Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), one of the most accomplished persons of the entire Middle Ages, finally has been officially declared a saint and is to be named a doctor of the church this month. She ...

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In the Tantric Buddhist canon, a mandala is a secret. Whether it’s a square inside a circle, a circle in a square, or concentric rings, the symmetrical diagrams symbolize the mysteries of the cosmos ...

If you ever feel like you’re running around in circles, it might be good to stop − and draw one instead. Drawing circles, or mandalas (the Sanskrit word for circle), is an ancient spiritual art used ...