Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing

Judith Cornell, Ph.D., MFA, a classically trained Western artist, had a radical awakening in 1979 that completely changed her life, her view of art, and the nature of reality itself. She healed in an instant her sense of psychic fragmentation and experienced the abiding love of the universe as God, the Divine Light permeating all of creation. As a result, Dr. Cornell began painting luminous circles filled with healing light, not knowing for about two years that these were traditionally called "mandalas." She has since learned that mandala--a sacred circle, symbol of healing and wholeness----traditions found throughout the world are derived from direct experiences of truth and have always been used as a means of turning inward to investigate the mind and to discover the inner truth about our essential nature and oneness with the whole universe. Joan Borysenko is the author of The Woman's Book of Life.