labyrinths of Tramuntana about us

Vesnin labirint Ishtarin labirint Tarin labirint Rusalkin labirint
Izidin labirint Ozirisov labirint Ladin labirint Finger labyrinth

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 Labyrinths like ancient, holy archetypical models of various forms and sizes already for thousands of years hold spiritual dialogue open. It is our wish to care for the beautiful forests of Tramuntana, biodiversity, Eurasian Griffons and many more parts of nature. Therefore we want the labyrinths to serve as tools which will facilitate communications between man and the Spirit of Nature, which will help us to understand our realtionship with everything in nature and then stopping everything that we do against it.

 

 

Vesna's Labyrinth – is an enlarged replica of the labyrinth which is found in Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral in France. It is dedicated to the ancient Croatian (and Slavic) goddess of Spring Vesna, who harmonised the heart, with the mind, beauty with tenderness. She is a Spring deity of the earth who is clothed in a dress of buds, flowers, grass and leaves.


Ishtar's Labyrinth – Ishtar is the goddess of love and fertility in Babylon and Assyria. We have dedicated a seven-circuit, Cretan labyrinth to her. Hopi Indians still use it today as a symbol of Mother Earth.


Tara's Labyrinth – in Tibetan language Tara means ‘star’ and also the ‘one who reveals’. The labyrinth is in the shape which is still used by Indians from the O’odham, Pima and Tohono tribes of Arizona as a symbol known as the ‘man in the maze’, and which they apply to baskets, vases and clothing.

Rusalka's Labyrinth - in old Croatian (and Slavic) mythology, Rusalkas are water fairies who dance in the forest glades during new moon nights. In Summer they are forest fairies, in Winter they are underwater, and for Pentecost they move to the forest.

Isis's Labyrinth – Isis is the ancient Egyptian Mother goddess (god Osiris’ wife) who symbolises birth, fertility and earthly riches, and today is presumed to be represented by the Black Madonna. In the parish church in Beli there is also a miraculous statue of the Black Madonna, Isis’s labyrinth is of course dedicated to her.

Osiris’ Labyrinth – the smallest labyrinth, intended mainly for children. It is dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god of Nature and resurrection. His wife is goddess Isis.

Lada's Labyrinth – Lada is an old Croatian (and Slavic) goddess of beauty and love who embodies the incarnation of natural forces. Her followers are the Ladarice fairies who left this world and moved to the stars. This how the Pleiades were created. This labyrinth is a replica of the antique Roman labyrinth discovered in Pula.

 

 

… There is one way to the centre, entrance and exit are symbols of death and resurrection. At the end of this passage from darkness to light, it marks a victory of the spiritual over the material, eternal over the short-lived, intellect over instinct, knowledge over blind force...

                                                                                            Mons. Josip Bandera


 

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