An essay on the Sefer Yetzirah, foundational text of Kabbalah, and its vision of the twenty-two Hebrew letters as the foundation of creation through the sacred word.
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.
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.
An essay on the Tetragrammaton, the divine names in Kabbalah, and the Jewish reverence for the Ineffable Name, reflecting on language, silence and sacred mystery.
An essay on the legend of the Golem of Prague, its roots in Jewish mysticism and in the Sefer Yetzirah, and the ethical questions that the artificial creation of life has always imposed upon humankind.