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Joachim J Becker was born in 1952 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. At young age already he was drawn to metatphysical studies.
In the 1990’s he was introduced to the Labyrinth whe an associate invited him to walk the Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montclair, NJ. He immediately recognized the Labyrinth as a spiritual and therapeutic tool and knew that is would be part of his path from then on.
If you are new to labyrinths please see the Grace Cathedral Video Intro or read some of the editorial reviews of current Labyrinth publications.
In the years to follow Joachim worked with the Reverend Cari Keith from the Allwood Communtiy Church in Clifton, NJ as church secretary and facilitator of the Allwood Labyrinth Project. At the same time he initiatied the New Jersey Labyrinth Project and developed his business, New Jersey Holistic Health Services, offering a selction of holistic servies including Labyrinth set-up services to churches and various groups in the area.
Area churches, including catholic, reformed, presbyterian, episcopal and others have used Joachims Labyrinth Services. Ongoing Labyrinth events have been taking place.
View Slide Presentation of the Labyrinth at the 1st Reformed Church in Pompton Plains. NJ
The backyard labyrinth was another project.
Soon after that the Watsessing Park Labyrinth Project came into being. Joachim had introduced the concept of a labyrinth in the park to other labyrinth enthusiasts from the neighborhood of Watsessing Heights.
Several Yahoo Community Forums were set up as well:
The New Jersey Labyrinth Project Community Forum
The Watsessing Heights Labyrinth Forum
In November 2006 a 5 circuit labyrinth was drawn in the Baseball Diamond in Watsessing Park. It has been there ever since through most of the season and Joachim learned to redraw it in about 5 minutes.
It’s a great labyrinth to walk. The underlying concept is that this type of labyrinth can be draw in minutes and be made available for walking. It is large enough to provide a substantial walk and labyrinth experience, yet small enough so drawing will not be very labor intensive. The Watsessing Labyrinth will be documented on this blog as it goes through the seasons of the year.
This Blog ”A Labyrinth Journey“ is the a personal journal of Joachim Becker and documents the various expressions of the Labyrinth in his work .
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