All answers can be found by walking or carting around town; be sure to read plaques, listen to the free Oncell tours, or ask the Historic New Harmony Interpreters at the Atheneum! - Please be respectful of all locations and properties - Please mind all traffic and pedestrian laws. - Please take plenty of photos, Like Historic New Harmony on Facebook, and upload and tag your photos with the following hashtags: #HistoricNewHarmony #VisionOfUtopia #NewHarmonyInterfaith #NewHarmony While you re hunting, talk to your group members! What faiths or ideologies are represented among you? What do interfaith efforts mean to you? Why are they important? Happy Hunting from Historic New Harmony! Question This architecturally significant building is meant to be a place of literary and scientific learning and is the start of our historic tours in New Harmony. Answer There are two circular structures in town, one sits at the south edge and the other at the north western edge, which are made of hedges or stone, and promote reflection and spiritual contemplation. What are they? In a few short sentences, describe the metaphor that labyrinths create about life and spirituality. The 6 petals of the flower created in the center of the Cathedral Labyrinth are meant to represent six spiritual realms. What are they? What structure was our stone path Cathedral Labyrinth modeled after?
The Orpheus Fountain at the Cathedral Labyrinth is in the shape of what ancient stringed instrument used by Orpheus of Greek Mythology to tame wild beasts? This building in town was sponsored by The Robert Lee Blaffer Trust as a place where people of all faiths or no faith could come to reflect, meditate, and is a house of prayer for all people. In the Roofless Church there is a plaque that reads There are no strangers in this place because. At the Roofless Church, the sculpture Angel of the Annunciation is of whom? The sculpture under the dome in the Roofless Church is called Descent of the Spirit. In listening to the Oncell Tour talk about it, why are the dove s eyes so large? In the Roofless Church, what is the title of this version of a well-known psalm? The Lord is my pilot; I shall not drift. He lights me across the dark waters. He steers me through the deep channels. He keeps my log. He guides me by the Star of Holiness for His Name's sake. As I sail through the storms and tempests of life I will dread no danger; for You are near me; Your love and care shelter me. You prepare a haven before me in the Homeland of Eternity; You quieten the waves with oil; my ship rides calmly. Surely sunlight and starlight shall be with me wherever I sail, and at the end of my voyaging I shall rest in the port of my God. In the Roofless Church there is a plaque with the Bible s Proverbs 29:18 on it. It states Where there is no, people perish
What is the title and who is the author of this poem that can be found in the Roofless Church? When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil s walking parody On all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of ancient crooked will; Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb, I keep my secret still. Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears, And palms before my feet. The fountain in the Roofless Church is dedicated to all for the great goodness that flows through and from them. Why is the Roofless Church roofless? The Fountain of Life is located in which garden in town? Inside the New Harmony Inn, what prayer was dedicated by Rabbi Harold S Kushner? Inside the New Harmony Inn, the 1971 artwork called Two Crosses is the artist s passionate protest against and. Inside the New Harmony Inn Entry House there is an intricate and colorful painting in the round chapel. Name the eight Archangels depicted.
At Tillich Park, behind the New Harmony Inn, complete this statement Man and Nature belong. Behind Tillich Park there is a sculpture titled St. Francis and the Birds. What is the story behind this sculpture? The poem Birches in Winter, which is located near St. Francis and the Birds, is written by whom? At Ellen Field, Thomas Merton states There are two things men can do about the pain of disunion with other men- they can or they can. According to the plaque at the Our Lady, Queen of Peace sculpture at Ellen Field, Thomas Merton was a. Where can you get the key to go inside the Chapel of the Little Portion? The Chapel of the Little Portion is dedicated to. What does the poem Stranger, found at the pond waterfall behind the New Harmony Inn, mean to you? The title of the sculpture in front of the Barn Abbey, Shalev, comes from the combination of two Hebrew words: sha, meaning ; and lev, meaning. What is the name of the red painted steel sculpture located on the front lawn of The New Harmony Inn? It was designed by Larry Reising and fabricated by Tom and Elmer Helfrich, all of Posey County, Indiana. Arch Abbot Timothy Sweeney of St. Meinrad Archabbey presided at the dedication. Why are there no headstones in the Harmonist Cemetery?
Ninth century Woodland Culture Native Americans are buried in New Harmony. Where can their burial mounds be found? From where did the bricks that make the wall of the Harmonist Cemetery come? To whom do the headstones outside of the Harmonist Cemetery belong? What is the name of the Society formed by Constance Fauntleroy for the intellectual enhancement of the young women of New Harmony in 1859? According to our research and the information on display at Community House No. 2, how many times did the Harmonists stop what they were doing to pray each day? Father George Rapp, the founder of New Harmony, was the founder of what religious sect? New Harmony was founded in 1814 by the Harmonists, religious separatists from Germany. What does it mean to be a religious separatist? Robert Owen, a Welsh industrialist who had developed his ideas about community in New Lanark, Scotland, considered the established church an impediment to social reform. Therefore his community here in New Harmony, the attempted Utopian society after the Harmonists, was secular. What does it mean to be secular? Go to the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art and find one piece that speaks to you and your ideologies and describe it in a few sentences. How many churches are there currently on Church Street? What happened to the Harmonist Churches that stood in the center of town?
Why is Church Park called Church Park? In the winter of 1825-1826 Robert Dale Owen and William Maclure brought a large keel boat loaded with scientists, teachers, philosophers, writers and other learned people from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New Harmony, Indiana. They traveled from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, down the Ohio River to the mouth of the Wabash River, and then up the Wabash to New Harmony. It was arguably the largest gathering of learned people to ever assemble on a single boat and it was later dubbed. A mural can be found inside the Working Men s Institute depicting this information. At Holy Angels Park, read aloud and contemplate the Declaration Toward a Global Ethic and finish the closing sentence, We commit ourselves to this global ethic Sketch the sculpture in the space to the right. At Playtopia in Murphy Park, what is the front gate entrance called? And for what is it named? The built by the Harmonist was described by John Melish in 1822, This was a most elegant flower garden with various hedgerows disposed in such a manner as to puzzle people to get into the little temple, emblematic of Harmony, in the middle. It represents the difficulty of arriving at harmony. Pick one quote or saying from inside the Labyrinth s temple and reflect on what it means to you in a few short sentences. All of the faiths that participated in the Bicentennial Interfaith Service on August 10, 2014 at the Roofless Church shared Prayers for from their traditions with the people that attended.
Stop by the Atheneum for a copy of the answers to this trivia hunt. While there, engage with our interpreters on any of the topics that you learned about here. Please also enjoy the many books and other items for sale in the gift shop that reflect New Harmony s rich history! If you enjoyed the Interfaith Trivia Hunt produced by Historic New Harmony, please let others know by telling them in person, or sharing your thoughts and photos online! Any direct questions or comments can be emailed to Harmony@USI.edu with Interfaith as the subject line! Thank you and enjoy the rest of your time in utopia!