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Mandalas |
Mandalas are cool. On this site, mandalas are like descriptive diagrams - only with a level of artistic abiguity that allows them to stand as both art and information. The difference between a diagram and a mandala is thus identical to the difference between a sign and a symbol, discussed elsewhere on this site in the essay Content + Context = Meaning. That difference being defined by the amount of explanation given... or taken, by anyone viewing either diagram or mandala. Thus it is that a mandala holds knowledge. But as with all symbolic language a "key" of explanation is required to unlock the mysteries. Most of the mandalas on this site have text to explain what each artistic element is supposed to represent. This page is here to help you find these mandalas, which are scattered here there and everywhere around this site. They are presented in no particular order... just find one that looks interesting and read what it's about.STORE! SHOP! BUY! For a talismanic amulet, medallion or pendant based on the ideas presented on this page go HERE! |
This mandala illustrates Two simple points of logic This mandala also apperas on the front page of this site. This link, however, takes you to an essay that explains why there are only nine numbers to numerology. This mandala also appears in the introduction to the book All Things Are Numbers. This link, however, takes you to the essay on archetypes to illustrate how archetypes are clothed by humans.
This mandala is a visual summation of several models used throughout this site to clothe ineffable ideas.
This mandala combines several ideas together that all have to do with the cyclical nature of events in time. This mandala is inspired by the idea of viewing the Pythagorean Tetractys in pyramidial form, and viewing the sides of a pyramid as representations of any quaternary such as suits in a tarot deck or seasons of a year. This mandala illustrates how the Pythagorean Tetractys, after having its numerical sequence modified from that of tradition, can reveal special features about certain numbers that have connections to unity and duality. This mandala illustrates how a number line can be logically subdivided to create a tarot deck with four logically related suits that give life to the four operations of mathematics This mandala illustrates how all cards relates to each other as expressions of a fundmental quaternary. This mandala illustrates This mandala illustrates the importance of neutrality amid duelling contexts. |
The mandala illustrates the necessary exclusion and absent nature of The Absentia. This is a mandala that you need to print out and fold down to appreciate fully. It is several mandalas in one, but they are only apparent when folded together. This mandala uses the five catagories of a Quinagram to help determine someone's mood This mandala illustrates how the individual cards of a tarot deck can be viewed as a canopy of leaves with archetypal roots below. This mandala illustrates how the model of existence being put forth on this site can reconcile the duality of unity found within The Absentia.
Is there one reality, This mandala is about This mandala reveals the fractal nature of a number line This mandala illustrates the paradox of a dual singularity.
A fourfold trinity of binary unity becomes a tetractys. A day is as a year. This mandala is actually a functional This mandala is for visualizing the idea of and invertible universe. It is also used to visualize the idea of chakras or Wave Nodes, and how invertible they are. |
Just one possible recipe What are my options? Bodies die, cosmic unity survives, Should we ALWAYS consider
Are there varying degrees of reality? Moderation... in moderation. Do not focus on opposites. Do not abandon opposites. Use opposites! Imagination is every bit as important as knowledge. Some people go this way, some people go that way, some people go both ways! Straightforward, focused vision and subtle, peripheral "vision" together as one, are the most transformative of all. Half a line is as good as a whole line. Is our Binary Buddy really a Binary Buddha? Worship this, not that. Can the theoretical model of existence being presented everywhere on this site describe laws of physics? Walk the path! |
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