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The mandalas in this book and the stories that accompany them portray an ongoing path to the center of being. Here is an individual’s practice of stitching one’s way to human wholeness. Mandalas and Commentaries can be purchased at Pamela Preston Books, Amazon.
About Me
MANDALAS 2004-2007
"The quaternity is an archetype of four aspects of psychological orientation. The ideal of completeness is the circle or sphere but the natural minimal division is a quaternity." CG Jung. Mandala 1: The swallows circling the world, holding the new thread connecting heaven and earth. the "anima mundi," (world soul) is in the center.
Mandala 2
One swallow perched over the North American continent appealing to the full moon (Feminine principle). The moon cycle circles the earth protecting it with Soul energy.
Mandala 3
A quaternity of swallows, holding the new thread in their beaks, circle the fifth swallow (vibrant new energy) who is singing to the earth.
Mandala 4
The quaternity manifesting fire, air, water, earth; four sparrows circling with the new thread in their beaks, "anima mundi" at the core.
mandala quaternity
THE POLESTAR
“When a person encounters his own living polestar, it orients her; then she knows where she is, where she is going, what she is supposed to do.” E.F. Edinger
MANDALAS 2008
Mourning Dove
The Aquarian Aeon
"The numinous reality of the psyche will no longer be carried by religious communities...but instead it will be carried by conscious individuals. E.D. Edinger
SAMPLER
How many years/has in taken me to find/the unknown, silent moment/where nothing is required/but to be at peace/with the reality/of upsurging images
ROSE WINDOW en progress
