3 passagesc. 5th–7th century CEHebrew / AramaicPublic Domain
Individual passages from Maaseh Merkavah, indexed for close reading, source verification, and myth source-checking.
Maaseh Merkavah (מעשה מרכבה), the Work of the Chariot, is a Hekhalot (the heavenly palaces) text that provides a first-person account of the mystic's ascent through the seven heave...
The most dangerous part of the heavenly ascent described in Maaseh Merkavah (the Divine Chariot) is not the destination, it is the journey. At each of the seven gates leading to th...
The climax of Maaseh Merkavah (the Divine Chariot) is the mystic's arrival in the seventh palace, the throne room of God. After passing through six gates, surviving the challenges ...