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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 cosmogonic myth of the breaking of the vessels in Lurianic Kabbalah and its ethical translation as a daily vocation to repair the world.
Read essay →An essay on the legend of the Golem of Prague, the creative force of sacred language in Jewish mysticism, and the ethical limits of human will before creation.
Read essay →An essay on Joseph's coat in the book of Genesis, exploring textile symbolism, fraternal envy, and the designs of divine providence in the biblical narrative.
Read essay →An essay on the Seal of Solomon as a symbol of spiritual authority, exploring magical ethics and the limits of power in the ceremonial tradition.
Read essay →An essay on the Urim and Thummim of the Israelite priestly breastplate, reflecting on the nature of the biblical oracle and the profound ethics involved in consulting the Sacred.
Read essay →An essay on the symbolism of the Three Great Lights of Freemasonry and the reverent manner in which Freemasonry welcomes the diversity of religious traditions around the Sacred Book.
Read essay →An essay on the Book of Tobias, apocryphal among the Hebrews and deuterocanonical among Catholics, and on the angel Raphael as master of a spiritual pharmacopoeia where poison becomes remedy.
Read essay →An essay on Jacob's vision at Bethel, the angels who ascend and descend, and how this biblical symbol dialogues with Jewish mystical Merkabah tradition and the human quest for communion with the divine.
Read essay →An essay on the Ain Sof in the Kabbalistic tradition: the nameless Infinite that precedes all emanation, and silence as the mystic's first language.
Read essay →An essay on the biblical episode of the widow of Zarephath and the prophet Elijah, meditating on divine providence, charity, and the inverted logic of faith in times of scarcity.
Read essay →An essay on the collaboration between John Dee and Edward Kelley, and how the so-called Enochian language was born as an attempt at communication with the angelic world.
Read essay →An essay on Antônio Francisco Lisboa, suffering transfigured into sacred art, and the silent theology of soapstone in the baroque of Minas Gerais.
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