Mandalas are complex arrangements of patterns or picturres used in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism to represent the cosmos and to give expression to the infinite possibilities of the human subconscious. Believers rely upon this powerful figure as a focus ofritual and a support for meditations, using it to gain possession of the energies signified by its images or symbols. This book examines theory and practice of the mandala and how it's used to express the infinite possibilities of the human subconscious.Individual chapters consider the doctrinal basis of the mandala, the mandala as a means of reintegration, the symbolism of the mandala and its various parts, the liturgy of the mandala, and more.
