Mandala Magic
Art + Journaling
MANDALAS are MAGIC
Mandala Magic is an art journaling process that has served thousands of curious creatives worldwide.
A tried + trusted methodology that combines symbolism with intention through an understanding of the mandala form, Mandala Magic is used for creative expression, self exploration, personal healing and spiritual practice by those who seek a deeper connection to both the inner + outer world.
Circle as Symbol
As Dr Jung taught us, the circle is the most basic of mandalas. One of the world’s oldest and most widely utilised symbols, the circle forms the basis for the whole Mandala Magic process – from format to theme to image.
Archetypal Patterns
Mandala Magic works with the archetypal patterns that influence much of our human existence. Properly understood, these patterns act as maps to help guide us through universal rites of passage and our everyday world.
Personal Psychology
Better understanding of self leads to better understanding of others and in uncertain times, Mandala Magic provides a process to work through the commonalities of shared existence and unique experience.
The Great Rounds
Mandala Magic works with cycles such as the Great Round of Mandala, the solar cycle as 8-fold year and the lunar calendar. It is based on knowledge that our ancestors faithfully practiced and modern psychology that helps us make sense of the big WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW and WHERE questions.
Symbology in Practice
Archetypal and personal symbolism are explored as part of the process as we learn to decipher codes and patterns that hold deep meaning for us through a robust dialogue process, working in an erotic relationship between our inner world and external environment.
Mandalas with Meaning
Mandala Magic teaches the basics of the mandala principle whilst we discover how to create many types of mandala design in our own style. As an integrated practice, Mandala Magic concentrates on the whole process rather than the end product and as such is suitable for beginner artists.
Combine Expression with Introspection
A Creative Process for Changing Times
A Creative Practice for Good
Art journaling helps visual thinkers process that which might otherwise be too difficult to express with words alone.
Whether you are committed to a process of personal healing, seeking deeper connections, or simply trying to figure your way through the changing landscape of the Anthropocene, the activation of your creative imagination is paramount in practicing an alternative to outmoded systems + behaviours.
Combining art-making with written journaling is a practice that allows for full and free expression without any external editing and which reveals multitudes of insight into your experience of the world in real time.
Regular creative practice means you are better able to respond to the changing times in which we live, whether that’s on a global scale like the Covid-19 pandemic or in your individual experience of the everyday.
Imagination permits transformation and a regular art and journaling practice ensures your imagination remains responsive and flexible, allowing you to connect more deeply with the possibilities of how we can better exist on this planet, with less confusion, fear and projection.
MANDALA MAGIC SCHOOL
MANDALA ART FOR BEGINNERS.
Mandala Art + Journaling + Community.
Ignite your imagination, develop a robust practice + make creative mandala art, even if you’re not an experienced artist!
Drawing a mandala is the foundation of the Mandala Magic process. At the Mandala Magic School, we guide you through a robust process to turn your innate creative impulse into amazing mandala art that helps you make meaning + create connections.
Find Meaning Through Art
Finding meaning in a time when the dominant culture seems hellbent on complete destruction requires us to slow down, listen and imagine creative possibilities outside the realm of our current intellectual understanding.
Dr Carl Jung famously advised that the hands might solve a problem the intellect was unable to fathom. The Mandala Magic process supports your practice of not-knowing as you learn to decompose outmoded beliefs and behaviours.
Creative practice also brings forth a connection to other aspects of consciousness that are not so often celebrated by the dominant culture, engaging our less revered capacity for intuition, sensation and feeling alongside our overused and often exhausted thinking modality.
Understanding and engaging in your full range of human being, you can find growing coherence between your inner world and outside experience, aligning your sense of self with your place in the bigger picture.
Following a process that provides structure and accountability together with archetypal wisdom and current pertinence, you can begin to find answers to questions you didn’t know how to ask.
