Primal Branding

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Jul 20

Written By Maja Apolonia Rode

I’m definitely not into the guru-at-the-center concept, but this diagram I created in 2016 has some important points about what brings people together around a common inspiration. I created it after I read the book Primal Branding by Patrick Hanlon, which compares branding to starting a religion. My diagram combines his ideas with the visualization I shared at the Science and Nonduality Conference, also in 2016, called Channels of Sacred Communication.

ℤ∈ℕn Diagrams ⊙ 2025 by Maja Apolonia Rode

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Primal Branding

Primal Branding

Inspired by the book Primal Branding, which compares branding to starting a religion.

Emptiness Is Form

Emptiness Is Form

The Real Color Wheel

The Real Color Wheel

After more than 100 years, most of us still have it wrong.

The Way of Self-Love

The Way of Self-Love

Fractal Yin-Yang

Fractal Yin-Yang

Forgiveness-Apology

Forgiveness-Apology

Interdependence

Interdependence

Spirit-Self-Soul

Spirit-Self-Soul

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How do you define “Spirit,” “Self,” and “Soul”?

The Power of Community

The Power of Community

Integrated Power

Integrated Power

Where Dharma Flowers

Where Dharma Flowers

Elements of Human Flourishing

Elements of Human Flourishing

The Hands of Zen

The Hands of Zen

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What are the sounds of One Hand clapping?

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Which breathing practice feels good in your body?

Buddha, My Heart

Buddha, My Heart

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Where is the language of your heart spoken?

Full-Spectrum Zen

Full-Spectrum Zen

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Full-Spectrum Zen — where Masculine and Feminine Zen live in dynamic harmony.

Two Circles of Zen

Two Circles of Zen

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First sketch — unpacking a new idea of “Feminine Zen.”

Introducing Zenn Diagrams

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Introducing my Zen-ish way of making sense of it all.

Maja Apolonia Rode

Emptiness Is Form