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Mandala Luminous Symbols for Healing

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ISBN-10: 0835608476

ISBN-13: 9780835608473

Edition: 10th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Judith Cornell, Joan Borysenko, Miron Borysenko

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Stunning full-color art demonstrates pioneering techniques in how to use the ancient sacred symbol of the mandala as a potent tool for transformation and self-healing. Based on Cornell's popular workshops, the book teaches you how to draw or paint mandalas in a meditative state to manifest creative energy and optimism and reconnect us to our essential Being. Cornell includes meditations, lists of art materials, specific exercises for healing, and fascinating history on the use of mandalas in the Navajo, Tibetan, and other indigenous cultures. This anniversary editions contains a CD with meditations set to music and guided exercises to help you access healing symbols and colors, activate…    
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Book details

List price: $28.95
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 8.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Judith Cornell, Ph.D. of Carmel Valley, California, is an internationally acclaimed speaker, seminar and retreat leader, and assistant professor of transpersonal psychology at Holos University Graduate Seminary. She is the author of two best-selling books including the award-winning Mandala (Quest, 1994) and Drawing the Light from Within (Quest, 1997).

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Merging Art, Science, and Ancient Wisdom
Why Create a Mandala?
The Mandala and Holistic Medicine
Creating Mandalas to Facilitate Healing
Summary
Mandalas as Patterns of Light and Sound
Sacred Circle of Highest Bliss
Materials
A Symbolic Healing
Creating a Scale of Light
Meditation: Remembering Who You Are
Expanding the Light Within
What Has Happened? What Have You Done?
Physics, Art, and the Science of Consciousness
A Scientific Revolution
C. G. Jung and Western Science
A Contemporary Yogic Perspective on Science and Light
The Missing Creative Link Between East and West
A Visual Map of Light, Sound, and Consciousness
Our Bodies as Conduits of Light
The Healing Alchemy of Sacred Art
Meditation: Blessing the Materials
Materials
Exercise: Drawing the Outline of Hands
Illuminating the Outline of Hands
Exercise: Illuminating a Drawing
Meditation: Bringing Prana Through the Hands
Key Points to Remember: Drawing
Common Sense and Healing
Summary
Radiant Symbols for Healing
The Single Eye of Spiritual Vision
AUM-Sacred Sound and Symbol of Inclusive Spirituality
Discovering a Healing Symbol
Setting a Clear Intention for Healing
The Alchemy of Light and Sacred Sound
Rejecting a Healing Symbol
Letting Go of Ego and Competitiveness
Creating a Safe and Sacred Space
Constructing a Mandala
Meditation: Blessing the Materials
Materials
Meditation: Accessing a Healing Symbol
Creating a Mandala Line Drawing
Bringing the Symbol to Life
Key Points to Remember: Accessing Healing Symbols
Rainbow Colors and Healing
Rainbow Light
Rainbow Color: East and West
Symbolic Color Systems
Artists' Pigments, Printers' Inks, and Rainbow Color
Experiencing the Joy of Color
Materials
Drawing Primary Colors as Scales Of Light
Primary Rainbow Colors Over White Pencil
Creating a Rainbow with Primary and Secondary Colors
Adding Luminous Color Effects
Applying Healing Colors to Symbols
Meditation: Blessing the Materials
Meditation: Accessing Healing Colors
Coloring the Mandala
Beth's Story of Healing and Integration
A Mandala for a Special Friend with Cancer
Meditation: Creating a Mandala for Another Person
Summary
Healing Our Relationships
Putting the Pieces Back Together
Making a Sacred Connection With Nature
Setting a Clear Intention for the Inner Journey
Materials
Meditation: Blessing the Materials
Key Points to Remember: Meditating on Natural Symbols
Meditation: Journey into the Divine Realities of Nature
Symbolic Drawing of Birds and Animals
Key Points to Remember: Creating a Dynamic Drawing
Opening Your Heart to Inclusive Love
Regaining a Soul Perspective
Love Beyond Emotions
Meditation: Healing Through Soul Perception
Materials
Meditation: Blessing the Materials
Creating a Mandala to Heal a Relationship
Summary
Illuminating Sacred and Mystical Realities
Saint Hildegard and the Mandala
From Procreation to Cocreation
Creativity: A Spiritual Evolutionary Power
Intoning Sacred Sounds of the Chakras
Materials
Meditation: Blessing the Materials
Meditation: Revelation Through Sacred Sound
Exercise: Expressing Your Soul's Divinity
Merging the Ritual of the Labyrinth and Mandala
Materials
Meditation: Pilgrimage of the Mystic Soul
Summary: One Light and Sound of All Truths
Afterword: The Mandala in Jungian Psychotherapy
C. G. Jung's Encounter With the Mandala
Synchronicity: Unity of Matter and Psyche
The Tension of Opposites
The Stirring of the Unlived Life: A Case Illustration
A Guide to Using the CD with this Book
Suggested Resources
Bibliography