What is the difference between a maze and a labyrinth?
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by by admin A maze is a complex series of branching paths with numerous decision points for the solver to navigate. Mazes may feature continuous ‘looping’ pathways that confuse and disorientate or dead ends where solvers must retrace their steps. The Labyrinth is ‘unicursal’ and essentially contains only one continuous path that twists and turns but always leads to the centre. It is an unambiguous path often in a circular form though this can be square, rectangular, hexagonal, octagonal, etc. The Labyrinth motif has been with us for centuries and has deep spiritual significance in some cultures, appearing at ancient sites and within some churches and cathedrals.
