on the Grounds maps Don Mann, Rick Reed, Equine crowd control Erica Myers-Bromwell – Director, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, liaison for University of Southern Indiana’s labyrinth workshop/artist in residence Ben Nicholson, Exhibition of 200 labyrinth drawings Laura Nicholson, LFN Textiles – New Harmony Labyrinth Quilt raffle project, graphic design NIX Welding, brand for pancakesRandy Pease, Music director, New Harmony Artists Guild Band, Circle of Friends Band Clem Penrose, Creative Director, New Harmony Artists Guild, Exhibition Gallery and Art Room at The PotteryPosey County Saddle Club – Sue Aldrich, Jennifer O’Neill, Phillona Steele, Angie Stewart, Misty Watson, Keith and Janice Woods, and their horsesSharon Roach, American Legion chef for Sunday pancake breakfast Curt Schmitt, maypole carverKaren Walker, Public Relations, Blaffer Foundation and Rapp Owen Granary, Gathering CommitteeConnie Weinzapfel - Director, Historic New Harmony

Thank You to Donors and Volunteers

Donors

Many people and organizations have tirelessly helped bring the 2010 Gathering into being. The Labyrinth Society would like to thank the following for their generous donations, time and in-kind contributions.

Mrs. Jane Blaffer Owen and FamilyThe Robert Lee Blaffer TrustCentaur Leadership Services at Chauncey Ranch, Prescott College, AZ Frey Farms, pumpkins for maypole labyrinthHistoric New Harmony, a unified program of The University of Southern Indiana and Indiana State Museum and Historic sitesJan Hornford, Equine Labyrinths Survey, Calgary, Canada Kent and Laurie Parker Randall Little, manure for equine labyrinth Rapp Owen Granary FoundationRed Geranium EnterprisesTROT Arizona [Therapeutic Riding of Tucson] Posey County Saddle ClubJerry Wade

Volunteers Cathie BishopPaul CampbellMissie Carrigan Toby EvansCarol House Diane Terry KehnerJodi LorimerDuncan Newcomer Judith Solt

Photographs courtesy and copyright of the subjects

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Equestrian Labyrinths: New and Old Uses and Designs Friday 12 November 8am – 12 noon at the Atheneum Visitors Center at 401 N. Arthur Street $50

Demonstrations take place on the lawn to the west of the Atheneum Visitors Center and can be viewed from the lawn or the balconies of the Athenaeum Visitors Center. Presentations take place inside the Athenaeum Visitors Center lecture theater.

Demonstrations by riders on horseback in different labyrinths and speakers’ presenta-tions show how labyrinths are used to train horses and riders. Re-construction of The Trojan Ride by eight riders on horseback is historically interpreted. Therapeutic benefits of riding horses in labyrinths to people with special needs are illustrated and discussed. International uses and designs of equine laby-rinths are presented.

PRESENTERS:

LOUISE CASH is a horse & human Chiro-practor interested in movement and its effect on the body-mind. Louise holds certification from the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association; Doctor of Chiropractic from New York Chiropractic College; and Veterin-ary Technician from Cornell University. Her work as a Centered Riding Instructor and Equine T-Touch Practitioner led Louise to her life passion as a Chiropractor for horses and riders.

BEN NICHOLSON Trained as an architect, Ben is an artist/writer living in New Harmony, Indiana, teaching architectural design/theory at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He exhibited labyrinth drawings at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2005) and 220 labyrinth drawings at the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2008), and is working on a book about labyrinth design.

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Pre-Gathering Workshops Schedule • Sunday 14 November • Monday 15 November

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Trojan ride drawing on vase

CORDELIA ROSE is a retired museum registrar who has moved from midtown Manhattan to the wilds of New Mexico and started a second life as a yoga teacher and labyrinth builder. Her first labyrinth was built to her brother Ben’s design and now four labyrinths make up Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths. Her next labyrinth will be the Trojan Ride labyrinth. Cordelia has been riding her horses in her labyrinths since 2002.

JEFF SAWARD based in England, Jeff Saward was first captivated by the labyrinth in 1976 and is a world authority on the history and development of labyrinths and mazes, the author of Magical Paths and Labyrinths & Mazes, editor of Caerdroia – the Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths and co-founder and director of Labyrinthos: the Labyrinth Resource Centre, Photo Library and Archive.

POSEY COUNTY SADDLE CLUBThe Posey County Saddle club was founded in 1960’s and is dedicated in pro-moting good horsemanship and camaraderie among competitors. Members ride horses of various breeds some more suited to one discipline than another. Classes include Halter, Showmanship, Western Pleasure, and gaming classes such as Bar-rel Racing and Pole Bending. Members use a labyrinth at the Woods’ home to train their horses and will demonstrate their own and their horses’ skills at the Gathering.

Members riding will be Janice and Keith Woods, Phillona Steele, Angie Stewart, Sue Aldrich, Misty Watson, Jennifer O’Neil, and honorary member Cordelia Rose riding a horse trained by Sue Aldrich. These two recyclable labyrinths are made using sawdust and mature horse manure. Syzygy is designed by Ben Nicholson and Trojan Ride by Jeff Saward. Labyrinths are built by Ben Nicholson, Cordelia Rose and other willing hands.

Maypole Dancing in the Labyrinth: A Modern Tradition Friday 12 November 1–4pm in the Granary 2nd floor $45Different versions of maypole ribbon dances are taught to sixteen dancers per dance. Missie Carrigan Dance Group will demonstrate Gypsy’s Tent, a tradition-al maypole dance outside the labyrinth. Presenters demonstrate the 60-year old Maiden’s Dance and then lead dances developed since 1978 in Denmark and now in the United States. The history connecting may poles and labyrinths and recent developments in bringing an old tradition to the new world will be presented.

Trojan ride drawing on vase

LILAN LAISHLEYFriday 12 November 8.30 – 9.30pm in the Granary 2nd Floor

A Walk into History: The Harmony Society Labyrinths

Explore the mystery of why the Harmony Society, a 19th century utopian community that founded New Harmony, built three labyrinths on the American frontier. Weaving together the Harmonists’ religious beliefs that include God as both male and female and the transformative power of alchemy, we discover that this Gathering occurs in one of the most fascinating places in American history.

DR. LILAN LAISHLEY has a Ph.D. in Religious Stud-ies from the University of Pittsburgh and has taught comparative religion at several universities. She inves-tigates the role of labyrinths in religion, both past and present. She is a specialist in the use of symbolism and ritual and is a consulting astrologer and counselor.

BEN NICHOLSONSunday 14 November 10 – 11.30am in the Atheneum Visitors Center lecture theater at 401 N. Arthur Street

What makes Labyrinth Geometry Sacred?

A comprehensive study of meanders from circa 750 BCE Greek Geometric pot-tery yields a new geometric system for classifying labyrinths. This work has led to

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Keynote Presentations

Harmonist Labyrinth

PRESENTERS:

OLE JENSEN is the owner of the labyrinth theme park Labyrinthia in Denmark. He became interested in labyrinths after visiting pioneering Stuart Landsborough’s wood panel maze in New Zealand in 1991 and even more while working with Danish labyrinth enthusiast Jorgen Thordrup from 1997 to 2008. Ole is keeping Jorgen’s labyrinth activities going such as maypole dances on labyrinths, which have been carried out in Denmark since 1978.

