Daedalus flew to Sicily, where he was welcomed by King Cocalus. The Druids, priests and ecological protectors of England and Ireland's Celtic past, used to create labyrinths through the forests where they practised their crafts, by winding ropes from tree to tree to form the paths. It was this symbol of the Mother which identified the sacred in nature - that spiriling form found throughout nature. Labyrinths were woven into objects to personify man's connection to his source and were often placed at sacred places in nature to remind him of this union. When one walks the labyrinth it is in recreating this very ancient expression of thanks and remembrance of the divine in all things.
Labyrinths are time windows, portals, where time stands still.
They are known to facilitate altered states of consciousness and have parallels with reincarnation, initiation, prosperity, and fertility rites. Ancient Scandinavian sailors believed the labyrinth had magical properties and when walked could control the weather and ensure a good catch. Additionally, through dowsing we understand that the seven paths of the Labyrinth correspond with the seven energy centers of the body called chakras. The paper Labyrinth is colored in the traditional fashion using red at the first chakra, orange at the second, yellow for the third, and so forth. This allows the person to focus on each chakra while traveling through the path of its representative color.