from Concerning Mandala Symbolism. C. G. Jung. trans. from "Uber Mandalasymbolik," Gestaltungen des Unbewussten (Zurich, 1950)
«The Sanskrit word mandala means 'circle.' p. 71 The goal of contemplating the processes depicted in the mandala is that the yogi shall become inwardly aware of the deity. Through contemplation, he recognizes himself as God again, and thus returns from the illusion of individual existence into the universal totality of the divine state. p. 73»