CORDELIA ROSE is a retired museum registrar who has moved from midtown Manhattan to the wilds of New Mexico and started a second life as a yoga teacher and labyrinth builder. She holds workshops and events in the four labyrinths and plan of a maze which make up Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths. Influenced by the Danes, Cordelia has been dancing the maypole in her classic labyrinth since 2008.

JEFF SAWARD based in England, Jeff Saward was first captivated by the labyrinth in 1976 and is a world authority on the history and development of labyrinths and mazes, the author of Magical Paths and Labyrinths & Mazes, editor of Caerdroia – the Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths and co-founder and director of Labyrinthos: the Labyrinth Resource Centre, Photo Library and Archive.

Music performed by Irish Session PlayersGypsy’s Tent Maypole dance by Missie Carrigan Dance GroupMaypole carved by Curt Schmitt, New HarmonyRibbons loaned by Cordelia RoseJorgen Thordrup’s ribbons loaned by Ole JensenPumpkins donated by Frey Farms, Gibson City, IN

BCE Greek Geometric pottery yields a new geometric system for classifying laby-rinths. This work has led to the generation of 100’s of monocursal labyrinth de-signs. The lecture will ask how geometric principles can be woven into a medita-tive practice, leading to the question: What makes geometry sacred?

Trained as an architect, BEN NICHOLSON is an artist/writer living in New Harmony, Indiana, teaching architectural design/theory at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He exhibited laby-rinth drawings at the Whitney Museum of Ameri-can Art (2005) and 220 labyrinth drawings at the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2008), and is working on a book about labyrinth design.

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Ben Nicholson labyrinth and meander

Ben Nicholson blackboard drawings

Concurrent Workshops

LAUREN The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress is a leading force in the Labyrinth Movement. She is author of Walk-ing a Sacred Path; Rediscovering the Labyrinth as A Spiritual Practice, The Sand Labyrinth Kit and The Sacred Path Companion: A Guide to Using the Laby-rinth to Heal and Transform. She is Honorary Canon of Grace Cathedral, a licensed psychotherapist in the State of California and a Spiritual Mentor to those whose spiritual life has opened as a result of walking the labyrinth.

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LAUREN ARTRESSSaturday 13 November 1.30 – 3pm in the Granary 2nd Floor

The Labyrinth as an Organizing Principle

When we work with the labyrinth in any form it is often a labor of love and dedication. Whether we refer to ourselves as an enthusiast, a devotee, labyrinth keeper, docent or facilitator, the labyrinth has an uncanny ability to take over our lives! Working with and around labyrinth shapes the nature of our spiritual path and herein lays the conversation.

In this workshop, I will offer some thoughts and share some of my own personal experiences and then together we will weave a conversation about encouraging/resisting/allowing the labyrinth to be an organizing principle in your life.

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STEPHANIE BLACKTON

Saturday 13 November 9.30 – 11am in the Barn Abbey

Labyrinths Behind Bars: Bringing the labyrinth to the incarcerated. Offering a labyrinth program in a prison can be among the most rewarding of opportunities. Find out what’s involved in getting a prison labyrinth program started and what you can expect once you do.

DR. STEPHANIE BLACKTON, licensed chiro-practor and Veriditas Certified Labyrinth Facilita-tor joined TLS in 2002 and attended her first TLS Gathering in Sacramento. She has served TLS in a variety of ways including the 2003 Gathering Com-mittee, Regional Rep for the Mid-Atlantic, TLS PR Chair and most recently as the World Labyrinth Day Coordinator. She offers Creative Journal/Labyrinth Retreats for groups and has been of-fering Labyrinth Retreats in a maximum security women’s prison since 2003. During that time she facilitated a group project in which the inmates created a 7 circuit canvas labyrinth.

JOHN BURKESaturday 13 November 3.30 – 5pm in the Granary 2nd Floor

New Classical Harmonies in the Labyrinth

Canadian composer John Burke will discuss and demonstrate the innovative repertoire of contemporary music he has developed to enhance the labyrinth experience. While contemplative in nature, it models the Hero’s Journey in ways that invite the listener to engage in deep inner work.

JOHN BURKE is one of Canada’s foremost contemporary classical composers. He holds a doctorate in composition from the Univer-sity of Michigan and has taught at various universi-ties in Canada. In 1995 he experienced the need to reassess the core values of his artistic practice and traveled widely to research the effects of sound and music on consciousness. He then embarked on a se-ries of works that carry the intention of facilitating a process of inner work for the listener. Since 2000 he has been creating music for the labyrinth, which he considers an ideal locus for facilitating what he calls “deep listening imbued with the ethos of the mythic journey.” Chartres Labyrinth kindly lent by Leeds Brick Works, Sioux City, Iowa.

JILL GEOFFRION

Saturday 13 November 3.30 – 5pm in the Opera House

Chateau, Prayer Village and Playground: The Healing Environment of the Labyrinth World-Wide

In France a man reports, “The labyrinth is a chateau—a safe place!” In Burma, a woman speaks of it as her “prayer village”. In Congo children joyfully run, march, cart-wheel, and walked the labyrinth on their hands. Come learn why people all over the world experience healing when using labyrinths. Power-point presentation with slides of labyrinths on four continents.

The Rev. Jill K H Geoffrion, PhD, is the author of seven labyrinth-related books. Through Faith, Hope and Love Global Ministries Dr. Geoffrion travels to places of extreme suffering where she is privileged to build labyrinths and facilitate labyrinth prayer experiences. Jill is the co-regional representative for the Labyrinth Society in the Midwest region, and care-taker of ten labyrinths at DeepHaven Labyrinths and Retreats in Minnesota. Jill can often be found in Chartres, France studying the cathedral, leading pilgrimages, and walking the cathedral labyrinth.

WILLEM KUIPERS Saturday 13 November 9.30 – 11am in the Opera House

Walking around the ups and downs of expression: from stagnation to flow

The process of working toward excellent personal expression is mapped on the classical labyrinth using chakra theory and the feminine and masculine energies of the labyrinth. This shows how we can overcome possible stagnation and find new harmonies in our expression.

WILLEM KUIPERS has built and walked many labyrinths since 1999. He has introduced the cadence

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of a labyrinth pattern, two new variations of the Classic design, (You and Me, and Four Winds labyrinth), and the relevance of masculine energy in the labyrinth. Also he has experimented with large size labyrinths for horse and rider. He finished Delft University of Technology as a mathematical engineer, and is now a career counsellor and coach for highly gifted adults. He lives and works with wife Annelien and daughter Geertien in Voorburg, Holland.

JODI LORIMER Saturday 13 November 1.30 – 3pm in the Opera House

The Egyptian Labyrinth

The Egyptian labyrinth forms the bridge between Paleolithic hunter-gatherer cultures and later civilizations of the Mediterranean. Herodotus first used the word ‘labyrinth’ to describe the mausoleum of Amenemhet III of Egypt. Built as Egypt emerged from the desperate chaos of the Old Kingdom, it was a monumental symbol of Egypt’s rebirth. This labyrinth’s success lay in its underpinnings in an ancient shamanic religion and cult of the dead. Coincidentally, Crete, home of the legendary Minotaur, was at its peak and a trading partner with Egypt. The story of the labyrinth as circuitous journey to the land of spirits passed into legend and literature.

