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It's not as simple as closing your eyes and meditating. According to ancient mystical texts, it's a perilous journey, fraught with dangers both seen and unseen. We find ourselves i...
Specifically, let's look at chapter 20, where we find ourselves at the entrance to the sixth palace. Imagine standing there, the air crackling with unseen energy. You've made it th...
That’s the feeling I get when I think about the Merkabah. The Merkabah, meaning "chariot" in Hebrew, isn’t just any chariot. It's the divine chariot Ezekiel saw in his famous visio...
It's not just about a distant, untouchable God, but about a God intimately involved with creation and revelation. The Heikhalot texts, by the way, are a collection of mystical Jewi...
These are the ten emanations of God in Kabbalistic thought, the ten attributes through which the Divine reveals itself to the world. But here's a question that might pop into your ...
We find ourselves in the middle of a complex idea: the relationship between the S'firot (סְפִירוֹת) and creation. These S'firot, often translated as "emanations" or "attributes," a...
That feeling, that intuition, is at the very heart of a concept explored in Mitpachat Sefarim, a fascinating text that delves into the hidden dimensions of Torah. Imagine the Torah...
Was it truly the work of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the 2nd-century sage said to have received divine secrets while hiding in a cave? Or is there more to the story? One scholar sugge...
Jewish mysticism certainly sees it that way. It’s not all sunshine and roses. There's a constant push and pull, a cosmic dance between light and darkness. And that brings us to the...
