Mandalas

The mandala is a key element of Buddhism which makes it possible to describe the unity of the world, where man and nature exist in native harmony. It invites us to participate in an experience of becoming open and never rejecting the obstacles we encounter and the faults within us. A way of finding one's centre. The mandala has many equivalents, among the American-Indians or among Mediaeval artists; in the archaic figure of the labyrinth and in the figure of the rose in Gothic cathedrals. The author of this book also aims to demonstrate that the figure of the mandala still speaks to us today. The book undertakes to illuminate the modern resonances of this worldwide figure in philosophy, psychology and art, travelling in unique fashion from traditional mandalas to modern painting in order to capture the sacred dimension of existence. 

• L'expérience du mandala au sein de la doctrine bouddhique : L'expérience du mandala - Origine et histoire du mandala - Structure et symbolisme d'un mandala - Peintures, sculptures et architectures - Pratiques du mandala.
• Les mandalas dans d'autres cultures : Principes du mandala - Le labyrinthe et le passage par la mort - La rose et le symbolisme de la fleur dans les cathédrales gothiques - Un symbole de l'âme humaine : la lecture de Jung.
• Visions modernes du mandala : La très singulière révolution moderne - Le tableau comme univers autonome - Le chaos ordonné - Un nouveau symbolisme.