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Mandala: Journey to the Center
by Bailey Cunningham, Dorling Kindersley, New York, 2002.
Bailey has built on Arguelles' classic book and brought it into the 21st century with beautiful color images of mandalas created worldwide. (Be sure to look on pages 123 & 133 for my contributions!)
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Mandala
by Jose and Miriam Arguelles, Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1972.
The first popular book to document historical and cultural mandala use. Out of Print
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Mandalas of the World: A Meditating and Painting Guide
by Rudiger Dahlke, Sterling Publishing, N.Y., second edition - 2004.
A wonderful source book of mandala designs from around the world. Line drawings cover both Eastern and Western circular patterns of many kinds.
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Mandala Symbolism
by Carl G. Jung. Translated by R.F.C. Hull, Bollingen Series, Princeton University Press, 1959.
The therapeutic value of mandala making is explored in this classic work.
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The Theory and Practice of the Mandala
by Giuseppe Tucci, Samuel Weiser, New York, 1973.
Good section on the chakra system as mandalas.
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Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing
Judith Cornell, Ph.D., Theosophical Publishing House, 1994.
Another recent approach to mandala making.
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Symmetry in Chaos: A Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art and Nature
by Michael Field and Martin Golubitsky, Oxford University Press, 1992.
A beautiful and fascinating book about the mathematics of symmetrical patterns. The color illustrations are great artistic inspiration, and the text should interest those seeking to create computer mandalas.
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Creating Mandalas: For Insight, Healing, and Self-Expression
by Susanne F. Fincher, Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1991.
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The Mandala (Sacred Symbols)
by Thames and Hudson (Editor), Thames and Hudson, 1995.
The mandala is explained within this text in all its manifestations universal emblem of the cosmos, image of god, spiritual aid, and, as its name implies, circle and center. 85 illustrations, 45 in color.
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Meditating with Mandalas : 52 New Mandalas to Help You Grow in Peace and Awareness
by David Fontana, Duncan Baird Publishers, 2005.
Using fresh interpretations of traditional symbolism, the 52 beautiful mandalas in this book are specially devised for modern minds and are completely accessible, even to a beginner.
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Meditation Symbols in Eastern & Western Mysticism: Mysteries of the Mandala
by Manly Palmer Hall, Philosophical Research Society, 1996.
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Mandala Astrological Tarot
Book and Deck of Cards, by A. T. Mann, Harper, San Francisco, 1997.
A full-color tarot deck that combines the insights of tarot, astrology, mandala meditation, and Jungian and transpersonal psychology. The cards of the deck are each designed around a mandala.
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Everyone's Mandala Coloring Book
by Monique Mandali, Mandali Publishing, 1991.
Twenty-two original mandala designs.
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42 Indian Mandalas Coloring Book
by Monika Helwig, Hunter House Publishers, 2001.
This book features both traditional and modern motifs such as embroidered handicrafts, geometric mazes and knots, peacocks, and lotuses.
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Mandala Quilt Designs
(Dover Needlework Series), by Katie Pasquini, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1995.
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Within Sacred Circles: Meditations and Mandala Quilts
by Susan Towner-Larsen, Pilgrim Press, 2004. |