The Design of the Mandala

The actual design Mandala is representative of the Fe/Male, Yin/Yang elements; the conditions of attraction/repulsion and eventual collusion of opposites. The twelve chambers that comprise the Mandala are of course indicative of the twelve astrological houses and are also a reminder of our twelve original strands of DNA as are also depicted on the snake/helix/kundalini motif and also honouring the role of the Vagus nerve as core pathway for all heart/body communications. These phallic serpentine DNA spiralling spermatozoa are in deliberate union and contained within the female curves as engraved upon each of the house chambers and Archetype card and are together moving towards the centrifugal womb as an act of cosmic consciousness. The sexual overtones within the design are obvious and intentional alluding to the point of conception, our terrestrial beginnings and the need to consciously integrate and to express our fecund earth nature. However we are not limiting ourselves to a preoccupation in discussion about sex; the concept is in regards to our sensual nature and contact with our own organismic wisdom. It is reference to a state of being; the awareness of unity within one’s self as opposed to the act of doing in relation to sating specific carnal appetites. These symbols speak of sanctity, of wholeness and completion, of beauty, truth and integrity, of having confidence in our innate ability to ‘stand-under’ these personal qualities. This is not to disqualify our lustful animal nature or an attempt to nullify expression of our most basic desire or to acknowledge it by way of concession, condescension or compromise. Most modern day neuroses may be directly linked to the inability to fully surrender to the body’s natural inclinations and desires, processes and responses. The womb as pivot point (of the Mandala) can quickly revert to become ‘Head of the Hydra’ offering stern warning against the continuation of keeping our sensual nature disembodied. When aroused from slumber; in our root Chakra at the base of our spine – nervous system – the Kundalini serpent requires of us complete honesty when dealing with the most potent of forces that is our libido. Expression of such primal and vital energy is not to be abused, taken lightly or for granted. We are talking here of nothing less than our creative potential which is to treated with the utmost reverence and care with the squandering of this living essence to possibly result in seeing it turn into venom to strike and poison the unconscious squanderer.