Quote Originally Posted by Gematria View Post
Sorry that was stream-of-consciousness of me. I was continuing my train of thought that many religions have reflections of Truth in them, and was using the fact that the practices of the Sefer Yetzirah resemble practices done in the far East as an example. I should have included that thought further up in my post though.

Though the Tree of Life is arguably a mandala of sorts. And Abulafia is said to have had a book full of grids of squares with letters in them used for chanting and meditation.
I understand about "streams of consciousness."

As for the use of mandala like structures and other charts like the Tree of Life (which looks to me more like the pattern of the chakras more than a mandala) - that is common in Kabbalistic meditations. Case in point, the 231 gates:



Great chatting,

Richard