Magenta living room of mandalas
After entering the Greek side of the villa through the main entrance, you will appear in a spacious living room of magenta (or raspberry, cyclamen) colour, which is decorated with white columns with meanders (geometric ornaments, bringing luck and symbolising the journey of a man‘s life), supporting the ceiling. The same pattern repeats in every room of the Greek side of the house as plaster molding, framing the ceiling.
The individual visitors can use this spacious hall as a luxurious living room and dining room, and the participants of the seminars – as a place of group gatherings and meditations.
There‘s a pride of villa demonstrated in Magenta Living Room – oriental set of settees, of Islamic design, decorated with arabesque (patterned handmade woodcut tracery), upholstered with rosy-golden-magenta tapestry, repeating the colours of the room. The same patterns of arabesque and the same tapestry decorate the dining table and six chairs in the kitchen zone.
Although the probability, that the hollidaymakers of the villa would cook themselves complex dishes and would spend their time with pans and pots is very little, this area of the house is equipped with a modern kitchen (the electric stove and oven, a dishwasher, a large fridge). For Your convenience colorful dishes (adapted to the room colours and oriental-style of the villa) are placed in the cabinets, also the pots, the utensils and the cookware. You can have a snack here or you can serve your guests here too – three high chairs stand at the bar, plated with Egyptian granite.
The walls of the rooms are decorated with the paintings of Swiss scientist, founder of analytical psychology and theory of archetypes, C. G. Jung (1875–1961) – the reproductions of the famous “Red Book”, also known as “Liber Novus”. Author was writing this mannuscript from 1914 to 1930, but for first time the book was published only in 2009. Unique mandalas and mythological drawings symbolize a stunning trip of the author‘s soul through the layers and the core elements of collective consciousness and Oriental culture, also a trip through the postulates of Jung‘s psychoalalysis.
The walls of the room, painted in bright magenta (this pigment is a mix of red and purple colours according to Aura-Soma colour classification), are extremely favorable for meditation practice and self-cognition. Magenta, corresponding to the eighth chakra of bodily energy system according to Aura-Soma’s colour map, also called the Soul Star, helps to regain energy, balances the endocrine system and also the central nervous system. Magenta (also called fuchsine in some countries) activates personal talents and resources, helps to realize one’s mission and to feel loved and needed in this world. Magenta colour is often called an adaptogen (i.e., colour helping to adapt oneself to changing conditions of life), can stimulate or relax the person depending on his needs and condition. This colour is recommended by spiritual teachers to wear in ashrams, during meditation practices.
Magenta Living Room is illuminated by 2 massive two-level chandeliers, the collection of wall lights, the multileveled floor lamp and a chandelier in the kitchen – there are white and pink glass details repeating in all these luminaires, fitting nicely to the room coloration and symbolizing the revival of the soul, the art of being human, balance of spiritual and material sides of life.
