“The idea of a receptacle is an archetypal idea… It is the idea of the magic circle which is drawn round something that has to be prevented from escaping or protected against hostile influences…When the ground-plan for a city was set out, there used to be a ritual walk or ride round the circumferences in order to protect the place within… This structure of a circle within a square is called in Sanskrit a Mandala… The symbol of the Mandala has exactly this meaning of a holy place, a ‘tenemous’ to protect the centre…’

- C. G. Jung,
Analytical Psychology, Its Theory and Practice”