Category Archives: Mandalas

Monad

Posted on June 1, 2026 by PlatoHagel

The idea that the point becomes the circle appears repeatedly in ancient philosophical, mathematical, and mystical traditions, though not usually in the literal language “the point becomes the circle.” In Plato Plato does not explicitly state that a point becomes … Continue reading →

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Dialogue on Wholeness, Shadow, and the Nation

Posted on February 26, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: Plato, I see your mind burdened. What weighs upon your soul? Plato: I witness cruelty—acts by individuals, and the structures of a nation that permit them. I see victims who must reintegrate themselves, yet the society that surrounds them … Continue reading →

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Where Does Mind Exist

Posted on February 2, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Now the interaction as prescribed geometrically, one could move around the circle using the triangle, using relationships working in various ways. For example, the mind working between the body and the world, revealing the appearance of. Can you assess … Continue reading →

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A Dialogue on Ethics, Death, Responsibility, and Neuroscience

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: If the mind or soul precedes the body, Platohagel, then our first question must be this: How ought one to live under such an arrangement? For ethics always follows ontology. I. Ethics Reconsidered Socrates: If the soul is primary … Continue reading →

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A Dialogue on Ek-sesthai — Standing Outside Oneself

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: When you invoke ek-sesthai, Platohagel, what do you take it to mean? Platohagel: To stand outside oneself—to be displaced from the ordinary center of identity. Socrates: Good. And note carefully: this “outside” is not madness by necessity. It is … Continue reading →

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Eskesthai(Ek-sesthai) to Ekstasis

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

The Ethical Risk of Ek-sesthai Socrates: But now we must be careful. Not all standing-outside is truthful. There is: ek-sesthai toward meaning, and ek-sesthai toward dissolution. Jung warned of this sharply. When the ego abdicates without integration, archetypes possess rather than … Continue reading →

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Trace Ekstasis from Plato → Plotinus → Jung

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Very well. Let us proceed in the order you propose: first, the error; then, the lineage. I. How Modern Psychology Mislabels Ekstasis Socrates: Modern psychology begins from an assumption: that the ego is the proper center of mind. From this, a … Continue reading →

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Recognizing Authentic Ekstasis — Beginning with the Image

Posted on January 30, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: I would first like to imagine ekstasis in the pictorial symbolic sense, and in that effort, as it would be buried deep in the soul. This would be known as an mandala. In this sense, the structure is fundamental … Continue reading →

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The Introduction

Posted on February 18, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Consider the following paragraph. “In philosophy, transcendence is the basic ground concept from the word’s literal meaning (from Latin), of climbing or going beyond, albeit with varying connotations in its different historical and cultural stages. It includes philosophies, systems, … Continue reading →

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A Inherent Pattern of Consciousness

Posted on June 29, 2012 by PlatoHagel

This image depicts the interaction of nine plane waves—expanding sets of ripples, like the waves you would see if you simultaneously dropped nine stones into a still pond. The pattern is called a quasicrystal because it has an ordered structure, … Continue reading →

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