The construction principles of Shemer´s Mandala

The construction principles of

Shemer's Mandala

The mandala was built of a 3x3 HTML-Table. The colors resulted from the matrix of the backgroundcolor-codes, for which the characters of SHEMER or their ASCII-code aequivalents were used. The matrix reads:

SS EE EE

HH 4D 52

EE EE 00

MM RR SS

EE 00 HH

RR SS EE

00 48 4D

SS EE EE

48 4D 52

The size of the cells (color-squares) is defined by the value of the Hebrew characters "Shin"=300, "Mem"=40 and "Resh"=200. These characters are displayed around the upper half of the mandala.

On the bottom of the manadala the Chinese characters expressing the English translation of "Shemer", which means "to guard" and "to protect" are placed.

From left to right: "qin2" = hardworking, diligent, duty; "zhan4" = taking possession, occupy; "gang3" = little hill, guard, sentry; "bao3" = protect, defend, maintain, guarantee, bail. In Chinese writing these characters occur in different combinations meaning "to guard, protect" in various nuances.

Rottenegg, March 02,1999