Tag Archives: Mandalas

Spiritual Ascent Imagery

Posted on June 25, 2026 by PlatoHagel

The image you have produced is powerful because it captures the moment of turning and the first steps outward. Yet the ascent itself, in the Platonic sense, is not merely movement from darkness to brightness. It is the gradual transformation … Continue reading →

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Plato and Mandala Symbolism

Posted on June 24, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Can we talk about Plato’s Divided line in relation to how we see the Mandala as a symbol of return to the Intelligible World and a return to the source. This is not just a geometrical figure of the Intelligible … Continue reading →

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The Circle and the Wheel

Posted on June 24, 2026 by PlatoHagel

In ancient times, there was an effort to sync the idea of wholeness to the geometric circle as process that was overlayed with those times. This instance I may refer to the Medicine Wheel as an Mandalic type expression of … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Doctrine of Recollection

Posted on June 13, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Plato’s doctrine of recollection, however, addresses such criticism by saying that souls are born with the concepts of the forms, and just have to be reminded of those concepts from back before birth, when the souls were in close contact … Continue reading →

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Ekstasis and Jung

Posted on June 12, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Ekstasis and Jung (The Reopening) Jung quietly reopens the door. He reframes ekstasis as encounter with the unconscious—archetypal, symbolic, meaningful. He refuses to call it pathology unless integration fails. Active imagination, dreamwork, and symbolic confrontation are disciplined forms of ekstasis. … 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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