"And the vision appeared to me as follows: Behold clouds called me in the vision, and mist called me, and the path of the stars and flashes of lightning hastened me and drove me, and in the vision winds caused me to fly and hastened me and lifted me up into heaven." The words are spoken by the … [Read more...]
“Sexualized Spirituality” and the Heretic Rabbi – Jonathan Eibeschuetz and the Moravian Connection
We talked about William Blake, a little bit. We talked a little bit about Jacob Frank, the 18th-century Polish-Jewish cult leader who carried the faith of the long-dead and even longer-discredited Messiah Sabbatai Zevi into previously undreamed of territories of weirdness and erotic … [Read more...]
The “Box of Crazy,” UFOs, and Ezekiel’s Vision (Part 2)
Read some of what's been posted to the Web about the "Box of Crazy," the amazing cache of artwork and miscellaneous papers discovered--in 2008, supposedly--by the side of a road near Asheville, NC. You'll find it said that the centerpiece of the collection is a hyper-dramatic UFO sighting that … [Read more...]
The “Box of Crazy,” UFOs, and Ezekiel’s Vision (Part 1)
William Blake, move over. As illustrator of Ezekiel's "chariot" vision--"merkabah" to the ancients, "UFO" to some moderns--you've met your match. Well, maybe not really. Blake's loopy genius is and will forever remain unique. But if the drawings in what's being called the "Box of Crazy"--a … [Read more...]
