Abraxas ~ that which combines all opposites into one Being

Fullness  seeks union with Emptiness

Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn


'the bird is struggling out of the egg,
the egg is the world.
whoever wants to be born must first destroy a world'

Hesse Demain

In his writings on mandala symbolism, Carl Jung refers to the mandala as "the psychological expression of the totality of the self." Within everyone's psyche, to one degree or another, can be found a seed-center of the self surrounded by a chaotic maelstrom of issues, fears, passions and countless other psychological elements.
 

Furthermore, the central point, or bindu, is the reference point for the self to identify with. Jung refers to this pattern as the "archetype of wholeness."

This ordering effect on the human psyche is not, Jung stresses, the result of conscious reflection or cultural effort. It is a pre-existing condition of consciousness that such patterns help bring it into focus or return to an earlier, more peaceful state. This is why Jung found the mandala to be present in so many cultures and mythologies spanning the globe as well as the history of Humankind itself. It is an integral part of the collective unconscious that is shared by every person that has ever lived. The mandala is an unconscious state in which all opposites come together and are united, where the polar aspects of both cosmos and personality can become one. This union of opposites is the very process by which we become whole, through which we find peace.
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Jung also equates the mandala with the eye in form as well as spirit, stating that "the eye is the prototype for the mandala." The eye symbolizes seeing and light, and therefore consciousness itself. The eye is the part of us that beholds the universe and sees our place in it. It is knowledge, awareness and wisdom. The eye takes in light, the pure energy of the universe, and presents it to the inner spirit. It is the gateway, indeed the very union, between the self and the cosmos. As is the mandala. In addition to the structural similarities between the eye and the mandala, the image of the eye is a common element in individual mandalas. Often one can find a repeating pattern of eyes in a mandala. Jung refers to this as polyopthalmia (many-eyed), and considers this a representation of the unconscious as multiple consciousnesses.
     It is evident that the mandala is the link, albeit a mysterious one, between our modern consciousness and our most ancient origins.

Jung concluded that "their basic motif is the premonition of a center of personality, a kind of central point within the psyche, to which everything is related, by which everything is arranged, and which is itself a source of energy." 

Source: Mandala Symbolism by C.G. Jung, Translated by R.F.C. Hull.
Published by Bollingen Series/Princeton, copyright 1959.

Shadow and Light as One are the essence of Being