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About Mandala's

Mandala means Whole World or Healing Circle in Sanskrit language. They are used as symbols for meditation, protection and healing. The mandala represents the whole universe. Creating mandala's is a proces of self-expression and an exciting journey into your soul. Every mandala you create shows a new facet of your inner world. I hope you will enjoy your experience of the mandala. And when your yourney has ended, please sign my guestbook. Love and Blessings, Inge

You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and as long as the hoop was unbroken, the people flourished. The flowering tree was the living centre of the hoop and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our religion. Everything the Power of the world does is in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, theirs is the same religion as ours... The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing , and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. Our teepees were round like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nations hoop, a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children ~Black Elk Oglala,   Sioux Holy Man, 1863-1950

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