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Dec 29, 2009, 02:56 PM
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The following is from the "story" I wrote in the process of my own experience. It will, at minimum, reveal why it was necessary for me to investigate the work of the Jungians as a means of understanding and integrating my own experience...
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~ MANDALA ~
A SANSKRIT WORD MEANING MAGIC CIRCLE
A MANDALA IS A SYMBOL OF THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING
A NEW CENTER OF PERSONALITY – THE SELF.
IT CONSISTS OF CONCENTRICALLY ARRANGED GEOMETRIC
FIGURES SUCH AS THE CIRCLE, THE SQUARE, OR THE SYMETRICAL
ARRANGEMENT OF OBJECTS IN MULTIPLES OF FOUR.
MANDALAS ARE USED IN LAMAISM AND TANTRIC YOGA.
WHEN MANDALAS APPEAR IN DREAMS AND VISIONS,
THEY BRING PSYCHIC PEACE.
Chapter Excerpt: Miracles
Tess was sitting on the floor, in front of the new coffee table by the fireplace. Upon its surface she had placed the necklace with the heart of gold. Inside the necklace she was arranging the chess pieces. Gallagher came out from the kitchen with a dishtowel over one shoulder and joined her.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"These people," Tess said, "These people inside the circle are important to me." She pointed and named them each in turn: "Me, the Black ViKing, my Friend, Five-Star Woman, Limh, and Skadi." She then placed an amethyst crystal into the circle. "This is my mother," she said. "She's here with me." Tess added a jeweled autumn leaf to the grouping. "This is my father," she said, "Thanksgiving Man. He's here with me too."
She rearranged the necklace into a rectangular shape. "Some of these people are protectors. The protectors go in the corners." Tess then placed the jewelled autumn leaf, amethyst crystal, Black ViKing, and Skadi into one of each of the four corners. "The people that are left in the middle," she said, "They are the ones who are hurting. They are the ones we have to fix." She pointed and named them each in turn: "Me, my Friend, Five-Star Woman, and Limh." She sat back on her haunches and folded her hands into her lap. "There," she sighed with a pleased expression.
Source: Story as a Vehicle to Healing
Music of the Hour: Our Lady Peace ~ Thief (Gallagher's Song)
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See also: Archetype of the Apocalypse
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Last edited by spiritual_emergency; Dec 29, 2009 at 03:25 PM.
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