Kabbalah: Key to Your Inner Power by Prophet Elizabeth Clare & Spadaro Patricia R. & Steinman Murray L

Author:Prophet, Elizabeth Clare & Spadaro, Patricia R. & Steinman, Murray L. [Steinman, Murray L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Spiritual & Religion
ISBN: 9781932890402
Publisher: Summit University Press
Published: 2009-08-25T05:00:00+00:00

“Abraham’s descent into Egypt and safe return is a rite of passage,” writes Daniel Matt. “Having confronted and experienced the Abyss, he is transmuted into a divine hero, apotheosized as Hesed, the Love of God.”[279] Kabbalah teaches that Abraham embodied the sefirah Hesed and that he represents the attribute of Love, just as Isaac represents Gevurah/Din and Jacob represents Tiferet. This means that Abraham, by his spiritual attainment, was the vehicle through which the light and energy of Hesed was able to come to earth.

Isaiah Tishby says the Zohar’s teaching on Abraham’s and the Israelites’ descent into Egypt means that we are all tested and purified through our contact with the power of evil. “In order to achieve perfection in his desire to serve God, man must first enter the domain of evil and purify himself there as in a refiner’s crucible,” he writes. “Only after this can he ascend to the level of perfect goodness.... Man has to prove his devotion to God by going out to fight God’s adversary, and by returning victorious from the fray.”[280]

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