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We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers.\xa0Tonight, we\u2019ll read the opening chapters to "Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of their History and Development", written by W. H. Matthews and published in 1922.\xa0To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\n\nThe history of the maze is paradoxically explored as both a tool for spiritual inquiry and as a vexing trap. Apparently he wrote the heavy tome in less than three years \u2014 and it may have been a way for Matthews to deal with the aftermath of his time as a soldier in the labyrinthine trenches of World War I.\xa0\n\n\u2014 read by 'N' \u2014\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices