World Mandalas: 100 New Designs for Coloring and Meditation

by Madonna Gauding

Mandalas, sacred circle designs, have been used in spiritual traditions around the world as a focus for meditation and healing. This book presents 100 original mandala designs for you to colour based on traditional Celtic, Christian, Buddhist, Native American, and Hindu sources. A full-color introduction gives detailed background information about the use of mandalas in world cultures. It is illustrated with colourful reproductions of traditional mandala designs to inspire your own creative efforts. The book also includes complete instructions for colouring the mandalas as an aid to insight, creative self-expression, and meditation. Beautiful and enlightening, the classic mandala designs in the book include rose window designs from the cathedrals of Europe, Navajo sand paintings, Hindu yantras, traditional Buddhist thangka scroll designs, and motifs from illuminated Celtic manuscripts. You will find coloring these inspiring designs to be entertaining, relaxing, and illuminating.

Genres: Colouring

223 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Madonna Gauding is a mandala artist, author, illustrator and designer. She has written widely on meditation, Buddhism and healing; her previous work includes the best-selling World Mandalas.

Reviews

[Marla]

These are wonderfully fun!

[Beth]

Nice mandalas for meditation with my wonderful colored pencils. Nothing special about the selection, but can always find something within its covers. Almost too big of a book for me making it not that comfortable to use, so I've been removing the pages to color.

[Cindy]

This book is amazing. It's not just a coloring book, though God knows sometimes it's fun to be a child again. This is a wonderful way in which to learn about sacred circle designs that promote healing and wholeness.