Mandalas are found all over the world and from most periods of recorded history.  They are circular in form.  Mandalas are an age-old symbol of wholeness, totality and Deity. Navaho Indians use Mandala - Structured Sand Paintings, to bring a sick person back into harmony with himself and with the cosmos, and thereby to restore health.  In Eastern Civilizations, similar Mandala pictures are used to consolidate the inner being or to enable one to plunge into a deep meditation.  The contemplation of a Mandala is meant to bring an inner peace, a feeling that life, has once again found it's meaning and order. The Sanskrit word, Mandala or "Magic Circle" refers to a geometric figure in which the circle is squared.  Carl Jung interpreted the Mandala  as an expression of the psyche and in particular of the self in its totality.  It was important in that sense, as a symbol of the individualization process.

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