God, Archtypes, and Jungian Psychology

interrupting myself for a reminder......

thought it was a good time to remember the Great Circle....



link: http://home.hiwaay.net/~jalison/phi2.html

Construction

The actual construction of the Mandala may take different forms -- as many forms as there are situations. Certain basic types tend to stand out, and among these we wish to distinguish two fundamental genres: the Mandala as Cosmic Fortress, and the Mandala as the Transmutation of Demonic Forces.

The first deals with the projection of the map of the cosmos -- a full realization of the entire dynamic cosmogenic processes: the creation of the world systems, ages, seasons, and various cycles of elements and organic hierarchies.

link: http://abgoodwin.com/mandala/introdu...mandalas.shtml

In the beginning there is the End
And this is without Name and Form
From the Formless there comes the Formed
From the Atom of Ether there comes the Atom of Fire
From Fire Air, from Air Water, and from Water
there finally comes the Atom of the Earth
And from the Earth a Crystal, and from this the Mineral Kingdom
And from the Spiralling Dissolution of the Crystal
Comes the Cell, and from the Cell
the Colony, and from the COlony
the Kingdoms of Plants and Animals
And the Kingdom of the Animals is Crowned
By the Kingdom of Man
and Man himself is Crowned with the Tiara
Of Self-Reflective Awareness
By which all these Things may come to be Known
And this Crown, this Tiara of Self-Reflective Awareness
Is itself but the Bottom Rung of the Ladder of Divine Renewal
The Ladder by which the Power of the Eternal
Ascends and meets itself in the Light of the End

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Construction (cont'd.)

In the classical Tibetan Mandala, this cosmogenic process is often conceived of as a palace or fortress of sumptuous appearance and awesome dimensions and levels of defense. Not only is the Mandala literally a cosmic plan, but also a celestial palace. Such Mandalas are the 'homes' of the Diety. In one example it is the home of Durgatiparisodhana, an aspect of Vairocana, 'The Illuminator.'



The basic features of this Mandala are: the four portals or gates of the palace; and the inner lotus which is the bodhi-manda, the seat of the Diety. On the lotus petals and placed around the inner square are other figures embodying aspects of the Illuminating wisdom. As in Mandalas of this type, an outer protective circle symbolizes "a 'barrier of fire,' which at once prohibits access to the initiate and symbolizes th metaphysical knowledge that 'burns' ignorance."

"... as he approaches its center, the disciple approaches the 'center of the world.' In fact, as soon as he has entered the mandala, he is in a sacred space, outside of time; the gods have already 'descended'

... a series of meditations, for which the disciple has been prepared in advance, help him to find the gods in his own heart. Ina vision, he sees them all emerge and spring from his heart; they fill cosmic space, then are reabsorbed in him.

In other words, he 'realizes' the eternal process of the periodic creation and destruction of the worlds; and this allows him to enter into the rhythems of the cosmic great time and to understand its emptiness. He shatters the plane of samsara (cycle of rebirth) and enters a transcendent plane .." Mircea Eliade


source : Mandala, Jose' and Miriam Arguilles, Shambhala Publishing, Inc., Boulder, Colorado

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And many people will come and say: Come and climb the mountain of YHVH, to the house of the God of Jacob, and we teach 'his ways, and we will walk by his paths. Porque de Sión saldrá la ley y de Jerusalén la palabra de YHVH. Because of the law will Zion and Jerusalem's word YHVH.
Y juzgará entre las naciones y reprenderá a muchos pueblos; y volverán sus espadas en rejas de arado, y sus lanzas en hoces; no alzará espada nación contra nación, ni se adiestrarán más para la guerra. And judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and return their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war any more.
( Isaías 2 : 2- 4 ) (Isaiah 2: 2 to 4)

Islands - King crimson


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Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island.
My sunsets fade.
Field and glade wait only for rain
Grain after grain love erodes my
High weathered walls which fend off the tide
Cradle the wind
to my island.

Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o'er my island.
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies
Touch my island,
Touch me.

Beneath the wind turned wave
Infinite peace
Islands join hands
'Neathe heaven's sea.

Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep sand from my island,
from me.