Dragon mandalas
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The
Dragon is looking for the Lucky Pearl
The Chinese
dragon, representation for the eternal
moving life and effort is chasing a lucky
pearl here, the symbol of perfection,
infinity and purity.
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The fire
dragon in spiral form
The fire
dragon stands for the stupendous power of
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The
World's dragon is creating life to Earth
The dragon as
the aggregation of the good nature powers.
By the aggregation of mind and matter he is
awakening Earth to life.
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Elf mandalas
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Mandala with Flower Elfs
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Young
Elfs in a Rose Mandala
The rose
stands for light, love and life, but also
for secrecy. Here the rose is put together
with the elfs who are vitalizing and
developing the rose.
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Elf
Mandala: Dance into the Autumn / Fall
[in the
leaves of vine].
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Energy mandalas
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Energy
Mandala
In the outer
circle Heaven is presented which is
supported by four piles. The inner circle
shows the development of life starting from
the cosmic center. The flashes are
representing Heaven's energy giving life and
fertility.
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Energy
Mandala of the Four Elements
Presentation
of the four elements and each other's
penetration in the symbolism of the stupas
(Buddhist temple): square = Earth, circle =
water, triangle = fire, semicircle = air.
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Spring Mandala
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Cosmic
Mandala
Presentation
of the seven spheres (ellipses and circles)
and their conjunctions.
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Circle
Mandala - Atomic Structures
Circles which
are labyrinthine presenting the atomic
structures.
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Fire
Mandala
The triangle
[orientated to the top] represents the fire
principle, associated with the Sun (planet),
the peacock (animal), the diamond (stone),
the Lion (zodiac sign) and the rose (plant).
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Web
Mandala with Star figures
The main
lines are starting from the center going
outward. Together with the diagonal lines
they form new geometric forms as triangles,
rhombs and squares, and these are forming
new stars as well.
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Sun's Face
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Magic
Energy Mandala
Symbol of the
unification of the inner and the outer
worlds to a cosmic unity. At the base is the
ninth key (3 hearts formed by 3 snakes) as a
symbol of the unification of male and female
principle.On the right and on the left the
symbol of the doubled axis is placed
representing growing and waning moon, also
representing life and death.
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Energy Mandalas: Swirl Mandalas
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The
basic swirl with fishes in yin yang form
It is
represented by two fishes engulfing one
another representing the female and the male
principle (Yin and Yang).
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Water
mandala with fishes
symbolizing
water energy [in form of a swirl].
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Mandala
of the manifestation: energy whirl with
triangle in cosmic triangle
Four energy
swirls are unifying in the cosmic triangle.
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Cognition Mandalas
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The
Labyrinth
The labyrinth
stands for restlessness and the eternal
search until the center of the mystic origin
is reached.
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Life
Mandala with rise of the consciousness
This mandala
represents the rise of the consciousness
starting from the unconscious life of the
crystals and plants, passing the more
conscious life of the animals and arriving
the consciousness of the human beings.
[Supplement: The rating has to be
individual. Some spirits of "human beings"
are not even raising the spirit of
nudibranch].
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Sphinx
Mandala: two sphinx and initiation in seven
steps
This mandala
is symbolizing the way of initiation of the
human beings and symbolizing the mystery of
it's existence [seven eyes on seven steps
are representing the steps of cognition].
The sphinx unifies the four elements
represented by the four beings [?].
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The
Siddha Chakra with lotus flower and cognition
path
Religious
diagram of the Dshainas from Rajastan
(India). It represents an eight petaled
lotus telling the path to the highest step
of life which is reached in the middle.
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Mandalas in Geographic Order
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Africa: Egypt: Astronomy and
Worlds
The mandala
is empathized with a ceiling painting from
the grave of Sethos I. It describes the
spheres of influence and the dependencies of
the different spheres: the star's world, the
gods' world, the world of human beings, and
in the outer circle the presentation of the
material base of life, field crops and
papyrus.
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African Ashanti Mandala with
doubled crocodile, sign of God
Traditional
symbolism of the Ashanti (Ghana). The
doubled crocodile in the middle represents
the unity in the diversity; the crocodile
itself is classified immortal. The mandala
is based on a holy chair which represents
the holy energies on Earth. In the upper
part in the middle of the stylized face the
sign of the highest overall God is shown.
