Exploring the Labyrinth_ A Guide for Healing and Spiritual Growth - Melissa Gayle West [33]
Stand back and compare your work to Figure 6.4d. From point C, paths 1 and 2 should be switchbacks. Path 3 should be unobstructed while paths 4 and 5 should be switchbacks. Path 6 should be unobstructed while 7 and 8 are switchbacks. Path 9 should be unobstructed while paths 10 and 11 are switchbacks.
10. Refer to Figure 6.4d again. Move counterclockwise to quadrant point D. Obstruct paths 2 and 3 from point D with a piece of tape under the string the width of both paths. Repeat with the fifth and sixth paths, and with the eighth and ninth paths.
11. Refer back to Figure 6.4e. Remove the tape separating paths 2 and 3 a distance equal to W. This will create a switchback, allowing walkers to make a 180-degree turn. Repeat this between paths 5 and 6 and between paths 8 and 9.
Stand back and compare your work to Figure 6.4d. From point D, path 1 should be unobstructed. Paths 2 and 3 should be switchbacks. Path 4 should be unobstructed while paths 5 and 6 should be switchbacks. Path 7 should be unobstructed while paths 8 and 9 are switchbacks. Paths 10 and 11 should be unobstructed.
FIGURE 6.4F
12. Refer to Figure 6.4f for steps 12 and 13. Move counterclockwise to quadrant point A. You will now construct the entrance. Lay a piece of tape from the outermost circle to the innermost circle under quadrant string A. This will be referred to as tape A.
13. Moving to the left of tape A, lay a line of tape parallel to the vertical line of tape you just laid down, the width ofW between the two lines of tape. This second line of tape will be called tape Y.
FIGURE 6.4G
14. NOTE: For steps 14 to 20, refer to Figure 6.4g. Remove the tape from the outermost circle between tape Y and tape A, creating the entrance. Remove the tape in the same manner from the lines between paths 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 3 and 4, and 4 and 5, creating a vertical path.
15. Remove tape Y from path 5, creating the first left turn into the labyrinth.
16. Remove tape Y from path 6.
17. Remove the tape between tape Y and tape A between paths 6 and 7, 7 and 8, 8 and 9, 9 and 10, and 10 and 11, creating another vertical path.
18. Remove tape Y from path 11, creating a left turn into path 11, the centermost path.
Take a deep breath! You are almost halfway finished with this section.
19. Return to the perimeter. Two pairs of pathways, paths 1 and 2 and paths 3 and 4, to the left of tape Y, will be switchbacks. Starting from the left of tape Y, remove the tape between paths 1 and 2 the width of W. Refer back to Figure 6.4e if needed. Remove the tape between paths 3 and 4 the width of W as well. This will create the switchbacks for paths 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
20. From the left of tape Y, remove the tape the width of W from between paths 7 and 8 and between paths 9 and 10 to create switchbacks. Now stand back. You should see a total of four switchbacks to the left of tape Y. Compare your labyrinth to Figure 6.4g for accuracy.
You have now completed the left vertical access paths.
21. Refer to Figure 6.4f. Moving to the right of tape A, lay a line of tape parallel and to the right of tape A, the width of W between the two lines of tape. This second line of tape will be called tape Z.
22. NOTE: For Steps 23 to 26, refer to Figure 6.4g. Remove tape Z from path 1.
23. Remove the tape between tape A and tape Z from the lines between paths 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 3 and 4, 4 and 5, and 5 and 6, creating a vertical path.
24. Remove tape Z from paths 6 and 7.
25. Remove the tape between tape A and tape Z from paths 7 to 11 to create another vertical path leading directly into the center.
26. Return to the perimeter. Four pairs of pathways—paths 2 to 3, 4 to 5, 8 to 9, and 10 to 11—will be switchbacks. From the right of tape Z, remove the tape between paths 2 and 3, 4 and 5, 8 and 9, and 10 and 11 the width of W, referring back to Figure 6.4e if necessary. This will create the switchbacks. Now stand back. You should see a total of four switchbacks to the right of tape Z. Compare