(This is the continuation of last week's post.) Says Paul, in 2 Corinthians 12:1-5: “I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven–whether in the body … [Read more...]
The Mystery of the Merkabah – Alien Abduction, Shamanic Journey
(This post is the third of a series. For the first two installments, click here and here.) Remember "The Fourth Kind," the pseudo-documentary thriller about UFO abductions in Alaska that came out around the end of 2009? Filmed by Olatunde Osunsanmi? Starring Milla Jovovich as psychiatrist … [Read more...]
The Mystery of the Merkabah – How Real Is “Real”?
(This is the second post in a series. For the first post, click here.) "Now, friend, return to the study of the descent to the merkabah. I have been instructing you in it: how one goes down and how one comes up; what the character of the First Palace is; how one gets angels into his service and … [Read more...]
The Mystery of the Merkabah – “What Was That Paradise?”
Sometime around the beginning of the 11th century, an Iraqi Jewish academician named Hai Gaon had to field a query from a puzzled reader of the Talmud: "With respect to that which our rabbis taught, 'Four entered Paradise, Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, the "Other One" and Rabbi Akiba'--what was that … [Read more...]
Gershom Scholem – Kabbalah’s Greatest Scholar
I was thinking of calling this post “Gershom Scholem, Jewish Mysticism, and the UFO.” But I don’t want to be accused of false advertising. The UFOlogical relevance of Gershom Scholem, and the domain of learning of which he was undisputed master, will become clear only gradually. I'll need a … [Read more...]
