This study used the emerging qualitative methodologies of organic and intuitive inquiries to identify the effect of walking an earthen labyrinth in community. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight middle-class women who participated in a ritualized labyrinth walk and a finger labyrinth. Themes emerging at each of the three stages of the labyrinth walk include doubt and trust (purgation), mystery and prayer (illumination), and beauty and healing (union).
