Sandy Erickson’s Mandala for Week 4 of Advent is shown. Great use of Christian Symbolism to tell the Advent story of how God will fulfill all He has promised in The Messiah. Note the use of the Messianic Cross in the Center of the image.
Our Mandala for Week 3 of Advent depicts a cycle of growth in the life of a Christian. Reflection, learning and repentance at the six o’clock position moving to forgiveness and purification at 9 o’clock. Thanksgiving is shown at 12 o’clock and finally fruit-bearing at 3 o’clock. The central element […]
This is the Christian Mandala our class put together for Week 2 of Advent. It uses a labyrinth as a metaphor for the Christian Journey. Note also how the lighter regions of the labyrinth (top, bottom, left and right) form a Maltese Cross.
The Christian Mandala we put together for Week 1 of Advent is shown. It incorporates traditional Christian Symbols associated with the Season of Advent. Most notable is the central Branch (Tree) of Jesse symbol which forms the overall structure of the mandala. The Tau Cross is placed at the center […]
My wife and I were parked in our Prius with a clear path to an exit out of the parking lot. As we started forward, another driver backed into us. He was waiting for a parking spot to open up, and probably didn’t check his rear view mirror prior to […]
We come to Escher’s last print. It is a mandala. Bruno Ernst in his book The Magic Mirror of M. C. Escher observes, “In 1969, when Escher was already aware that he would once again have to undergo a serious operation, he used every possible moment in which he felt […]
Let’s summarize the Christian content found in Escher’s mandalas. In the print Verbum we have Christ’s role as the agent of Creation. In Circle Limit 2 we have Christ’s role on the cross as the savior of mankind. In Circle Limit 4, we have Christ’s role as the final judge […]
Circle Limit 3, executed in 1959, depicts an infinite number of fish again. It is a very refined and re-worked version of Circle Limit 1. In Circle Limit 3, the fish look more like […]
Suddenly, in the last twelve years of Escher’s work we find a series of five mandalas. Escher is working independently. He is not being paid by anyone or any organization to create Verbum or the five mandalas that follow. Circle Limit 1, executed in 1958, depicts an infinite number of […]
Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle or disk. Traditional mandalas have been used in Hinduism and Buddhism for hundreds of years. These mandalas are typically drawn by trained Monks and used as an aid to individual meditation. Non-traditional mandalas were made popular in the West by Psychiatrist Carl Jung […]
