Geometry of the Mandala

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This article examines the mandala and its geometry as a psychic phenomenon through a Jungian lens. It presented a review of mandala and geometry from a psychological perspective beginning with the golden section and Euclidean geometry. The article related active imagination, geometry, and metaphysics through the mandala.  The author offered his own inner experience in line Jungian psychology, while offering a clear history of the mandala as it relates to the philosophy and metaphysics of science. The article considered Plato, Plotinus, De Cartes, Kant, Cantor, and Jung to be formative to our cultural understanding of the mandala.

The article concluded with an inquiry into active imagination and Jung’s interaction with Basilides, which the author understood to be a figure through which Jung wrote. The author pointed out the resonance between Jung’s work with Basilides and mathematical thinking derived from Kant and Cantor. The psychological perspective of this article, as well as its discussion of Basilides, may balance the physical science perspectives of radio-based METI.


Harms, D. (2011). Geometry of the Mandala. Jung Journal, 5(2), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.1525/jung.2011.5.2.84

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