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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Thus, the circle pattern in different cultures represent variety of meanings,
yet played a great role in intrinsic meaning of the creators, making the circle to
derive symbolic meanings through art and inner expression. Psychoanalyst Carl
Jung has called it “a representation of the unconscious self. Therefore, the Mandala
is widely recognized as a meaningful reflection of its creator.” (http://www.
arttherapyblog.com, 2020) He called this western mandala inspired art as “symbolic
circular drawings”. “Jung believed that during intense periods of self-growth,
people have a natural urge to create mandalas, and that the resulting artwork is
symbolic of the transformative re-balancing that is underway in the psyche of the
individual artist.” (www.mandalas for the soul, 2020)
Figure 8: Mandala painted by a patient of Carl Jung
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