grgr: c.g. jung on mandalas

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 the following is m.o.p.a.t. from the glossary in jung/jaffé: erinnerungen, 
 träume, gedanken. page 413:

 "mandala means circle, especially magic circle. the mandalas are not only 
 wide-spread over the whole east, but are also among us plentifully testified 
 from the middle ages. christian especially, they can be supported by   
 documentary evidence for the early middle ages, mostly with christ in the   
 middle with the four evangelists or their symbols in the cardinal points. this 
 conception must be very old, since also horus with his four sons was portrayed 
 by the egyptians like that."

 (kommentar zu: das geheimnis der goldenen blüte,1929, 10. aufl. 1973, erscheint 
 in ges. werke xiii, studien über alchemistische vorstellungen.) 


 "according to experience, mandalas do emerge ... in situations, which are 
 characterized by confusion and perplexity. the archetype that is constellated 
 by that represents a scheme of order, which as psychological reticule,  
 respectively as four-parted circle, is, so to speak, put over the psychic 
 chaos, whereby every content gets into its place and the whole, flowing apart 
 into the uncertain, is kept together through the tending and sheltering 
 circle." 

 (ein moderner mythus. von dingen, die am himmel gesehen werden, 1958, in ges. 
 werke x, 1974, zivilisation im übergang, pag. 461.)


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