Gandalf and the Balrog: A Four Elements Mandala

The image is structured as a white square frame subdivided by four color-coded bars representing the elements. A black bar at the top represents 'Earth' and the 'Mines of Moria', a red bar at the left represents 'Fire' and the 'Bridge', a green bar at the right represents 'Water' and 'Deep Water', and a blue bar at the bottom represents 'Air' and the 'Misty Mountains'. Centered in the white negative space is the title text 'Gandalf’s Battle with the Balrog'.

This work categorizes the metaphysical and elemental journey of a fictional protagonist within a structured quaternary model, paralleling traditional alchemical and Hermetic 'squaring of the circle' or elemental distribution diagrams.