The Promised Land: Israel between Geography and the Soul
An essay on the land of Israel as a mystical symbol and messianic horizon, traversing Jewish, Christian and esoteric traditions with reverence and balance.
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mysticism
Essays from the Frater Eisenheim Blog tagged mysticism.
The Celestial Jerusalem: Sacred Geometry of a Hope
An essay on the celestial Jerusalem as a universal spiritual symbol, exploring its numerical, eschatological and interior symbolism within the Judeo-Christian and esoteric traditions.
Read essay →The Prayer of the Heart: Silence and Fire in the Mysticism of the Desert Fathers
An essay on the prayer of the heart and the hesychast tradition of the Desert Fathers, exploring silence, humility, and the Christian quest for divine presence.
Read essay →Hear: the Shemá Israel and the mystery of Unity
An essay on the Shemá Israel, the central prayer of Judaism, and its declaration of divine unity as a philosophical and spiritual key for all monotheistic traditions.
Read essay →Elohim: the Name That Is Many and Is One — Reflections on the Sacred Word
An essay on the divine name Elohim, its mysterious grammar and the power of the sacred word within monotheistic traditions, between reverence, philosophy and discernment.
Read essay →Ein Sof: the Formless Infinite in Jewish Mysticism
An essay on Ein Sof, the unutterable Infinite of the Kabbalah, and on what Jewish mysticism teaches us about the silence that precedes all divine manifestation.
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