Mandala Mazes

Containing 36 designs inspired by the mystical mandala, this book offers an unusual and challenging array of mazes. Not too easy but not too hard, they're perfect for puzzlists ages 8 and up.

Solving a maze can be a meditative act, as you ponder the various routes to completion. And that s especially true for these 72 beautiful mandala-shaped mazes. In each one, a single path connects the outside to the center, or vice-versa, but you have to uncover it in the richly detailed design. As you rule them out, you can color in the dead ends and useless loops."

Thread your way through this history of mazes from the ancient world to today and solve over one hundred mazes along the way. From prehistoric times, mazes and labyrinths worldwide have served as different symbolic, ritualistic, and practical purposes. Taken as a powerful metaphor for life’s journey, they can be used as tools for meditation and learning at any level, even when completed for recreation. Maze images can be enjoyed as motifs themselves, but also in their material forms—a meditation, puzzle, dance, walk, ritual, pilgrimage, or simply a day out. Drawing upon a wealth of historical and classical literature; accounts written by explorers, archaeologists, and historians; and the output of modern and contemporary world-renowned experts and enthusiasts, social historian Dr. Julie Bounford explores the evolution of mazes through time and across continents, presenting their history in a fun and engaging format while challenging readers to solve over one hundred mazes—many created exclusively for this book by illustrator and artist Trevor Bounford. Learn about: The earliest recorded examples, legends, and mazes in the ancient world Mazes used as sacred rituals and symbols that take us beyond the natural world Turf, stone, hedge, and garden mazes, and sites of communal rustic revels The modern revival, with mazes taken to forms never previously imagined Explore how mazes can improve your mental dexterity and create mindfulness, and use the gazetteer to locate historical, replica, and interesting mazes that exist around the world today.

Challenging collection includes some of the worldrsquo;s most perplexing brain-teasers by such masters as Sam Loyd, Johnny Eck and Henry Dudeney. Also, the stories behind the creation of the puzzles, the worldrsquo;s earliest riddles, the birth of the crossword puzzle, much more. Introduction. 146 illus.

Little buccaneers will discover a treasure trove of spooky fun with this collection of easy-to-follow mazes. Better than gold bullion, these 36 full-page puzzles will have children coming back for more! Solutions are included.

Famous German artist and designer offers a fabulous collection of convoluted constructions designed to dazzle the most practiced puzzlist. Includes op art effects, Escher-like illusions, various architectural fabrications, three-dimensional constructs accompanied by solutions for the frustrated beginner and the baffled connoisseur. Solutions. Contents. Captions.

Forty mazes with geometric trickery.

Unusual collection of 36 computer-generated mazes, loosely based on themes from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Instructions and solutions for puzzles which range from simple to difficult.