JODI LORIMER grew up in the Gold Rush country of California in the old mining town of Columbia. Fascinated from a young age with the history all around her she pursued her personal interests of ancient history, mythology, and archaeology through college. Struck by the paradox of the labyrinth as a mindful meditation as well as the mythic home of the ravenous Minotaur, she began a 12-year pursuit of the symbol’s origins to determine the common root for these oppositional ideas. The result is her recently released book, “Dancing at the Edge of Death: The Origins of the Labyrinth in the Paleolithic.”Jodi lives in Portland, OR, is married and has two grown children. Her day job is as a voice talent, recording TV and radio commercials, narrations, and those annoying on-hold messages. Sorry about that…

MARK MILLIGANSaturday 13 November 1.30 – 3pm in the Granary 1st Floor

The labyrinth has a long and varied history in the life of the Christian church. After centuries of separation they are beginning to come together again as churches create labyrinths on their grounds. We will explore how the labyrinth can be a faithful expression of the Christian church offering a new and exciting way for people to experience God’s presence.

REV. MARK MILLIGAN is an or-dained minister at Zion United Church of Christ, where a 48’ brick paver Chartres labyrinth and medita-tion garden serve as integral compo-nents in the church’s ministry to the community. He was first introduced to the labyrinth in 1996 and has been using them in his life and ministry ever since. He is currently complet-ing work on his Doctor of Ministry program on ways to faithfully use the labyrinth in Christian ministry.

C. DIANE RUDEBOCK, ED.D., R.N.Saturday 13 November 3.30 – 5pm in the Barn Abbey

Many voices, one path: Reflections of labyrinth walkers DIANE RUDEBOCK, Ed. D., R.N. and Carol Naifeh, R.N. will share their

findings of a labyrinth research project involving 465 participants who walked an 11 circuit canvas Chartres labyrinth in a faith-based setting. Workshop participants will hear the common themes reported from labyrinth walkers and the benefits of collaborating with a local university on labyrinth research projects.

Dr. Rudebock, a Registered Nurse, is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Oklahoma. As a Certified Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator, she uses the labyrinth in the courses that she teaches and for numerous campus events. She has given labyrinth presentations and workshops on national, state and local levels for the past seven years. She is a founding member of the Central Oklahoma

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Labyrinth Facilitators and is also a part of the Edmond Labyrinth Guild which offers open community labyrinth walks on a monthly basis. Dr. Rudebock’s most recent research involved a qualitative study analyzing labyrinth walkers’ reported experiences when walking the labyrinth.

KIMBERLY SAWARD and LISA MORIARTY

Saturday 13 November 3.30 – 5pm in the Granary 1st Floor

From Paris to Chartres: A Journey of Soul/Sole

In 2009, Kimberly and Lisa marked major life milestones with a French pilgrimage, walking from Paris to Chartres. In this workshop, they will use storytelling and image to share their experience and invite participants to explore the meaning of pilgrimage for both soul and sole.

KIMBERLY has worked as an educator and clinician in the field of psychology. She has been working with labyrinths since 1995 and is the author of  Ariadne’s Thread: Legends of the Labyrinth, a psycho-spiritual study of labyrinth folk practices worldwide. A founding member of TLS, she served as its president from 2003-2008. In addition to her work with labyrinths, Kimberly is an artist who also teaches fiber arts classes and workshops, emphasizing their potential for spiritual practice and community building.

LISA GIDLOW MORIARTY, artist, spiritual director and labyrinth facilitator, is an internationally recognized presenter with a passion for leading others in use of labyrinths in the spiritual journey. International journeys to sacred sights continuously inform her work as she designs and installs labyrinths for schools, hospitals, churches and individuals. She is President of TLS and owner of Paths of Peace www.pathsofpeace.com in Stillwater, MN, where she is the caretaker of over a dozen outdoor labyrinths.

MARY TEETOR Saturday 13 November 9.30 – 11am in the Granary 1st Floor

The Modular method of labyrinth design: A simple mathematical discovery.

Participants will learn a new method of designing labyrinths of the Classical, Roman, and Medieval Christian types, and of a new type called the Harmony labyrinths. I will teach participants how to design labyrinths with two sets of modules. After being a little scared of math in high school and college, I found myself drawn to patterns when I took up needlework. Seven years ago, after learning a new beading technique, I began investigating the intriguingly mysterious patterns of labyrinths when I realized that they would make the perfect focal pieces for the beaded necklaces I wanted to make and sell. During my increasingly intense study of labyrinths, I have discovered a simple yet revolutionary way of designing labyrinths. Using my modular method of labyrinth design, as of this date I have found 8,000 new labyrinths. Some of these labyrinths are of the Classical and Medieval Christian types, and some are a new type of labyrinth to which I have given the name of Harmony labyrinths.

Saturday 13 November 1.30 – 3pm in the Barn Abbey

Laughter on the LabyrinthHarmonize on the Labyrinth with the beneficial effects of Laughter. Allow it to release tension and tightness, while it increases clarity and focus. Laughter is the language of joyful people and it helps us to remember more of who we truly are and that joy is an essence we are meant to feel regularly. Laughter on the labyrinth helps in rethinking your practice and creates a new way to explore the labyrinth. It is one wonderful way to take the seriousness and judgment that arise in facilitation and articulate an option that removes all and gets to the heart of the matter in a most heart centered way.

LYNDA TOURLOUKIS is a Certified Life Development Coach and Veriditas Trained Labyrinth Facilitator who partners with the labyrinth to assist indi-viduals in finding purposeful realization utilizing the experience for deeper insights and greater awareness. Lynda is certified in Laughter Yoga as an In

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Activitiesstructor who trains leaders from around the world to develop laughter pro-grams, workshops and lead groups in beneficial laughter experiences. She has harmonized the intriguing concepts of the Labyrinth and Laughter together

for the benefit of Individuals and organizations, finding a wonderful compliment to counter the stress and anx-iety of the world’s current shifting trends to be more joyful and aware of choice.

Chartres Labyrinth kindly lent by Morningside Presby-terian Church, Sioux City, Iowa.

JUDITH TRIPP Saturday 13 November 9.30 – 11am in the Granary 2nd Floor

Dream Quest

In this mini dream quest, we will experience the harmonies of song, meditation and guided meditation to prepare us for a labyrinth walk and small group discussion.

JUDITH TRIPP, MA, MFT, is a transper-sonal psychotherapist, Veriditas facilitator, musician, and leader of the Women’s Dream Quest at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco and other venues around the country. She also leads Pilgrimages to Avalon, an annual trip to sacred English sites. She has created hom-age, solo flute in Celtic sacred sites & Re-turn Again, songs from the Women’s Dream Quest. She is currently at work on a book about the Quest.

Chartres Labyrinth kindly lent by Leeds Brick Works, Sioux City, Iowa.

