Product Description

"Way of the Winding Path" offers simple, practical steps for experiencing life as a spiritual pilgrimage, and serves as a map guiding you to find your way with ease, grace, and clarity. Through exploration of the labyrinth as a metaphor for life, discover essential skills:

• Getting centered
• Listening to the voice of God
• Remembering who you are
• Taking action in divine alignment
• Celebrating transitions
• Ritualizing everyday actions

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #206588 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

From Publishers Weekly
"Remember, we are always on the labyrinth." For Hogan (Intellectual Foreplay; Virtual Foreplay), walking a labyrinth is a metaphor for the spiritual journey we all make throughout our lives. Walking an illuminating labyrinth (which bears no real relationship to walking a disorienting maze, she is careful to point out) is an invaluable tool for gaining spiritual insight. Labyrinths have a 5,000-year-old history, and have been found in such far-flung locales as England, India, South America, North America, Greece and Scandinavia, yet we have no real explanation of how they came about. Hogan makes a powerful case that these ancient earth designs hold real power for people of all ages and cultures to reach their own "quiet internal center," to remember the Divine within and without. Hogan's clear style and structure mirror the precise experience of preparation, journey and return. It would be a mistake to perceive this slender, practical volume solely as a labyrinth manual; the book is just as much a profound, deceptively simple guide to the spiritual life as it is about negotiating, for example, the 800-year-old pattern on the floor of Chartres cathedral. Hogan's book will best be enjoyed by readers who are new to or slightly familiar with labyrinths. Her truths as times seem obvious, but perhaps this is because, like labyrinths, they are timeless.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"Eve Eschner Hogan masterfully turns the labyrinth into a metaphor for awakening. This unique book touched me." -- Alan Cohen, author of I Had It All the Time

"Insightful, accessible and wise. . ." -- Lauren Artress, author of Walking A Sacred Path: The Rediscovery of the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool

About the Author
Eve Eschner Hogan is an inspirational speaker and labyrinth facilitator. In addition to "Way of the Winding Path," she is the creator of the Spiral Labyrinth Calendar and the author of "Intellectual Foreplay," "Virtual Foreplay," co-author of the novel, "Rings of Truth," "Chicken Soup for the Music Lover’s Soul" and senior editor for "Chicken Soup for the African American Soul." Eve serves as relationship advisor for DreamMates.com. She has appeared on national television programs such as Lifetime TV, Iyanla! and The Other Half. Her charismatic style captivates listerners, ignitiging people’s enthusiasm and joy for life

Customer Reviews

Way of the Winding Path
Eve's book is truly the book I wish I had written! I came away feeling deeply moved, light hearted, and grateful to have the labyrinth in my life. Basically I gobbled this book down whole, only taking one break, and came away fully satieted and filled to overflowing. I love her quote: "What if we were to live our lives as if we were always on a pilgrimage--on a journey toward the Divine, with the Divine, as the Divine?" That shall be my focus, my aim, and my intention from this step forward! Thanks, Eve, for putting to words what I have long since felt and known in my heart regarding this powerful spiritual tool. Blessings, Caroline

Wonderful !!!
Way of the Winding Path is very beautiful,very simple & very thought provoking.While reading the book I felt so peaceful--& many
ah ha's about what is intriguing about the Labyrinth.Upon finishing the book I understand the concept & history of what a Labyrinth is & also a desire to walk it.As the title suggests--it is also a way to view this journey of Life---
this book is Heartfelt,inspiring & practical--
I'm sending copies to all loved ones.....
Mahalo to Eve
Sincerly, Sherry Lambert

Filled with wisdom!
I enjoyed this book so very much. I felt the peace of the labyrinth as I read the stories and wisdom gained on the path of the Labyrinth and on the path of life. This book is such a joy and a wonderful guide to the labyrinth. I loved this quote from Jack Kornfield's Buddha's Little Instruction Book, "As you walk and eat and travel be where you are. Ohterwise you will miss most of your life." This book is a good reminder for us overworkers. Thank you, Gay Fry