Addressing the Paradox
When the dominant culture increasingly tries to convince you that the world is made of only polar opposites, the full complexity of your curious, creative and capable self is unable to fully realise itself and you are likely to become increasingly perplexed, dissatisfied and anxious.
You see, humans are animated by an enigmatic combination of soul, spirit and flesh – we are made from both stardust and clay. Our beliefs, feelings and actions don’t always align and we hold many seemingly contradictory ideas at once.
For those of us awake to the need for big change in the world, but who struggle with navigating the contemporary terrain, Mandala Magic offers a framework and process for the practice of holding all of our multiplicities, whilst allowing for the readjustment of that which benefits from alignment.
The mandala principle allows for the creative exploration of all possibilities, containing both the centre-point of the self and the outer perimeter of the external world and all it contains.
Its very nature is a ‘container of essence’ which allows for all that is, all that has been and all that is yet to come.
For Beginners + Non-Artists
One of the beauties of art journaling is that it isn’t limited to trained or ‘naturally talented’ artists : Mandala Magic is accessible to you even and especially if you’ve been told or felt like ‘you aren’t good at art.’
The practice involves establishing or re-engaging with a creative process that works with archetypal patterns and forms to help your understanding of self and the natural world.
As you progress through the exercises, you engage your innate creativity and learn some useful art and journaling techniques along the way.
Together, we use easy to follow prompts to explore foundational mandala construction techniques that offer you a robust bedrock for ongoing development and the freedom to work with your preferred or existing art supplies, as well as experimenting with fresh materials.
Your art journal is your home for unedited self expression, personal inquiry and unfettered experimentation, where your imagination is invited and your inner critic is given a permission slip to evacuate the premises.
If you are already well-practiced in the discipline of art journaling, the thematic structure and exploration of the mandala form and principle will provide you with some juicy prompts to follow along with and develop according to your own interests and direct experience.
MANDALA MAGIC SCHOOL
MANDALA ART FOR BEGINNERS.
Mandala Art + Journaling + Community.
Ignite your imagination, develop a robust practice + make creative mandala art, even if you’re not an experienced artist!
Drawing a mandala is the foundation of the Mandala Magic process. At the Mandala Magic School, we guide you through a robust process to turn your innate creative impulse into amazing mandala art that helps you make meaning + create connections.
Kind Words + Testimonials
Building Blocks of Mandala Magic
Setting Intention
Mandala Magic works by introducing a clear intention before starting. The clearer the intention that is made, the greater the impact of the mandala. This means the process is not one of simply letting go into mindlessness, unless that is the intention!
Designing Form
There are many different forms of mandala and each carries a significance of its own. Practicing each type of construction design is an important aspect of the Mandala Magic process. This can help redress imbalance and address specificity.
Introducing Symbolism
The mandala is a powerful symbol in its own right, however we can also infuse the mandala design with other archetypal and personal symbols to add to its potency and boost our intention. Intentional design is also built into the magic.
Creative Inquiry
Mandala Magic is a process that can act as both a vehicle for self inquiry and also as a means to explore a specific line of inquiry as a reflection of the outer world. In the work, I invite you to consider both your inner world and your external situation.
Creative Process
Arriving at our journal with an attitude of open awareness and curiosity, we can reduce the impact of our ego upon the work we create and this can connect us more readily with our authentic creative source. Follow the process, develop the practice!
Creative Dialogue
Dialogue is available to us through the creative act itself. The image we create can also speak to us : an energetic exchange we cultivate through practice to help us understand and attune to our original creative expression.
MANDALA MAGIC SCHOOL
MANDALA ART FOR BEGINNERS.
Mandala Art + Journaling + Community.
Ignite your imagination, develop a robust practice + make creative mandala art, even if you’re not an experienced artist!
Drawing a mandala is the foundation of the Mandala Magic process. At the Mandala Magic School, we guide you through a robust process to turn your innate creative impulse into amazing mandala art that helps you make meaning + create connections.