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Essays & Reflections
Occultism, Kabbalah, ceremonial magic, philosophy and literature — from the pen of a servant of ELOHIM.
An essay on the golden plate upon the forehead of the High Priest of Israel and what it teaches us about the responsibility of bearing sacred symbols before the world.
Read essay →An essay on Binah, the third Sephirah of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, exploring its symbolism as Supernal Mother, silence, limit, and the primordial sea of understanding.
Read essay →An essay on the biblical episode of Aaron's rod that blossomed, reflecting on spiritual authority, priesthood, and vegetal symbolism in the Jewish tradition.
Read essay →An essay on Chesed in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, exploring divine generosity, its risks when unmeasured, and the ethics of mercy tempered by limit.
Read essay →An essay on the Menorah of the Temple of Jerusalem as a priestly symbol of sacred light, exploring its historical, liturgical and spiritual meaning within Judaism.
Read essay →An essay on Hod, the eighth Sephirah of the Tree of Life, and its relation to sacred language, magical ritual and the disciplined splendor of the intellect.
Read essay →An essay on Netzach, the seventh sephirah of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, and its relation to spiritual perseverance, sanctified emotion, and beauty as a path of elevation for the soul.
Read essay →An essay on the so-called acheiropoieta images, the tradition of the Veil of Veronica, and the theological mystery of the divine face imprinted as a sacred seal within Christian mysticism.
Read essay →An essay on the Tzimtzum of Lurianic Kabbalah, the divine self-contraction that opens space for the world, and its profound relation to the mystery of human free will.
Read essay →An essay on the Talmudic legend of the thirty-six hidden righteous and what it reveals about humility, oral tradition, and the ethics of good done without witnesses.
Read essay →An essay on Yesod in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, exploring imagination, dream and the astral body as bridges between the spiritual world and matter.
Read essay →An essay on the tradition of hiding grimoires and names of power, and on the esoteric ethics that upholds silence as a form of reverence and responsibility.
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