Five step mapping: Clues to the Labyrinth of you

Hello Hedge Schoolers,<br/><br/>According to Socrates, nothing that can be learned needs a teacher. Each week I utilise the Socratic principle of teaching and teach while conducting an inquiry. A proud generalist, these inquiries cover a variety of landscapes, with the steps taken being the laying of the path as I walk. Recently I shared the story of the <a href="https://hedgeschool.substack.com/p/transformation-advice-from-janus">two-faced Roman God Janus in relation to horizon mapping</a>. Have a reread to catch yourself up as it is a delightfully simple but pragmatic practice to help you with your own learning. This week, I want to ground that practice in a little fact-finding mission. This mission is delightfully simple and filled with clues. Clues to help you chart the path you have just recently walked.<br/><br/>Clews<br/><br/>The etymology of language has become a pivotal practice in my own inquiry. Retracing the steps of language to genesis can tell us so much about the word's original intent. How it came to shape our understanding. Michael Meade first introduced me to the origin of the word 'clues'. Clues, is from the Saxon word "clews", meaning a ball of thread. In his book Genius Myth, Meade shares the Greek myth of Ariadne's thread to outline the importance of paying attention to the clues life gives us. <br/><br/>In short, Ariadne provided thread and a sword to her lover Theseus to help him slay the Minotaur in the middle of the Labyrinth. The thread (clews) helped Theseus find his way back to her. Clues in our own lives help us find our way back to who we truly are. Clews help us get beyond the blank page, beyond the doubt. For we don't ever arrive empty-handed. We always arrive with a collection of trinkets, experiences, and questions. We arrive with the thread in our hands. But with our eyes positioned to only take in the future, to only take in that which is ahead, we often forget our clews. The clews that have led us to where we are right now. <br/><br/>We chose the rabbit holes. <br/><br/>The a