MARI Readings
The MARI (Mandala Assessment Research Instrument) is a comprehensive system that uses symbols and color to reveal the inner truth and reality of your psyche –not what the ego filters of consciousness would want it to be, but what it really is. You will be guided to choose symbol and color cards intuitively, and then provided with the meanings inherent in your choices. The MARI will provide a visual image of your current psyche, which can be clarifying and enlightening, and may provide you with healing and guidance as you move forward.
You'll also create your own mandala as part of the MARI process. Carl Jung recognized the mandala as “the centre of personality, a kind of central point within the psyche, to which everything is related, by which everything is arranged and which is, itself, a source of energy. This center,” said Jung, “is not felt or thought of as ego but, if one may so express it, as the self.” Jung’s description of the mandala is also an excellent description of the MARI.
Private MARI readings are being offered for $100. Sessions are two hours and include analysis of your choices and your own personal mandala, created during the session. Group "mini-MARI" sessions are also offered on occasion. Check the Workshops & Events page, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be informed about upcoming events.
You'll also create your own mandala as part of the MARI process. Carl Jung recognized the mandala as “the centre of personality, a kind of central point within the psyche, to which everything is related, by which everything is arranged and which is, itself, a source of energy. This center,” said Jung, “is not felt or thought of as ego but, if one may so express it, as the self.” Jung’s description of the mandala is also an excellent description of the MARI.
Private MARI readings are being offered for $100. Sessions are two hours and include analysis of your choices and your own personal mandala, created during the session. Group "mini-MARI" sessions are also offered on occasion. Check the Workshops & Events page, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be informed about upcoming events.
ASPECTS OF MARI
1. SYMBOL/MANDALA You will be asked to choose six symbol cards. Symbols predate culture, language and even time. They are so much a part of us that we make mental connections with them that are not often conscious. An upward pointing triangle, for example, is typically chosen by people who are beginning something new –literally or symbolically.
2. COLOR You'll then choose, from a pool of 45 color cards, the color that you feel goes with each of the chosen symbols. Art therapists have long recognized the connections between color and the psychological associations that are typically made on an ‘other than conscious’ level. These colors add dimensions that may be emotional, physical, cognitive or spiritual to the chosen symbols.
3. STAGE The sets of symbol and color cards are then placed on a ‘field’ that is comprised of thirteen developmental stages that are arranged sequentially. In addition, there are, not just one, but three symbols at each stage of the MARI, to reflect differing aspects of that stage.
4. RELATIONSHIP OF SYMBOL, COLOR AND STAGE This field of developmental stages, known as the Great Round, is where the visual picture of the psyche is revealed. It is the Great Round that represents the central point, as well as the stages around the periphery of the psyche, to which everything is related and arranged.
5. GUIDANCE CARDS You will be asked, after choosing your initial cards, to think of an issue that you are currently dealing with in your life. This issue need not be shared.You will look at the remaining cards and allow yourself to be drawn intuitively to one or two symbols and colors that seem to represent guidance for the issue. After your original card choices are discussed, the guidance cards are then placed on the Great Round and will provide inspiration in dealing with your current issue.
1. SYMBOL/MANDALA You will be asked to choose six symbol cards. Symbols predate culture, language and even time. They are so much a part of us that we make mental connections with them that are not often conscious. An upward pointing triangle, for example, is typically chosen by people who are beginning something new –literally or symbolically.
2. COLOR You'll then choose, from a pool of 45 color cards, the color that you feel goes with each of the chosen symbols. Art therapists have long recognized the connections between color and the psychological associations that are typically made on an ‘other than conscious’ level. These colors add dimensions that may be emotional, physical, cognitive or spiritual to the chosen symbols.
3. STAGE The sets of symbol and color cards are then placed on a ‘field’ that is comprised of thirteen developmental stages that are arranged sequentially. In addition, there are, not just one, but three symbols at each stage of the MARI, to reflect differing aspects of that stage.
4. RELATIONSHIP OF SYMBOL, COLOR AND STAGE This field of developmental stages, known as the Great Round, is where the visual picture of the psyche is revealed. It is the Great Round that represents the central point, as well as the stages around the periphery of the psyche, to which everything is related and arranged.
5. GUIDANCE CARDS You will be asked, after choosing your initial cards, to think of an issue that you are currently dealing with in your life. This issue need not be shared.You will look at the remaining cards and allow yourself to be drawn intuitively to one or two symbols and colors that seem to represent guidance for the issue. After your original card choices are discussed, the guidance cards are then placed on the Great Round and will provide inspiration in dealing with your current issue.