The Mandorla or Kylkhor means ‘centre-surround’ in Tibetan. It is a symbol of transformation which encompasses the totality of an individual’s reality around a central axis.
‘Carl Jung recognised the mandala as a universal image of wholeness and a fundamental image of the self that appears in most cultures in many different forms. He became increasingly interested in the appearance as expressions of wholeness.’
The reflective nature of this thinking is something that can be found in Zen Gardens in Japan