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Kimberly Lowelle Saward, Ph.D., is a pilgrim and a wanderer who now lives 40 miles east of London. She has been working with labyrinths since 1995, earning her doctorate in 2003 with a study of labyrinth walking as a transformative practice. Prior to moving from California to to England, she worked clinically as a school counsellor and somatic therapist, and taught psychology at Sonoma State University in California. Kimberly is the author of Ariadne’s Thread: Legends of the Labyrinth, a psycho-spiritual study of labyrinth folk practices worldwide. She is currently researching modern and historic uses of the labyrinth, comparing and contrasting their uses in folk customs, mythology, and spiritual development. Travelling frequently between the USA and Europe as a speaker and an organizer of labyrinth-oriented conferences, pilgrimages, and events, she has a unique cross-cultural insight into the modern resurgence of interest in mazes and labyrinths. She is a founding member of the international Labyrinth Society and served as its president from 2003 – 2008.

Since walking the Camino Inglés in 2019, Kimberly has been working with the Confraternity of St James (the CSJ), an official camino support organisation based in London. She is passionate about building community wherever she goes and enjoys working with the international pilgrim community, hosting in-person and virtual events for the CSJ.

Kimberly is never without a pen to record her journey. Other areas of interest include medieval mysticism and symbolism. In that vein, she is an avid student of the tarot and continues her lifelong interest in Jungian psychology and the study of dreams.

Her primary website is Ariadne’s Thread, where her blog Ariadne’s Thread resides and is currently being reconstructed. While there, you can also find out about her work in the world, read her poetry and articles, and sign up for updates and newsletters.

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