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Some of Jung�s Red Book illustrations resemble this reproduction of a nineteenth-century Tibetan mandala�a symbolic, circular form, usually with symmetrical divisions and figures of deities in the center. Mandalas are used in Buddhism and other religions as a representation of the universe and an aid to meditation. Jung believed the mandala was one of the oldest human religious symbols, found all over the world. Some of his patients drew mandala-like images, as did Jung himself even before learning about the Asian tradition. Jung remarked that �The �squaring of the circle� is one of the many archetypal motifs which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies. . . . it could even be called the archetype of wholeness.�
Some of Jung�s <em>Red Book</em> illustrations resemble this reproduction of a nineteenth-century Tibetan mandala�a symbolic, circular form, usually with symmetrical divisions and figures of deities in the center. Mandalas are used in Buddhism and other religions as a representation of the universe and an aid to meditation. Jung believed the mandala was one of the oldest human religious symbols, found all over the world. Some of his patients drew mandala-like images, as did Jung himself even before learning about the Asian tradition. Jung remarked that �The �squaring of the circle� is one of the many archetypal motifs which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies. . . . it could even be called the archetype of wholeness.