About eight years ago, my worlds converged while I was building a large labyrinth on our Rutland farm, inspired by the famous Chartres Cathedral labyrinth in France. I was training as a Sound Therapist and labyrinth Facilitator at the same time, and also writing a thesis on Cymatics, the science of visualising sound, for my accreditation. During my labyrinth training with Veriditas, I learned about the pilgrims who, when travel to the Middle East was unsafe, would journey through Europe to worship at several cathedrals throughout Europe. Chartres, symbolising Earth, was the fourth stop, and the labyrinth was traditionally walked on bended knee. The final destination was Rosslyn Chapel, more recently renowned from the Da Vinci Code.
What I didn’t know at the time was the mystery surrounding the stone cubes carved into Rosslyn Chapel’s roof. They remained a mystery for many years until revealed by a father-son duo, the Mitchells, who found that the markings represented musical notes frozen in time. The mystery remains however because the science of Cymatics is a relatively ‘new one’, discovered in 1680, hundreds of years after Rosslyn Chapel was built! The notes compiled by the Mitchells eventually led to the composition of the Rosslyn Motet, which is available onVD should you wish to listen to it. So that, amazingly, is how my interests at the time in sound, labyrinths, and cymatics all came together. Is as if everything is indeed connected! Rosslyn Chapel is a magical place, and I encourage you to enjoy the story captured in the video.
