Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

center represents the MYSTERIOUS SPIRITUAL FORCE, birthplace of all existence within space and time. The emanation streams from the center toward the circle’s periphery, uniting the inner and outer. Our road to self-realization may lead to the center of being. There, too, we may discover a peaceful centeredness and healing energy of color therapy.” [Emphasis in the original]

In A Color Guide to Yoga we are told that the every detail in a mandala has a SPIRITUAL significance. This book adds: “A mandala is a design in which the whole pattern leads you to the center. Gazing steadily at a mandala helps to center your thoughts and to bring you to the required state of single-minded concentration.” [Emphasis in the original] Laurie Cabot proudly declares: “On many pages [of my Book of Shadows] I have drawn small pentacles, as I do when I sign my name on letters and documents. I believe the pentacle to be one of the oldest geometric symbols known to humans. It consists of a FIVE POINTED STAR INSIDE A CIRCLE. IT IS THE KEY SYMBOL OF THE CRAFT. IT IS THE WITCH’S MANDALA, a geometric diagram of all existence, that encompasses both creatrix and creation.” Another book explains: “The Mandala is known as a ‘power diagram,’ having its origins in Tantric Buddhism, which is designed to alter consciousness and awaken the Kundalini energy in an individual, thereby leading to ‘enlightenment’ or the realisation of personal divinity.” [Emphasis in the original]