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Mandalas of the World


The Mandala is a harmonic blend of opposites, a wholistic interaction of complementary energies. Like man and woman, each half has what the other needs to grow. We call our shop Mandala Books because we strive to present not only the finest treasures of Eastern wisdom but also their counterpart, the Western mystery tradition. The cool logic of advanced metaphysics developed in the East needs to adopt the unconditional love fostered by the Western mystics. Just as the maudlin ignorance of the West needs the Eastern body of knowledge to realize their own higher Being.

These profound manuscripts are gifts of Intellect; the best being truly mandalic, the author's soul in material form. Proper study will make us wise as serpents, thus fulfilling our Divine destinies as bene Elohim, future Sons and Daughters of God. Then, by treading the same narrow path of the World Conqueror, compassion will keep us, the Elect, innocent as doves.



Mandalas of the World


"Mandala (mun'dl-uh), [Skt., circular, round] a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism. The mandala may have derived from the circular stupa and the ritual of walking around the stupa in a circle. The mandala is seen as a microcosm embodying the various divine powers at work in the universe, and it serves as a collection point for the gods and universal forces. Numbers of deities have specific positions in the diagram, and the symbolism and structure of the mandala are highly elaborated.

The mandala symbolizes the totality of existence, inner or outer. Mandalas are used in meditation, particularly in Tibetan Buddhism and Japanese tantric Buddhism. Similar ritual drawings have been found in the sand paintings of Native North Americans and in other traditions."

See G. Tucci, Theory of Practice of the Mandala (1969); M. Arguelles, Mandala (1972); D. F. Bischoff, Mandala (1983). For an analytical psychology perspective, see C. Jung, Mandala Symbolism (tr. 1972) ~The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition



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