TLS MIXERThursday 11 November 7 - 10pm in the Granary 1st Floor

Hosted by Randy Fillmore, TLS Board Liaison for Gatherings

Everyone is welcome to this informal get together to meet new people and renew old friendships

Classical guitar and old time country music by New Harmony Artists Guild band Circle of Friends led by Randy Pease

CATHEDRAL LABYRINTH LUMINARIASThursday 11 November Dusk – 10.30pm on the south side of North Street west of West Street

Sponsored by Historic New Harmony and installed by Cathedral Labyrinth Coordinator Janet Lorence and her volunteers

The New Harmony Cathedral Labyrinth will be illuminated for individual walks on the evening of the TLS Mixer

THE HISTORIC WALKING TOUR OF NEW HARMONYFriday 12 November 9am – 12 noon Sunday 14 November 2 – 5pmTLS Gathering name tag will ensure a reduced price of $5.00 per person to be purchased at the Athenaeum Visitors Center where the tours will start.

Led by Janet Kahle, Education Coordinator of Historic New Harmony, and her docents Offered by local historian, Janet Kahle, The Historic New Harmony walking tour will begin at  the Athenaeum Visitors Center, designed by renowned architect Richard Meier.  The tour will continue throughout town visiting several 19th century buildings, and discussing the history of the New Harmony’s two communal societies, 200 years of architecture, and New Harmony in the 21st century.  http://www.usi.edu/hnh/visit.asp

TLS ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETINGFriday 12 November 4 – 5pm in the Granary 1st FloorChaired by Lisa Moriarty, TLS Board President

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend and participate in TLS Board elections, hear financial reports, Board Members reports, and other general business. To find out more about TLS Mission Statement, TLS’ many resources

and services, and read a Brief History of TLS go to www.labyrinthsociety.org/aboutls TLS website is a good place to keep up with news of TLS projects, publications and events.

ENERGY KEEPERS RECEPTION

Friday 12 November 5 – 6.30pm in the Conference Center, Bayou Room

Led by Carol House

The Energy Keeper Reception is a place and time where the Energy Keepers can get together and share experiences in circle ceremony. Anyone who is interested in the Energy Keepers is most welcome to attend. When TLS was formed, the Energy Keeper Chair was held by Toby Evans who served two terms. Carol House has also served two terms of six years and the chair position is now being turned over to Mark Milligan.

TOBY EVANS is an artist, singer/songwriter, or-dained minister, Yoga Medicine Instructor, Life Be-tween Lives & Past Life hypnotherapist, and Akashic Record consultant. Toby is the author of Chakra Labyrinth Cards and Keeper of the Circles: Answer-ing the Call to Wholeness and a founding member of the Labyrinth Society and the Art Line Project. She established Sage Brush Exchange in 1987 as an Art studio. Today it also serves as a spiritual counseling and regressive hypnotherapy practice, a workshop fa-cility and a publishing company.

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Chartres Labyrinth kindly lent by Leeds Brick Works, Souix City, Iowa.

OPENING CEREMONY: SOUNDING

Friday 12 November 7.30 - 8.30pm in the Granary 2nd Floor

Led by Toby Evans with Carol House

Blessing to the World by Karen Drucker

SONG FOR OPENING CEREMONY:  “You are the heart. You are the hands. You are the voice of Spirit on Earth.

And who you are, and all you do, is a blessing to the world.”

CLOSING CEREMONY: GROUNDINGSunday 14 November 11.30am - 12 noon in the Granary 2nd Floor

SONG FOR CLOSING CEREMONY:  “Dear friend, dear friend, let me tell you how I feel.  You have given me your treasure, I love you so.”

TIME ACTIVITY PLACE

THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER

9am - 5pm

TLS Board Meeting Orchard House

5 - 7pm

TLS Board dinner Orchard House

7 - 10pm

TLS Mixer, Cathedral Labyrinth Luminarias,Circle of Friends band

Granary downstairs, Granary St.

FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

8am - 12 noon

Equestrian Labyrinths Workshop

outside lawns west of Atheneum Visitor Center then inside Visitors Center Lecture Theater, 401 N. Arthur Street

9am - 12 noon

Walking tour led by Historic New Harmony

Start Atheneum Visitors Center Tour desk

9am - 5pm

Vendor Marketplace & TLS Store set upSilent Auction set up

New Harmony Conference Center room B, North St

9am - 5pm

Registration New Harmony Conference Center, North St.

1 - 4pm

Maypole Dancing workshop Granary Upstairs

4 - 5pm

Annual TLS meeting Granary Upstairs

5 - Energy Keepers reception New Harmony Conference Center

5.30 - 7pm

Dinner New Harmony Conference Center room A

7.30 - Opening Ceremony - Sounding

Granary Upstairs or outdoors to be announced

8.30 - Keynote – Lilan Laishley Granary Upstairs

9.30 pm

Pilgrimage to Cathedral Labyrinth, Harmonist Labyrinth, Indian Mound and Earth Disc

Start Granary Downstairs

SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER

7 - 8 am

Morning Movement Granary Upstairs

8 - 9am

Regional Representatives meeting

New Harmony Conference Center room A

9 - 9.15am

Morning announcements Granary Upstairs

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PILGRIMAGE TO THE HARMONIST LABYRINTH AND INDIAN MOUND

Friday 12 November 9.30pm – 12.30am starting outside the Granary on Granary Street between West and Main streets

Led by Jill Geoffrion

Beginning from the Rappite Granary, Rev. Jill Geoffrion will lead a night-time pilgrimage that will include visiting the Chartres-style laby-rinth, the Harmonist hedge labyrinth, a labyrinth on top of the Indian Mound, and a 40’ earth-disk labyrinth. The approximate distance of the pilgrimage will be three miles and will take three hours. Golf cars are available for the com-plete journey, if requested.

The Rev. Jill K H Geoffrion, PhD, is the author of seven labyrinth-related books. She is a frequent pilgrim to sacred sites around the globe. Her labyrinth work in places of extreme suffering brings together concepts of pilgrimage and healing.

Wandering minstrels will be New Harmony musicians- Molly Felder singing in the Harmonist Labyrinth and Mickey Grimm drumming at the Indian Mound.  

MORNING MOVEMENT

Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th November 7 - 8am in the Granary 2nd floor

Led by Joan Guilfoyle   

Let your spirit be awakened, your heart lifted and your body infused with breath during Morning Movement. G/Joan will guide us - safe, warm and gentle - as we move and open into the new day, connected with ourselves and with others. Floor-happy clothes (p.j.’s welcome), a blanket or pillow and some water will support the experience. No previous yoga, dance or labyrinth experience needed. Arise and arrive!  

All G/Joan’s interests and passions come together in this practice of creating joyful, heartfelt and sacred experiences on and off labyrinth patterns,

yoga mats and dance floors. She danced and became interested in yoga/meditation in her youth (the Post-Pleistocene “Monster Mash” Period), and was a member of several dance ensembles in St. Paul/Minneapolis. G/Joan is a certified labyrinth

facilitator and Kripalu YogaDance© instructor. She now resides in Washington D.C.  More at www.gorgeousspirit.com

Dancing Woman Labyrinth kindly lent by Lisa Moriarty.

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES MEETING

Friday 12 November 8 – 9 am in the Conference Center room A

Led by Kimberly Saward

There are regional representatives of The Labyrinth Society circling the globe. As many as possible of them meet each Gathering to share ideas and hear about new initiatives. If your region has no representative and you are interested in becoming one, you are welcome to attend.

MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Saturday 13 November 9 – 9:15am in the Granary 2nd Floor and Sunday 14 November 9:30 – 9:45am Antheneum Visitors Center lecture theater

John Ridder, Regional Representative for the Midwest

John also serves with Gail Ridder as Gathering Registrar and will announce any changes to the Gathering Program such as meeting room changes, or other late breaking news.

9.30 - 11am

Session 1 choice of four concurrent workshopsTripp: Dreamquest

Teetor: Mathematics

Blackton: Prisons

Kuipers: Chakras

Granary Upstairs

Granary Downstairs

Barn Abbey, Short St.

Opera House, Church St.

Lunch New Harmony Conference Center room A

12 noon - 2pm & 3.30 -

Vendor Marketplace & TLS Store openSilent Auction open

New Harmony Conference Center room B

1.30 - 3pm

Session 2 choice of four concurrent workshops Artress: Organizing Principle

Milligan: Ministry

Tourloukis: Laughter

Lorimer: Egyptian Labyrinths

Granary Upstairs

Granary Downstairs

Barn Abbey

Opera House

3.30 - 5pm

Session 3 choice of four concurrent workshops Burke: music composer

Saward/Moriarty: Pilgrimage

Rudebock: Nursing 465 stories

Geoffrion: World-wide labyrinths

Granary Upstairs

Granary Downstairs

Barn Abbey

Opera House

5.30 - 7pm

Dinner New Harmony Conference Center room A

7 - Silent Auction closes New Harmony Conference Center rooms A&B

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7.30 - Maypole dance in the labyrinth

Granary Upstairs

SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER  

7 – 9.30am

Firefighters Pancake Breakfast

Ribye Gymnasium, Tavern and Main St.

7 - 8 am

Morning Movement Granary Upstairs

8 - 9am

Sunday Worship Roofless Church, Main and North St.

9.30 - 10am

Morning announcementsQuilt Raffle drawing And Member Images?

Atheneum Visitors Center Lecture Theater

10 - 11.30 am

Keynote - Ben Nicholson Atheneum Visitor CenterLecture Theater

11.30 am - 12 noon

Closing Ceremony - Grounding

Granary Upstairs or outdoors to be announced

12 noon – 2pm

Lunch New Harmony Conference Center room A

12 noon - 5pm

Vendor Marketplace & TLS Store tear downSilent Auction distribution

New Harmony Conference Center room B

2 - 5pm

Equestrian Labyrinth demonstration

outside on lawns west of Atheneum Visitors Center

2 - 5pm

Guided walking tours of New Harmony led by Historic New Harmony docents

Start at Atheneum Visitors Center Tour desk

2 - 5pm

Artist’s reception: Ben Nicholson - 220 labyrinth drawings

Ben’s Studio 3rd floor, 520 Main St, side entrance on Tavern

2 - 5pm

Artist’s reception: Jim Buchanan – Labyrinth Drawings and Installations in Gallery, log cabins and a barn

New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art 504 Main Street

Labyrinth quilt mockup

VENDOR MARKETPLACE AND TLS STORE

Saturday 12 noon – 2pm and 3.30 – 7.30pm in Conference Center room B

Coordinated by Jane Gallagher

A large array of items for sale can be found here. New vendors as well as those with whom you are already familiar, have brought their wares for you to purchase and keep up to date with their creativity and industriousness.

LIST OF VENDORS

Carol Posch ComstockNina PeacockCarlos Smith

SILENT AUCTION AND QUILT RAFFLE

Auction closes on Saturday 13 November 7 - 7.30pm in Conference Center rooms A & B

Quilt Raffle is drawn on Sunday 14 November 9.30-10am in Atheneum Visitors Center lecture theater during Morning Announcements.

Auctioneer Dan Raven

The Silent Auction supports the Scholarship fund of TLS. This is the 12th TLS Annual Gathering and it is due to the generosity of our members that we are able to provide scholarships to support attendance each year. Many donations of wonderful things, labyrinth-related or otherwise, have been gratefully accepted and can be viewed and bid upon at the TLS Vendors’ Marketplace at the Conference Center.

The New Harmony Labyrinth Quilt, designed and made especially for the 2010 Gathering, will be raffled with proceeds going to the TLS Scholarship Fund. You may purchase raffle tickets in the Vendors Marketplace at $5 each or $20 for five tickets. The New Harmony Labyrinth Quilt depicts a seven circuit Classic labyrinth surrounded by squares. The quilt is composed from a square tile with two diagonal stripes known as the Kufi tile by architectural tile geometers. The design is built up by rotating over three hundred and seventy Kufi tiles, twelve of which are subdivided into smaller modules. The finished quilt will be approximately 54 inches square, pieced of cotton and quilted by machine.   The quilt is generously and skillfully made by TLS members and a few friends under the guidance of LFN Textiles, New Harmony.  

QuiltersSections of the quilt were pieced by Christine Cabot, Martha Collard, Gail Griffin, Lynn Jarzombek, Nickie Lynn, Katja Marquart, Laura F. Nicholson, Leslie Pettis, Laurel Reinhardt, Cordelia Rose, Betsy Sayre, Sam Stineburg. The sections were pieced by Laura F. Nicholson and then quilted by Kathie James.

Quilters Sam Stineburg and Cordelia Rose

2 - 5pm

Artist’s reception: Toby Evans – “Zuvuya” Paintings inspired by the Labyrinth

New Harmony Artists Guild Gallery421 North Street

Monday 15 November8am – 3.20 pm

TLS Wonders of Nature Sightseeing Tour to Audubon Museum and Marengo Caves

Starts at New Harmony Inn[note Time zone change at Marengo]

9am - 4pm

TLS Nearby Labyrinths Tour in Indiana and Kentucky

Starts at New Harmony Inn, North St.

10am – 3pm

TLS St Louis area Labyrinths Tour

Starts in St Louis at Robert Ferre’s studio 2725 S. Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis

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The Sunday Worship service will blend elements from many faith traditions. We will use the labyrinth to weave these elements into an experience where all those gathered might be in union with each other and the Divine Holy One. The service will conclude with the sharing of a sacred meal.

Rev. Mark Milligan is an ordained minister at Zion United Church of Christ, where a 48’ brick paver Chartres labyrinth and meditation garden serves as an integral component in the church’s ministry to the community. He was first introduced to the labyrinth in 1996

and has been using them in his life and ministry ever since.

Whitewater Mesa Labyrinth, New Mexico

MAYPOLE DANCE IN THE LABYRINTH

Saturday 13 November 7.30 – 9.30pm in the Granary 2nd Floor. Free

Led and called by Ole Jensen and Cordelia Rose 

Attendees will be taught how to weave the ribbons by dancing the maypole inside the labyrinth  to the rhythm of Irish jigs and polkas. Each dance can have between 16 and 32 dancers. 

A group of New Harmony dancers  will demonstrate the Gypsy’s Tent, a traditional European maypole ribbon dance, outside the labyrinth. Danish and American versions of maypole ribbon dances will be taught to sixteen or more dancers per dance inside the labyrinth. Bring your laughter and your shoes to dance in!

