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The alphabet is the basis of our learning and it can
be a powerful tool to penetrate the nature of our being. I have created a pictorial journey,
Alef to
Tav, cross-referencing various mystical systems as a meditative focus. This
will, hopefully, inspire the viewer to perceive the many paths that are but one
road to our understanding of God's nature. Hebrew is written from right to left, rather than left to
right as in English, so Alef is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet
and Tav is the last. The Hebrew alphabet is often called the "alefbet,"
because of its first two letters.
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GIMEL
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BEIT
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ALEF
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VAV
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HEI
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DALET
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TET
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CHET
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ZAYIN
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LAMED
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KAF
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YUD
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SAMECH
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NUN
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MEM
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TZADIK
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PEI
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AYIN
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SHIN
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REISH
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KUF
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This poem was the work's genesis,
and eloquently
explains the intent of this series:
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In whatsoever object thou perceivest,
Know me as the Essence,
As the Idea,
And as the Interior Nature.
Because of this the wise come easily to me
By many paths,
Yet in truth these different roads
Are but a single way.
If thou canst penetrate into the Nature
Of the simplest thing,
There thou shall find me.
This is the key to the mystery of the sacred letters.
Fix thy mind on the object set before thee by any
letter,
And hold thy thought to meditate thereon.
Then shall the inner nature of that object
Be made known to thee,
And by this means shalt thou draw nigh
To some aspect of my being.
Paul Foster Case
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TAV
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an enlarged version and details about the piece.
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