May 1 is World Labyrinth Day.
World Labyrinth Day (WLD) is an annual event sponsored by The Labyrinth Society (TLS). Every year on the first Saturday in May thousands of people around the world participate in this moving meditation for world peace.
The intention of WLD is to bring people from all over the planet together in celebration of labyrinths as a symbol, tool, passion, or practice. WLD is an opportunity to inform and educate the public, host walks, build permanent and temporary labyrinths, make labyrinth art, or explore the archetype in other ways. At the suggestion of Lynda Tourloukis, participants are encouraged to “Walk as One at 1” in the afternoon to create a wave of peaceful energy around our planet as it turns in space.
As an avid walker of labyrinths, I intend to walk a local labyrinth in the nearby regional town of Kyogle in NSW, Australia; a labyrinth I have previously enjoyed walking.
World Labyrinth Day
Here on Mark My Place! I am celebrating World Labyrinth Day by sharing a bookmark featuring one of the world's most famous labyrinths, the one in Chartres Cathedral, France. Thought to be a representation of the spiritual quest of the pilgrim traveling to the holy land, the labyrinth at Chartres, constructed in the early 1200s, is a little over 42 feet in diameter, and is thought to have once been graced by an image of the Minotaur at its centre (a motif common in mazes and labyrinths around the world).
Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth
The bookmark of the Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth (front and back images) and the two other Chartres bookmarks shown below, came into my collection through donations. I love and treasure all three of these bookmarks.
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 Stained glass window featuring signs of the zodiac |  Black Madonna of Chartres, Notre Dame de Pilar |
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