Music performed by Irish Session PlayersGypsy’s Tent Maypole dance by Missie Carrigan Dance Group, New HarmonyMaypole carved by Curt Schmitt, New HarmonyRibbons loaned by Cordelia RoseJorgen Thordrup’s ribbons loaned by Ole JensenPumpkins donated by Frey Farms, Gibson City, IN

PANCAKE BREAKFAST:  Sunday 14 November 7 – 9.30am at the American Legion Post # 370, 516 Church Street east of Main Street.

910 691-3800 $8.00, tax & tip included.

New Harmony’s American Legion cooks the best pancake breakfast in the tri-state area! For this very special occasion your pancake will be branded with a labyrinth.Sunday breakfast will be cooked by chef Sharon Roach who will prepare a traditional Southern  Indiana breakfast buffet of locally smoked bacon, ‘whole-hog’ sausage and REAL farm eggs, potatoes & gravy. And of course

labyrinth pancakes made from scratch. There will be fruit, juice and the usual beverages. Don’t miss this unique occasion to support a local tradition in New Harmony.

Brand metal worker: NIX Welding

SUNDAY WORSHIP

Sunday 14 November 8 - 9am in the Roofless Church on the northwest corner of North and Main Streets.

Led by Reverend Mark Milligan, Pastor and Teacher

MEMBERS’ LABYRINTH IMAGES

Sunday 14 November 9.45 – 10am in the Atheneum Visitors Center lecture theater at 401 N. Arthur Street

Presented by Randy Fillmore

Our annual sharing of images helps us keep up to date with one another. The presentation of TLS members’ images will be treated as sacred space, honoring and acknowledging labyrinths and their creators and caretakers. The presentation will be accompanied by meditative music and by a narrative of information supplied by the labyrinth owners.

EQUESTRIAN LABYRINTHS: A DEMONSTRATION BY RIDERS ON HORSEBACK

Sunday 14 November 2 - 5 pm on the lawns west of the Atheneum at 401 N. Arthur Street, free

Performed by the Posey County Saddle Club and narrated by Cordelia Rose

Riders from Posey County Saddle Club will ride their horses in two different designs of labyrinth showing how each design provides varied training for horses and riders, including a highly trained horse and skilled rider. The Trojan Ride, which is partially depicted on the Tragliatella Vase dated 637 BCE and is poetically described by Virgil, will be re-created by eight riders on horseback. Cordelia welcomes questions.

Demonstrations will take place in the two labyrinths on the lawn to the west of the Athenaeum and can be viewed from the lawn or the balconies of the Athenaeum.

The Posey County Saddle club was founded in 1960’s and is dedicated in promoting good horsemanship and camaraderie among competitors. Members ride horses of various breeds some more suited to one discipline than another. Classes include Halter, Showmanship, Western Pleasure, and gaming classes such as Barrel Racing and Pole Bending. Members use a labyrinth at the Woods’ home to train their horses and will demonstrate their own and their horses’ skills at the Gathering.

Posey County Saddle Club Riders:Members riding will be  Janice and Keith Woods, Micki and Teela Temme, Sue Aldrich, Misty Watson, Jennifer O’Neil, and honorary member Cordelia Rose, riding a horse trained by Sue Aldrich.

EQUESTRIAN LABYRINTHS: A DEMONSTRATION BY RIDERS ON HORSEBACK

Sunday 14 November 2 - 5 pm on the lawns west of the Atheneum at 401 N. Arthur Street, free

Performed by the Posey County Saddle Club and narrated by Cordelia Rose

Riders from Posey County Saddle Club will ride their horses in two different designs of labyrinth showing how each design provides varied training for horses and riders, including a highly trained horse and skilled rider. The Trojan Ride, which is partially depicted on the Tragliatella Vase dated 637 BCE and is poetically described by Virgil, will be re-created by eight riders on horseback. Cordelia welcomes questions.

Demonstrations will take place in the two labyrinths on the lawn to the west of the Athenaeum and can be viewed from the lawn or the balconies of the Athenaeum.

The Posey County Saddle club was founded in 1960’s and is dedicated in promoting good horsemanship and camaraderie among competitors. Members ride horses of various breeds some more suited to one discipline than another. Classes include Halter, Showmanship, Western Pleasure, and gaming classes such as Barrel Racing and Pole Bending. Members use a labyrinth at the Woods’ home to train their horses and will demonstrate their own and their horses’ skills at the Gathering.

Posey County Saddle Club Riders:Members riding will be Janice and Keith Woods, Phillona Steele, Angie Stewart, Sue Aldrich, Misty Watson, Jennifer O’Neil, and honorary member Cordelia Rose, riding a horse trained by Sue Aldrich.

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Ongoing Activities

LABYRINTHS ON THE GROUNDS

Every day, all hours. The Pottery is open Thursday – Sunday 8am-6pm

Find the sites on the map in your goody bag, at the end of this book, or on the wall map in The Pottery on North Street

Coordinated by Connie Fenty with the help of John Jeffery

We invite members to build temporary Labyrinths on the Grounds. Each year at the annual Gathering open spaces are provided for building temporary labyrinths. The map in your goody bag will show you the locations of the labyrinths and who has built a labyrinth on each site.

Unassigned sites are available on the wall map in The Pottery for those who wish to build spontaneous labyrinths. A selection of building materials is available for loan at The Pottery and must be returned by 6pm on Sunday. When you have selected your site and built your labyrinth, add your name to the wall map and tell Connie Fenty. If you need help in any way ask for John Jeffery or Connie Fenty at The Pottery.

All labyrinths are built on the principle of “Leave no Trace” so will be dismantled by the builders on Sunday afternoon.

LEAF LABYRINTHS IN THE HARMONIST CEMETERY

Every day, all hours. The entrance to the Harmonist Cemetery is through a gate in a brick wall on West Street opposite Granary Street.

Coordinated by John Jeffery

Leaves will be left on the ground by the keepers of the Harmonist Cemetery and rakes provided by the entrance so that attendees can make their own ephemeral Leaf Labyrinths.  The entrance to the sacred walled Harmonist Cemetery is on West Street near the Granary and other sites for Labyrinths on

ART ON THE WALL IN THE ATHENEUM

Every day 9.30am - 5pm Atheneum Visitors Center at 401 N. Arthur and North Streets

The staff at The Atheneum encourages your creativity. You may write or draw on the wall entitled “What is your vision of Utopia?” located just inside the front door. Pencils are provided for your use.

the Grounds. It has mown grass with no grave markers inside the walls, and contains beautiful trees. See an example on the Gathering’s New Harmony 2010 goody bags. 

ART ROOM IN THE POTTERY

Thursday 11 – Sunday 14 November 8am – 6pm at The Pottery on North Street between Main and West streets

Clem Penrose, Creative Director, New Harmony Artists GuildJennifer Blevins, Art Room coordinator

The Art Room is generously made available by The Blaffer Foundation and New Harmony Artists Guild who also provide art materials.

A participatory Hands Labyrinth by Maia Scott for Labyrinths on the Grounds can be found on a site adjacent to The Pot-tery. You can make your own hand with materials in the Art Room and place it in the Hands Labyrinth.

The Pottery is acting as headquarters for Labyrinths on the Grounds. A wall map shows all the sites available for building spontaneous labyrinths as well as pre-

assigned sites with builders’ names inscribed. Materials for building temporary Labyrinths on the Grounds can be borrowed from the Art Room and must be returned there after dismantling by 6pm on Sunday.

