Reading “Memories, dreams, reflections” (German: Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken), the partially autobiographical book by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, I first learned about mandalas. I found it fascinating that he – a serious psychologist – had drawn so many mandalas. Jung suggested that the mandala is an autonomous psychic reality, offering a “safe refuge of inner reconciliation and wholeness” and providing a sacred space into which we can invite the Self. He also noticed that creating mandalas had a calming, focusing effect on his patients’ psychological states. I’ve personally observed this to be true as I’ve drawn and colored my own mandalas. Jung also wrote, “The mandala is an archetypal image whose presence is attested over the millennia. It signifies the fullness of the Self. This circular image represents the fullness of the human psyche, that is, in mystical terms, the divinity embodied in man.”
Mircea Eliade, the Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago, believed that the mandala is an objective symbol, rather an “imago mundi” (an image of the world) than a projection of the mind.
The states in which they drew and painted the mandalas were somehow meditative states. So when I started drawing my own mandalas, I discovered that, apart from the state of relaxation that they bring, they are like corridors that can take me where my subconscious mind needs me to be – to a place, to a person, within myself. And it may sound weird, but when you draw a place you’ve never seen and you describe it very well, when you look at a person and draw what he or she has in mind and you receive a confirmation… you just keep being curious, fascinated.
Mandalas are graphic representations known since antiquity for their powers, especially in balancing and harmonizing energies. You can see them on walls, floors, or windows, in churches, temples, palaces, and historical sites. Mandalas are sacred symbols of healing, harmony, union, integration, and totality. Their name is derived from Sanskrit and means Holy Circle. They are symbols representing the universe, God and the creator, the human being, the number zero, and life. They represent the sacred geometry or the language of the cosmos.
The mandala is generally used to accelerate the inner transformation and gives direct access to spiritual knowledge. Mandala helps increase creativity and perception of consciousness. One of the main goals is to unlock stagnant energy.
What can we include in the mandala code?
The numerological code behind the mandala can be:
- date of birth – the primary determining vibration for a person. This is the main number expressing its essence. The numbers of the date of birth indicate what the individual harmony of the three bodies of a person is built on: physical, astral, and mental.
- birthday – the vibrational number of the day, which is used for…
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