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African Ashanti mandala with
scorpion and bird
Traditional
symbolism of the Ashanti (Ghana). The
doubled scorpion stands for justice and
judgment because for a fair decision at
least two sides have to be researched. The
scorpion is one of the oldest and most
successful animals on Earth. The sign of the
bird turning back his head to catch his lost
egg stands for the possibility for turning
back in all situations of life.
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African Mandala of Ghana,
symbolism of unification, masks of the four
basic elements
Symbolism
from Ghana: The sign in the middle shows the
unification of all things and creatures. The
masks are standing for the four elements in
stylized presentation of animals. The
different groups are describing the
different living spaces which are forming a
unity together.
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"America",
Inuit Mandala: the god of the Naskapi
Mostly the
tribe of the Naskapi is presenting his
highest God as a mandala creature.
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Further
mandalas of "America": see
Native
Indian Mandalas
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Asia:
Arab Eye Mandala
The inner
circle stands for the divine wisdom, the
outer oval stands for the female principle.
The eye is projecting the outer world
inwards and the inner world outwards at the
same time.
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Asia:
Assyrian Wing Circle
The wing
circle was a favoured symbol of the secret
philosophies between 3000 and 1000 a.c. from
Egypt to the Two River's Land. The circle
represents a special protection and the
prime forces effect. Later this symbol was
transmitted into the symbolism of the
archangels.
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India:
Cosmic Spheres
Display of
different cosmic spheres.
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India:
Shiva's Dance on a Demon
Shiva - one
of the main gods in Hinduism - represents
the destruction and creation of nature. In
his swirling cosmic dance he is moving the
World. He is dancing it on the back of the
demon of forgetfulness and carelessness. He
is surrounded by a corona of flames and
light.
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Jewish
mandala: The rose cross, five pointed star and
Jahwe in Hebrew
Holy symbol
of the secret philosophy of the rose cross
group. It represents the development of the
spiritual force of the human being. On the
cross the name of God JHWH is written in
Hebrew letters.
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Persian
Mandala: ornamentation
The
ornamental base is typical for the Persian
art of knotting carpets.
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Sumerer: Water God Ea, goat, fish
and water
Symbolic
representation of Sumeric God Ea, God of the
Water. He was drawn as a mixed being of goat
and fish or - as here - as a mixed being of
goat and water. In both cases fertility of
earth and of water should be expressed.
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Tibet: Om mantra
"Om Mani Padme Hum" ("Prized is the Crystal in
the Lotus")
The inner
circle stands for enlightenment. In the
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Turkey: Flower Mandala with
Turkish Ornaments
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Australia:
lizards, insects with energies of Earth
Mandala of
the Australian natives showing the Earth
energies with the connected insects and
lizards.
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Aborigines:
ghost of Earth, power of snake, energy lines
In the center
stands an Earth ghost in connection with the
female snake power, surrounded by the
different energy field lines of the Earth,
represented by circles and waves.
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Aborigines:
doubled rainbow snake and presentation of the
power of menstruation
Here is shown
a rainbow snake in the doubled rhythm as a
twin snake which represents the collective
creative power of women in menstruation. The
power can be used for destruction and for
healing as well.
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Europe:
Mediterranean Sea: Symbol of Octopus
In the
cultures of the Mediterranean Sea the
octopus embodies the development of the
creation out of a mystic center.
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Southern
Sea: Polynesia: Face, Fish and Bird
Polynesian
display of a very stylized face with a bird
and a fish plaited.
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Polynesia:
Painting of a Shield
Typical
Polynesic protection mandala how it was
drawn in former times on the shields of the
warriors.
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Lemuria:
Motherland Mu and cross symbols
[Thesis where
Lemuria has been are very different, from
California to the Indian Ocean].
In the middle
is the emblem of motherland Mu consisting of
a cross and an eight pointed star. It is
surrounded by further 16 cross symbols which
are all representing the "Big Four" and
which are directly connected with motherland
Mu. These signs were found on stone slabs in
Mexico.
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Native Mandalas (mandalas by primary nations)
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Aztec native mandala: shield of
Sun with symbols of the day
Aztec sun
shield with signs of the day (beginning in
the middle above, then going clockwise):
crocodile, wind, house, lizard, snake,
skull, stag, rabbit, water, dog, monkey,
grass, pipe, ocelot, eagle, vulture,
movement, firestone knife, rain, flower.