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The following landowners have graciously allowed TLS members to build labyrinths on their property:

The Blaffer Foundation Red Geranium EnterprisesIndiana State Museum and Historic SitesUniversity of Southern Indiana

The Pottery from North Street

Getting Around New Harmony

BEN NICHOLSON – 220 LABYRINTH DRAWINGS

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 November 12 noon – 6pm in Ben Nicholson’s Studio, 3rd floor, 520 South Main Street, entrance on Tavern Street [no elevator] Sunday 14 November 2 -5 pm Gallery Stroll to meet the artists

BEN NICHOLSON – 220 LABYRINTH DRAWINGS

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MAPPING NEW HARMONY

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 November 12 noon – 6pm in the Atheneum Visitors Center, 2nd floor Gallery at 401 N. Arthur Street

Sunday 14 November 2 -5 pm Gallery Stroll to meet the artists

Curated by Connie Weinzapfel, DirectorHistoric New Harmony, a unified program of the University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites For a town of 900 in the rural Midwest, Richard Meier’s Atheneum is an aesthetic surprise; much as New Harmony’s original utopian communities were for the traveler to the western frontier 200 years ago. Both George Rapp’s Harmonie Society and Robert Owen’s “Community of Equality” believed that urban planning and architectural design had a profound impact on how well people lived, and how well they lived together.

The award-winning Atheneum is an invitation to learn about New Harmony’s his-tory through exhibits, models, and the interactive Utopian Vision Wall. It serves those seeking knowledge from the past and answers for the future. It responds to the historic community and is the perfect continuum of the ideals of New Harmony’s founders who sought perfect unity for all hu-manity.

Exhibitions featuring TLS Members

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 November 12 noon – 6pm in Ben Nicholson’s Studio, 3rd

floor, 520 South Main Street, entrance on Tavern Street [no elevator]

Sunday 14 November 2 -5 pm Gallery Stroll to meet the artists

A reception will be held in Ben Nicholson’s studio to view over 200 drawings completed in the past 12 years. Ben  has organized them into a taxonomy that uses geometry to bring order to them. In addition, he has drawn all the known meanders painted onto Greek Geometric Pottery, a lacuna in labyrinth history that fits between the Minoan/Mycenaean and Roman eras.

JIM BUCHANAN - LABYRINTH DRAWINGS & INSTALLATIONS

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 November 12 noon – 6pm in New Harmony Gallery for Contemporary Art at 504 Main Street, the Barn is on West Street, the Weber and Eigner log cabins on the southwest corner of West and North Streets.

Sunday 14 November 2 - 5pm Gallery Stroll to meet the artists

Coming from a practice of watercolor, earthworks and light on water, Jim Buchanan will present a project that responds to the ground, space, site and place of New Harmony. The exhibition is sponsored by New Harmony Gallery for Contemporary Art and the  University of Southern Indiana. For more information please visit www.nhgallery.com or call 812.682.3156

Originally trained as a landscape architect, Jim Bu-chanan has installed over 50 different commissioned artworks throughout Europe and as far south as Ar-gentina. The majority of Buchanan’s work focuses on

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the image and history of the labyrinth. Buchanan has created labyrinths out of light projections, concrete, stone, earth, plastic cutlery, sand, candles, cloth bamboo and numerous other materials. His projects include a “Light Catcher” labyrinth created out of bamboo and cloth at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield England. A light labyrinth was created out of 800 tea lights and 3 tons of sand in Writtle College in Essex England in which a large group created a human chain and walked through the labyrinth together. “Mallum Labyrinth” an earthen labyrinth created in Eibergen in the Netherlands, in which 4,500 tons of soil were moved in order to create a laby-rinth that spanned 115 feet and rose 5 feet high. This labyrinth sat on the site of an old castle of which there were no remains, and was designed to replicate the labyrinth at Knossos. www.landartist.co.uk

TOBY EVANS – “ZUVUYA” PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY THE LABYRINTH

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 November 12 noon – 6pm in New Harmony Artists Guild Gallery, Owen Community House, 421 North Street

Sunday 14 November 2 -5 pm Gallery Stroll to meet the artists

Curated by Clem Penrose, Creative Director of New Harmony Artists Guild

“Zuvuya” is a Mayan word that means a two-way flow circuit by which all things return to themselves. A pri-vate collection of paintings created by Toby over the last ten years portray the labyrinth as an interdimen-sional thread coming from and re-connecting us to the frequency of source energy. Toby is an artist, singer/songwriter, ordained minister, Yoga Medicine Instruc-tor, Life Between Lives & Past Life hypnotherapist, and Akashic Record consultant. Toby is the author of Chakra Labyrinth Cards and Keeper of the Circles: An-

swering the Call to Wholeness and a found-ing member of the Labyrinth Society and the Art Line Project. She established Sage Brush Exchange in 1987 as an Art studio. Today it also serves as a spiritual counseling and re-gressive hypnotherapy practice, a workshop facility and a publishing company.

WONDERS OF NATURE SIGHTSEEING TOUR to John James Audubon Museum and Marengo Caves

Monday 15 November 8am – 3:20pm starts at the Conference Center. Note that Marengo Caves are an hour ahead in the next time zone east.

The tour includes a box lunch and fruit snacks and water during driving time.Transport will be by mini-van to and from New Harmony, or in your own car.

Led by Nina Peacock

Leaving from New Harmony Inn at 8am we will travel through beautiful Southern Indiana and across the Ohio River into Kentucky to begin our adventure.

FIRST STOP: AUDUBON MUSEUM

Along the banks of the Ohio River just north of Henderson, KY, we will arrive at the John James Audubon State Park at 9am. We will visit the John James Audubon Museum which houses the world’s largest collection of Audubon artifacts. Here nearly two centuries ago, John James Audubon, renowned naturalist and artist, came with his family to operate a small mercantile business and to explore the surrounding wilderness in search of wild birds to study and sketch.

The museum offers exhibits on the artist’s life through his art and personal memorabilia, framed within a timeline of world events. We can then walk through the woods along the banks of the Ohio River where John James Audubon studied and painted birds from 1810-1819 www.parks.ky.gov/findparks/recparks/au/

SECOND STOP: MARENGO CAVES

After a two-hour drive for networking we will arrive in Marengo, IN at 12.30pm [1.30pm local time] for our picnic lunch and at 1.30pm [2.30pm local time] will explore the magnificent views of Marengo caves. The Marengo Caves were discovered by children in 1883, and contain awe-inspiring formations or speleothems which have amazed people ever since. 

Post Gathering ToursTickets for tours, if not sold out, may be purchased at the Registration Desk in Conference Center. $65 per tour

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The Crystal Palace tour is packed with information. The tour is 1/3 of a mile long and is an easy 40 minute walk. www.marengocave.com

We will depart Marengo Caves by 2.30pm [3.30pm local time] by minivan or elsewhere by own car to arrive in New Harmony by 3.20pm.

The nationally listed seven-path Labyrinth NINA PEACOCK built in her back yard reflects her interest in how mankind identifies with the majesty and mystery of our lives. Spirals and petroglyphic symbols are often reflected in her jewelry and other two and three-dimensional art she creates. Other interests include gardening and genealogy all of which she pursues enthusiastically.

NEARBY LABYRINTH TOUR IN SOUTHERN INDIANA & NORTH-WESTERN KENTUCKY

Monday 15 November 9am - 4pm includes picnic lunch starts at New Harmony Inn.

Transport will be by mini-van to and from New Harmony, or in your own car.

Led by Rev Warren Lynn

Our three-stop tour of labyrinths in the southern Indiana / north-western Kentucky area will offer an experiential and informative opportunity to visit and walk at least three very different labyrinths. Each of the labyrinths on the tour is created from different materials; they include a grass labyrinth, sandstone labyrinth and brick paver labyrinth. Each of these permanent labyrinths is set in a unique context; including a religious monastery, private retreat setting, and educational university. This is a prime opportunity to experience the deep energy of the labyrinth in three diverse modes during a one-day pilgrimage.

FIRST STOP: Monastery of Immaculate Conception – Sisters of St. Benedict Ferdinand, Indiana

Religious Community - Hildegard’s Labyrinth (grass) & Scholastica Labyrinth (portable, if time permits)

Monastery of Immaculate Conception has two labyrinths. The first is a perma-nent grass labyrinth, named in honor of Hildegard of Bingen, located in front of Benet Hall. If time allows, other options on the monastery grounds may include visiting the Stations of the Cross, their beautifully restored church-building, the grotto, and possibly walking their other labyrinth, named for St. Scholastica.

SECOND STOP:Sacred Oak Grove – Owensboro, Kentucky

Private - Sandstone Labyrinth (owned by Clarice O’Brien) Sacred Oak Grove’s Sandstone labyrinth is an excellent example of a unique labyrinth in a retreat center

labyrinth, named for St. Scholastica.

of the labyrinth in three diverse modes during a one-day pilgrimage.

SECOND STOP:

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setting. Located in Kentucky, this labyrinth is based on the Chartres design. Sacred Oak Grove’s mission statement is “to create, improvise and nurture a sacred transformational environment, in order to remember, validate and illuminate our divine connection”. This labyrinth is the project of Clarice O’Bryan, “teacher, healer, dancer, intuitive masseuse”.

THIRD STOP:University of Southern Indiana Labyrinth – Evansville, Indiana

Educational University - Stone Paver Labyrinth Constructed in front of the University of Southern Indiana’s Liberal Arts Center as part of its quadrangle project, this labyrinth and surroundings provide a new focal point for the campus to empower artistic, contem-plative and transformational possibility. This labyrinth provides the university with a “liv-ing reference on campus regarding their rela-tionship to New Harmony.” USI’s paver stone labyrinth is a uniquely modified form of the more traditional Chartres style labyrinth, in that it also includes a quick entrance/exit tween the center and entrance.

WARREN LYNN is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He has provided leadership for labyrinth experiences since 1994, and is in his eighth year as a Veriditas-certified Facilitator. Warren has constructed approximately 30 labyrinths, and helped with several others. He serves as a member of the Veriditas Council, and is active with The Labyrinth Coalition.

ANNUAL LABYRINTH TOUR OF ST. LOUIS AREA LABYRINTHS

Monday 15 November 10 am - 3pm includes picnic lunch Transport by own car to and from St. Louis Studio, 128 Slocum Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119. Cell 314 517-6543, thereafter by bus or mini-vans.

Hosted by Robert Ferre and led by Judy Hopen

The tour will start at the Labyrinth Enterprises studio in south St. Louis and end with a drop-off at the St. Louis airport. Lunch will be provided. Limited to 25 people.

9:30 a.m. – St. Louis Labyrinth Tour Itinerary

Meet at Labyrinth Enterprises Studio for continental breakfast and visit to the only labyrinth studio of its kind.

10:00 a.m. – Leave for private home

Leave by mini-coach for first labyrinth (classical 7-circuit) located at a private home in a southern suburb. The owner enjoys traversing her concrete labyrinth in her electric wheelchair.

11:10 a.m. – Centenary United Methodist Church

This downtown church has a polymer concrete labyrinth at the base of the steps leading into the sanctuary. It is used by many people to and from their way to work

12:15 p.m. – Zion United Church of Christ

This beautiful paver laby-rinth, installed by Marty Kermeen, has many amen-ities in its tranquil site, in-cluding a gazebo, a water fountain, benches, a fire pit, and more. This is the most spectacular labyrinth in the St. Louis area. We will have lunch here.

tween the center and entrance.

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Having organized the meetings at which TLS was founded, ROBERT FERRE con-tinues to be engaged in all aspects of labyrinth work, from building to teaching

to writing. As President of Labyrinth Enterprises LLC he offers a full range of ser-vices to institutions and in-dividuals to obtain and uti-lize labyrinths.

JUDY HOPEN is Vice presi-dent of Labyrinth Enter-prises LLC and has likely painted more labyrinths on canvas than anyone.

Judy Hopen creating one more labyrinth

1:45 p.m. – Shaare Emeth Congregation

This stone and gravel Chai labyrinth (Santa Rosa pattern) was a project constructed by volunteers.

2:10 p.m. – Delmar Baptist Church

Made of natural crushed granite overlay, this full-size Chartres pattern is surrounded by large oak trees.

2:40 p.m. – The Mercy Center

In place for more than 11 years, the tree in the center of this 80-foot stone and rubber mulch Chartres labyrinth has grown considerably. This is one of the most loved and utilized labyrinths in St. Louis.

3:00 p.m. – Tour completed. Go to airport

3:15 p.m. – Arrive at airport

3:45 p.m. – Return back to studio

www.labyrinth-enterprises.com/labyrinthtour.html

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HORSE AND CARRIAGE RIDES:APPLE BLOSSOM CARRIAGE COMPANY

Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12 noon on North Street outside the New Harmony Inn

Horses are owned and driven by Mary and John Hirsch

Carriages arrive at New Harmony Inn at 12 noon. Duration and price: day-time rides per person $5 for 15 minutes; $10 for 30 min-utes,  $15 for maximum time 40 minutes. Night-time rides can be arranged in ad-vance starting at $10 for 15 minutes. Please show your Gathering name tag for these special prices.

Carriage rides can be booked in advance by calling Mary at 812 673-4385 after 6pm, or leave a message during the day. Or email maryhirsch@tds.netRides can also be arranged with the driver on site. See also www.newharmony.biz/pages/attractions

Apple Blossom has three horse drawn carriages: one for six passengers and two for four passengers each. Mary and  John take passengers on a tour past New Harmony’s notable buildings and labyrinths, including Labyrinths on the Grounds.

GOLF CAR RENTALS

Golf cars can be rented from the New Harmony Golf Car Company for an hourly or daily fee.

To reserve a golf car you can call 812 459-9909. www.newharmonygolfcars.comOr rent them at the Atheneum Visitors Center or the New Harmony Inn.

BICYCLES TO BORROW

Yellow bicycles can be borrowed by New Harmony Inn residents and can be found on a bike rack at the west side of the Entry House on North Street. Please return the bicycle to the rack where you found it.

Getting Around New Harmony

to Harmonie State Park,and Mt. Vernon, IN,

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