I made this image in 1999 for my own practice. This is a version of a 'Shiviti', a traditional contemplative image which is constructed around a divine name. This one also incorporates the kabbalistic formula called the 42-letter name as well as the elements of a complex 'kavanah', or structured meditation. The purpose of this kavanah is immersion and nullification of the mind within basic primordial space. Below is an extended shiviti which integrates 6 different kavanot that make up a full morning practice session. It was made for my students in 2001.
Below is another example of a litany of interrelated meditations that comprise a practice session. I made this one for my students in 2000. It includes various kavanaot as well as a very special meditation called a 'yichud' (unification) which interpermeates divine names.
The following triptych is the first shiviti I made for my students in 1998. It is a mixture of several kavanot and other contemplative elements.
The next 9 diagrams distill the main points of my kabbalistic innovations from the years 2007-2009 down to their essential graphic forms. They arose from my years of work with the 13th century text "Maayin HaChochmah" (Fountain of Wisdom). I have made many variations of these ideas, but this particular 9-fold array was created to be used as a set of 'keys' to decode the contents of the images in the 2009-2010 page on this website. They are designed for side by side analysis with those images.
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Here is another set of 9 Keys that illustrate my kabbalistic innovations in graphic terms. These were done in 2010
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The next image is a shiviti from my book "Kabbalistic mirror of Genesis" (written in 2007 published by daat press 2010). The image gives formulae for the tikkun (repair) of conventional view in service of the recognition of primordial gnosis. It is divided into 5 stages which are articulated in the book, and are all based on divine names, words, and verses from the Genesis text.
