She has become a frequent visitor, often tracing the narrow, intricate paths to their center. The labyrinths are simply made, marked out with lines of raised earth set with small rocks, less than a foot high, and range from 50 feet to about 100 feet across. They are based on a medieval design used by New Agers, a single pathway looping toward the center. Three of the mazes are round, one is heart-shaped and another is a collection of small designs. Letters, coins and trinkets are stuffed into rough stone shrines at their centers.
Some offerings are mystical, an incense stick, a tarot card.
Some are just strange, like the miniature Teletubby toy stuffed into old sweat socks. Park employees occasionally clear out the shrines to keep the mementos from becoming litter. Sabina Magliocco, an assistant professor of anthropology at Cal State-Northridge, theorizes that some people feel compelled to leave a tangible symbol of their experience.