The Tree of Life

Oct 2000 - I decided it was time to build a new labyrinth.  I was not sure of what it was supposed to look like, only that it would incorporate the Tree of Life as its center.  At first I thought I would start all over and build this labyrinth on another part of my property.  I spent three days clearing out cacti and rabbit bush in an area 100 by 100 feet.  This part of the property is down in a depression wheras the first labyrinths were on the top of a small hill.
 
 

Nov 2000 - I thought about it for a few weeks then decided to replace the old Labyrinth with this new one.  I have started taking apart some of the rings and rearranging the stones into the 11 circles representing the spheres of the Tree of Life and the paths between them.
 
 

Dec 2000 - I stopped working on the new labyrinth because it just does not "feel" right.  I do not have a plan for how the project will come together yet.  I am waiting for the stones to "talk" to me.

Jan 2001 - Finally, I saw how to make the new labyrinth in a dream and was able to draw a plan for it.  Right now I am waiting for the snow to melt and the ground to thaw so that I can get back to work. 
    I will be going out on the Spring Equinox to sit and watch the sunrise to mark the alignment for the main axis of the tree.
    I realize that my plan is not a "normal" Tree of Life.  There are a number of different representations from different schools.  I chose to use this one because it is a composite of all.  People can walk what they know to be the "true" paths and ignore the extra pathways.

Mar 2001 - The Spring Equinox - Several of us watched the sunrise and marked the center line of the design so that we could get started.  A cloud happened to be in the right place at the right time so that it looked as ifthe top of the mountain, where the sun was rising, was on fire.
 
 
 
 
 

Mar 31, 2001 - The turns in the outer rings and the central and outside paths of theTree of Life have been put in place.
 
 
 
 
 
 

April 15, 2001 - Easter Morning - I have finished moving all the stones.  Yesterday I decided to change my original design for the Tree of Life by eliminating a number of the pathways.  Instead I set upright some of the larger stones (white dots) inside the triangular areas to mark "hidden" missing pathways.  Right now I think that this labyrinth is completed except for some gardening work.  I have started planting clover and wild flowers in all of the brownish-red areas of the Tree.