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Hopi native mandala with a legend
of the snake
Classic Hopi
mandala telling the story of the legend of
the snake (beginning left above, going
clockwise).
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Native mandala: medicine wheel
It's a magic
medium of the natives used for protection or
healing.
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Navajo native mandala: World
order in a picture of sand
Classic sand
picture of the Navajos describing the World
order.
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Native mandala of shamanism:
animal and human
It shows the
relation between human being and nature.
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Native mandala: Sun, moon, snake,
and the Classical Elements
In the middle
is placed the unification of the force of
Sun and moon in the cosmos, embraced by the
snake which is always renewing itself (life
energy). In the outer circle the four
elements are represented in form of animals:
The eagle represents the air and the raised,
the dolphin stands for the water and
intelligence, the turtle stands for Earth
and patience, and the horse stands for fire
and force.
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Native mandala with presentation
of the Classical Elements with Sun and moon
Presentation
of the four elements, represented by
animals. The human being is included
(imprints of the hands). Life is determined
by the sun and the growing and the waning
moon.
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Celtic Mandalas
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Celtic
mandala: protection shield with ghost and
energies
This mandala
was engraved on a shield for protection. The
innermost little square represents the
unconsciousness, the four outer squares
represent the human spirit referred to the
physic World. The circles represent
different forms of physical and spiritual
energies.
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Celtic
Mandala: male cross in connection with female
form of a circle, the eternal knot in the
middle
The Celtic
cross is many centuries older than the
Christian cross connecting the circle
(female energy) with the cross (male
energy). In the middle is a knot as a sign
for eternity.
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Celtic
mandala: ornamentation with spiral of origin
Here is shown
the Celtic habit to pompous elaboration and
to ornaments. In the middle is the helix as
a symbol for the origin of the creation's
energy.
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Celtic
mandala: spider web holding together the World
In Celtic
world the web stands for a tissue which
holds the World together.
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Celtic mandala: spirals as flux
of energies
For the
Celtic symbolism it's typical to have many
different helix pictures. They describe the
flowing of the physical and spiritual
energy.
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Crystal Mandalas
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Six pointed ice crystal mandala
Every ice
crystal is unique. As a common character all
have a structure of six angles.
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Norwegian crystal mandala: ice
cristals and flowers
The mandala
shows the traditional Norwegian symbolism of
stylized ice crystals and ice flowers.
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Nature Mandalas
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Nature mandala: trees and ghosts
of trees
Trees with
their tree ghosts. The roots band together
in the center.
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Flower mandala, scheme
A stylized
flower based on figure four.
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Religious Mandalas and Esotericism |
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Buddhist eye mandala:
presentation of the eye and of death
The eye of
the Buddha fish is showing the glowing eye
of the spirit striving to the top, striving
to the inner side and to the outer side at
the same time.
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Creation mandala - ouroboros is
giving life to Earth
Description
of the relation of the human beings to the
cosmos. In the outer circle is shown [the
dragon] Ouroboros biting his own tail as a
symbol of the eternal circuit of the
existence.
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Circle of Zodiac signs:
astrological zodiac
In the middle
is the human being drawn in a five pointed
star, as a unity, as microcosm in the
universe. In the first circle are graphic
symbols of the zodiac signs, in the outer
circle are the zodiac signs.
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Rose window mandalas
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Rosette mandala of a cathedral
glass window, scheme
derived from
the rosette windows in the Christian
sacral art.
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Rosette formed mandala consisting
of circles and ellipses
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Animal Mandalas |
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Green alga: cornered hollowed
star
It's a green
alga widespread in the plankton of the still
waters. It consists of several cells
connected to a symmetric colony.
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Hummingbirds forming a flower
Four flower
birds give a connected picture of a stylized
flower.
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Hummingbirds flying to their
origin
Going back to
the origin - or: The flight of the flower
birds.
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Peacock mandala with 100 eyes as
a symbol of immortality
The cock with
100 eyes of this bird is symbol of the
watchfulness and immortality felt with
fellow human beings.
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Shell amoeba in the swamp
The shell
amoeba is a toothed glass animal from the
prehistoric times. It appears in the swamps
and peat pits.
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Snake starfish gorgon
head
The Gorgon
Head is a sort of the snake starfishes.
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Wales as a symbol for the
connection between water and land
The wale in
the dynamic wale mandala is a link between
the Sea and it's creatures and the land,
symbolized here with sand.
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