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The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis: Commentary on the First Three Chapters
David Chaim Smith
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Description for The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis: Commentary on the First Three Chapters
Paperback. Abold line-by-line re-examination of the first 3 chapters of Genesis that reveals the essential nature of mind and creativity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: VXWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
Hidden within the first three chapters of Genesis rests one of the greatest jewels of Western mystical literature. For millennia religious literalism has dominated our understanding of the Bible, imprisoning its subtle inner wisdom within the most coarse and superficial aspects of the narrative. Generations have been led to believe that Genesis 1-3 is only a primitive proto-cosmic history, a mythological explanation of the human moral disposition, a religious fairy tale. But by accepting the text as pure kabbalistic metaphor, the mystical content of Genesis springs forth, revealing the Divine nature of creativity as well as a new understanding of ... Read more
Hidden within the first three chapters of Genesis rests one of the greatest jewels of Western mystical literature. For millennia religious literalism has dominated our understanding of the Bible, imprisoning its subtle inner wisdom within the most coarse and superficial aspects of the narrative. Generations have been led to believe that Genesis 1-3 is only a primitive proto-cosmic history, a mythological explanation of the human moral disposition, a religious fairy tale. But by accepting the text as pure kabbalistic metaphor, the mystical content of Genesis springs forth, revealing the Divine nature of creativity as well as a new understanding of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781620554630
SKU
V9781620554630
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About David Chaim Smith
David Chaim Smith was born in 1964 in Queens, New York. His early career was as a visual artist throughout the 1980s. In 1990 he began an immersion into the root sources of Alchemy and the Hermetic and Hebrew traditions of the Kabbalah. In 1996 he abandoned visual art for a total dedication to spiritual practice, from which came a ... Read more
Reviews for The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis: Commentary on the First Three Chapters
“An amazing book
boy does it have chutzpah!”
Hymenaeus Beta, Frater Superior, Ordo Templi Orientis
“A gifted artist who has a deep contemporary understanding of Jewish mystical wisdom, David Chaim Smith takes us into the domain where zero is one, where the all is nothing, and where the creative moment is constantly renewing itself. The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis ... Read more
boy does it have chutzpah!”
Hymenaeus Beta, Frater Superior, Ordo Templi Orientis
“A gifted artist who has a deep contemporary understanding of Jewish mystical wisdom, David Chaim Smith takes us into the domain where zero is one, where the all is nothing, and where the creative moment is constantly renewing itself. The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis ... Read more