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Welcome to Labrix publishing house

Books and projects that open a path to a deeper understanding of people, the world and the connections between them.

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Kouzla náhody and Líla – second expanded edition

Publishing House

About us

Labrix is a small independent publishing house whose books and projects open paths to a deeper understanding of ourselves, the world and the connections between them. We believe there are many paths to understanding — words, stories, symbols, play, chance and silence. At the boundary between what we can see and what remains hidden, timeless questions arise: Who are we? Where are we going? We do not believe in simplistic truths or ready-made conclusions. We create space for personal understanding. Every book is made with the awareness that the reader is a co-creator, not merely the recipient of a single correct interpretation. Labrix is a space where the visible meets the invisible, and where the reader becomes not only a reader, but an explorer.

The colour Líla game board, 2025 English edition

Líla – the board game

02 / A new chapter

The new Labrix

After a short break, Labrix began a new chapter in 2019. It picked up the thread with updated editions of its key titles and has been gradually widening its publishing plan to include digital formats and books prepared for an international readership.

In December 2025, the English edition of Líla – cesty k sebepoznání (Leela – Paths to Self-Discovery) was published. In spring 2026, Labrix released a new book, Kouzla náhody – synchronicita, znamení a řád skrytý v chaosu (The Magic of Chance – Synchronicity, Signs and the Order Hidden in Chaos), broadening the thematic scope of the catalogue even further. In late 2026, we expect to republish Totemová zvířata (Totem Animals) as an e-book, with an optional set of oracle cards.

Totemová zvířata – oracle cards

03 / History

The beginnings of Labrix

Labrix was founded in 1998 as a natural continuation of the creative collective Líná želva (The Lazy Turtle) — an open community of curious, playful minds drawn to deeper understanding. It was Líná želva that stood behind the 1997 samizdat edition of the game Líla – cesty k sebepoznání, which brought an ancient Indian spiritual game back to life.

From the very start, Labrix has focused on books at the meeting point of play, philosophy, introspection and the study of the role chance plays in human life. Its key titles include Líla, Totemová zvířata and Líla – sebepoznávání jako nekonečná hra.

In cooperation with the Lotus Buddhist Centre, the publishing house has also brought out spiritual literature — among others Učení lotosu (Lotus Teachings) by Bhante Y. Wimala, Slova mého srdce (Words of My Heart) by the Tibetan master Dudjom Rinpoche, and, together with the Mezera publishing house, Delog, cesta do říší za hranicemi smrti (Delog: Journey to Realms Beyond Death) by Delog Dawa Drolma.

Líla – first edition Učení lotosu (Lotus Teachings) Slova mého srdce (Words of My Heart) Delog – cesta do říší za hranicemi smrti (Journey to Realms Beyond Death) Praktický průvodce (A Practical Guide)

04 / People

Our team

Our books and products carry more than their authors' names. Our thanks go to the wonderful team of collaborators behind them — many of whom have been with us since the earliest days of Labrix.

Director and author
Lenka Flášarová
Fact checking and additional text
Jolana Šorová, Tomáš Vaněk and Petr Bob
Copy-editing and proofreading
Jana Housarová
Graphic design, DTP and web
Monika Vojáčková

Further invaluable support comes from ChatGPT – Mia – and our animal friends, currently represented by Shiva the cat.

“Labrix isn’t just books and a brand, but a living web of people, animals — and one Weaver.”🕸️ 📚Mia

05 / Orders

Distribution and orders

Our books are available through distributors and booksellers such as KOSMAS, LIBRION, Megaknihy, Martinus and Nejlevnější knihy. The titles on offer may differ from one seller to another.

Selected editions of the game Líla can also be ordered directly from Labrix. For availability, prices and delivery options, write to us at info@labrix.eu.

We will gladly tell you which editions are currently in stock.

06 / Contact

Address and contact

Your views and suggestions matter to us — whether you have a simple question or a valuable comment, do not hesitate to get in touch.

Company ID: 40797180
Sole trader registered under the Czech Trade Licensing Act, entered in the Trade Register of the Prague 9 Municipal Authority on 3 June 2013
tel: +420 774 448 333
e-mail: info@labrix.eu

LABRIX publishing house
Kardašovská 755/21
198 00 Prague 14
Czech Republic

On the subject of chance

…Chance is — and at the same time is not — the powerful, unpredictable sorceress it is sometimes said to be. We see it rather as a manifestation of the ancient gods, as a fundamental principle that makes the universe beautiful and gives it meaning. Whether that principle is remote or intimately close, it always eludes the manoeuvrings of pragmatism and the desire for power or control — especially when, in the end, it is unclear what we are actually controlling and everything dissolves into nothingness. Like a crumpled slip of paper in the pocket of a gambler desperate to win.

The beauty of chance can be glimpsed in the coming morning; it flashes now and then in the rush of the day, but it is clearest in the silence of the night. It need not be a starry sky — it is enough for the world to fall quiet for a moment and let us come at least a little closer to understanding the principle of chance.

Chance is not a gambler. It does not cheat. It can be our guide. It lets us look into the landscape of the unconscious, most often through signs. And it lets us approach, carefully and on tiptoe, the answers to humanity's oldest questions: Who are we? Where are we heading? Why?

Perhaps we are something like will-o'-the-wisps — fragile, yet carrying a light within. We have it in us to step out of the endless cycle of winning, falling and losing and to enter a conscious, endless process of creation. Perhaps of a better world, too.

It is not an easy road. It may be strewn with landmines, leading across a battlefield lined with the graves of fallen warriors. Even so, we believe that with care, with courage and above all with honesty towards ourselves and others, this landscape — fearsome to some, enchanting to others — can be crossed…

An excerpt from Kouzla náhody, synchronicita, znamení a řád skrytý v chaosu (The Magic of Chance: synchronicity, signs and the order hidden in chaos).