Eternalised

Through the Labyrinth: A Journey Through Inner Chaos


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Confusion, wandering, isolation, darkness, disorientation—all evoke the labyrinth, a complex network of paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way out. Or do they? The labyrinth’s original meaning has been entirely distorted, which is only to be expected from such a perplexing symbol.


Today, the labyrinth is found everywhere: in architecture, art, books, movies, and games. The labyrinth is an archetype, a primordial image that dates back to the Bronze Age (around 2500 to 2000 BC), making it one of the oldest symbols. The archetypal image of the labyrinth fundamentally expresses the path of life, full of dark corners and unexpected turns. If we overcome them, we are transformed and enlightened – if not, we become disoriented and find life meaningless.


The labyrinth is an archetype, a primordial image that dates back to the Bronze Age (around 2500 to 2000 BC), making it one of the oldest symbols. It encompasses various images: the path of life, the Earth Mother, birth, dance, warding off evil, initiation, liminality, the descent into the underworld, symbolic death and rebirth, the journey to the Self, the alchemical Great Work and the pilgrim’s spiritual journey.


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▶ Through the labyrinth: designs and meanings over 5,000 years - Hermann Kern

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▶ Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart - John Amos Comenius

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▶ Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings - Jorge Luis Borges

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▶ Pilgrim’s Progress - John Bunyan

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▶ The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso - Dante Alighieri

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⌛ Timestamps


0:00 Introduction

1:55 The Labyrinth as The Path of Life

3:26 The Classical or Archetypal Labyrinth

4:19 Labyrinth of Egypt

5:03 The Labyrinth and The Maze

9:18 Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom

11:24 Time is a Labyrinth

12:25 The Labyrinth and The Minotaur

17:25 The Origins of The Mythical Labyrinth

19:52 Archetypal Symbolism of The Labyrinth

24:42 The Labyrinth: Descent into Hell

28:03 The Labyrinth and Alchemy

30:56 The Journey to The Centre (The Self)

32:34 From Earth to Heaven to Earth

34:16 The Medieval Labyrinth: Spiritual Journey

35:15 The Labyrinth as The Pilgrim’s Journey

39:25 Conclusion


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