Seven Fountains Jesuit Retreat Center Labyrinth

In our modern world a labyrinth is the bridge that can connect us to our origins, our roots, even our true identity, some of them - long-forgotten parts of ourselves. It touches people very deeply, often in a way they cannot verbalize, as the context itself is ancient.

The labyrinth provides the sacred space where the inner and outer worlds can commune, where the thinking mind and imaginative heart can flow together. It can provide a space to listen to our inner voice of wisdom.

The labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, France is the floor plan brought to Seven Fountains Retreat Center in Chiangmai, Thailand.


The Jesuits and the Ursuline sisters bought this piece of land for the Retreat Center in Chiangmai in 1965 A.D. This land is just 500 meters from the remains of the old city-palace, Wiang Jet Lin. Owners decided to use the oldest recorded name of this part of the city, and called the property "Suan Jet Rin" - using the current intonation and words:

SUAN means garden
JET means seven
RIN is the current form of Lin, water-conduit

* seven conduits
* seven streams
* seven fountains
* seven gifts of the Holy Spirit