A labyrinth is a sacred space used for walking meditation. Unlike a maze, a labyrinth is a single path from the outer edge to the center and back again: there are no dead ends and no wrong turns.

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At Vermont Forest Cemetery, volunteers have built a monumental seven-circuit labyrinth 24 meters (about 78’8”) in diameter, with a central space 5.6 m wide: a relationship known as the golden ratio. There is also a small platform on the fourth circuit that the walker first encounters as they enter from the east. This platform is meant to hold an object of focus that is brought to the site or found in the forest by the walker. As the labyrinth is walked, the platform is approached from the south, the west and finally the north, allowing the walker to return to their object continually and to view it from multiple perspectives.