THE RAINBOW LABYRINTH
as Drawn from the Rainbow Mandala
and Corresponding to the Rainbow Body
The Rainbow Mandala
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The Seven-Leveled Rainbow Mandala* |
Geometric Template** |
*See other color arrangement possibilities and the
Yin/Yang Color Wheel for interpreting a mandala's weight/ balance **I am indebted to
Vincent Bridges in his article "The Unified Field of Gnosis" |
The Sacred Geometric
Basis
of the Rainbow Mandala and Labyrinth
Creating the Template The Geometric Template from which the seven-Leveled Mandala and Labyrinth designs are derived is determined first by creating a square and dividing it into four units. (Most easily accomplished using graft paper and a compass.) The center four units are extended to a sixteen-unit square. A circle then is drawn around the four-unit square and another circle within the sixteen-unit square, and a third circle around the sixteen units. In this way the proportional sizes of the mandalas three circles are determined. By repeating the large square and arranging it diagonally within the outer circle, the circle is divided into eighths. Next each of the four units of the smaller square are divided diagonally forming a centermost square to complete the pattern's seven levels and mark the center of the mandala. Finally, (as in Figure 1, below) lines are extended from the center through the conjunction points of the squares to the periphery of the circle for its division into sixteenths and from which division a seven circuit labyrinth can be drawn freehand.
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Using the Template to
Inscribe a Labyrinth |
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Step 2. Holding the template in place, and referring to Figure 2, place V's at each of the diagonal square's corners; X's at the corners of the horizontal square; and O's at each of the lines extending from the center.
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Step 3. Mark the center point and connect the
V's. (Figure 3) Step 4. Mark the halfway point between X's and center. (Figure 4) Step 5. Extend lines from O's to the halfway points (Figure5)
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Step 6. As shown in
Figure 6 below, moving clockwise connect "V" at center top to "O"; then
"O" to left of "V" to "X"; etc.,
continuing to move from left to right to the last "O" to "V"
which forms the entrance. |
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Figure 6 |
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From the Sacred Geometry contained
within this simple template it is possible to draw a labyrinth as small as
above or to outline the same pattern as large as space allows, say in sand
at the beach, a cleared space of dirt, or temporarily on a parking lot. For a
labyrinth allowing room for persons to comfortably pass going in and coming
out, pathways need to be approximately 3 to 3 1/2' wide calling for an overall
space of 42' to 45'. In this case a six foot cord could serve as compass and
the circle quartered, cross-quartered, and quarter-qusrtered into
sixteenths. A stick would suffice for marking paths in sand or dirt, or a
piece of chalk on cement or asphalt--and all in the spirit of fun and not
perfection. |
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The Rainbow Labyrinth
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To the left and above
note the correspondence of levels of Labyrinth and Mandala. In the Rainbow Body (below) the spectrum order is reversed corresponding the center of Labyrinth and Mandala to the highest frequency spiritual body and the outer levels to the lower frequency physical and etheric bodies. |
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The Rainbow Body
Credit: For inspiring
the above conceptualization of the Rainbow Body I am indebted to: |
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For an explanation of the corresponding symbolism of The
Rainbow Body, the seven circuit Rainbow Labyrinth and the seven level
Rainbow Mandala go to The Rainbow Body
Return to Mandala
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