Mandalas and the Quest for Healing
by Carol Thayer Cox
Jung described how the mandala, an archetype of the Self, manifests at times of crisis, when there is a need for structure and centering. ?" Perhaps by examining the mandala images that abound in contemporary media, we can find some clues. This image-rich online presentation proposes a way to explore our world through the lens of a Jungian-inspired mandala theory, grounded in art therapy. The blueprint of the Great Round helps to explain how states of consciousness interact and influence each other and illustrates how our world is attempting to re-align and re-center itself.
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Our fragmented and chaotic world is no longer recognizable to us. Disease, divisiveness, destruction, and death seem to pervade the globe. In our fatigue and aloneness, we suffer from overwhelming feelings of sorrow, sadness, compassion, fear, and anger. As we seek ways to mitigate the misery, we long to make sense of it. Jung described how the mandala, an archetype of the Self, manifests at times of crisis, when there is a need for structure and centering. As creative arts therapists, we turn to creativity and imagery as a way to navigate toward wholeness and balance for all our clients, regardless of their challenges. What if we could observe our world as if it were someone in therapy, one who is in the throes of experiencing the inherent challenges of being on what James Hollis calls "two great mythic cycles. . .the Quest and the Great Round?" Perhaps by examining the mandala images that abound in contemporary media, we can find some clues. This image-rich online presentation proposes a way to explore our world through the lens of a Jungian-inspired mandala theory, grounded in art therapy. The blueprint of the Great Round helps to explain how states of consciousness interact and influence each other and illustrates how our world is attempting to re-align and re-center itself. Storyteller Robert Johnson has been quoted as saying, "Nature would act on the human world in the same way that the collective unconscious could act on the ego when it is dangerously out of alignment. . .so life could order itself around a new center.” This global perspective found in the wisdom of the Great Round provides us with hope that healing for our ailing world is not only possible, but ultimately imminent.  
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Jung described how the mandala, an archetype of the Self, manifests at times of crisis, when there is a need for structure and centering. ?" Perhaps by examining the mandala images that abound in contemporary media, we can find some clues. This image-rich online presentation proposes a way to explore our world through the lens of a Jungian-inspired mandala theory, grounded in art therapy. The blueprint of the Great Round helps to explain how states of consciousness interact and influence each other and illustrates how our world is attempting to re-align and re-center itself. In this video you'll learn how to identify the 13 states of consciousness from the theory of the Great Round, the relevance of the four quadrants and the six axes as they pertain to personal and global issues. 

Length of video: 01:45:58

English subtitles available

Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-749-4

Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-749-0

Carol Thayer Cox, REAT, ATR-BC-retired, was on the faculty of the graduate art therapy programs of George Washington University, Vermont College of Norwich University, and Pratt Institute of Art & Design. Specializing in color, archetypal imagery, and symbolism as reflected by different states of consciousness, Carol has been presenting papers and offering workshops for over 30 years on mandalas and the cycle of human development from a Jungian perspective. Her writing has been published in book chapters and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles. Co-author of Telling Without Talking: Art as a Window into Multiple Personality and co-editor of Portrait of the Artist as Poet, Carol's latest co-edited book is Saying Goodbye to Our Mothers for the Last Time, a collection of unique stories that offer creative ways to deal with loss.

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