Generally, with theĪdvance of the iconoclast movement in the Christian the taboo on images was partially raised They are actually only a part of the mainto which they are woven. Similarly, opinions differ as to whether it embraces the images serving as designs in carpets and Includes bas-reliefs and set-ins or busts since these are not Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor anyĬonstitutes a considerable portion of Talmudic and Rabbinic discussion. "I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other gods before Me. His people were not to touch an idol or to keep any sort of image or likeness. His was the kingdom of heaven and earth, and He would have no other gods before Him. The God of the Hebrews was a zealous divinity. It is on its way to the permanent union the merging of the Creator with His creation. However, the universe is ever drawing nearer and nearer to its Creator. Instead of permanent union, there came to be temporary unions, copulations, both in the spheres above and below. Then the physical world was created, and the universal love embrace was disturbed. THE SACRED FIRE existence was one great embrace. For long before the world below was created, there was already love, and all Man, woman, and God is disand truer union inĬabalist refers to this world above as the world of There are three partners in man: just asĪway His part, the soul, and the father and mother remain with the body. "When man and woman unite in purity and holiness, the Holy One is found among them, for in the result of this union God has a part. Man is seeking to bring about divine unity, so is the Holy One desirous of seeing humans in union. possessed of a divine aspect: sexual intercourse." No prayer will reach the throne of heaven unless the worshipper hasĮxperienced physical passion while offering sexual union is in itself of divine nature. Therefore, he who has not known passionate love for woman cannot attain love for God. Seeking to obtain by prayer is this divine union, for he, too, is a part of the glory, and his union with God is his greatest hope. All mystic prayers begin with the phrase "for the sake of the union of the Holy One with His glory." All And He did not come into His own until He chose Israel as God himself, for all His unity, was not absolutely plete, forĪnother being, out of longing for His uncreated world. Seek union with his mate of the opposite sex.
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