Word origin · etymology
Modern coined name plus Sanskrit loanword.
Mandala comes from Sanskrit maṇḍala, circle or disk. Rave is the school's distinctive name; its deeper naming rationale is not established here.
Jovian Archive: The Mandala and the BodyGraph ↗Merriam-Webster: mandala ↗
How we know · epistemology
Assigned zodiac–hexagram correspondence
The system places sixty-four gates in a prescribed order around the zodiac. Coordinates determine the selected sector, but the association between that sector and an I Ching theme is inherited from the teaching rather than astronomical observation.
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