Merkabah

9 texts

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Merkabah from across Jewish tradition.

Abraham Beholds the Divine Throne and the Living Creatures

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

While Abraham was still reciting the song, the fire on the surface rose up on high. He heard a voice like the roaring of the sea. The fire would not stop. And as it climbed, ascend...

Enoch Stands Before God's Face on the Tenth Heaven

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

Cherubim and Seraphim surrounded the throne. Six-winged, many-eyed, they never departed — standing before God's face, doing His will, covering the entire throne with their wings as...

Words from Above and the Throne

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

And while the Torah itself seems to discourage the idea, hinting at the impossibility of seeing God and living, the mystical tradition, particularly the Heikhalot (the heavenly pal...

Angels Surrounding the Merkabah Divine Chariot

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

That’s the image conjured in the ancient mystical text, Heikhalot (the heavenly palaces) Rabbati. Heikhalot Rabbati, meaning "The Greater Palaces," is a key work in the Heikhalot l...

Trembling Hosts Who Bear the Throne Day and Night

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Heikhalot (the heavenly palaces) Rabbati, a foundational text in Jewish mystical literature describing ascents into the heavenly realms, gives us a glimpse. It asks a staggerin...

Summoning Surya to Begin the Merkabah Descent

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It’s not a casual stroll; it's a carefully orchestrated, potentially dangerous undertaking. How do you even begin? Well, Heikhalot (the heavenly palaces) Rabbati, one of the centra...

Who Descends to the Merkabah and Who Does Not

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It's not just about reciting the right incantations or knowing the secret names. According to Heikhalot (the heavenly palaces) Rabbati, a key text in the Heikhalot literature, it’s...

Zoharariel and the Secret Teaching

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It involves angels, chariots, and a whole lot of horns. We're diving into Heikhalot (the heavenly palaces) Rabbati, a fascinating, and sometimes bewildering, text from the Heikhalo...

Seven Heavenly Palaces in the World of Briah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Ramchal, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, in his Asarah Perakim – that's "Ten Chapters" – gives us a glimpse into a fascinating cosmology, a sort of spiritual architecture, if you w...