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Merkabah (Hebrew: מֶרְכָּבָה, romanized: merkāḇā, lit. 'chariot') or
Merkavah mysticism (lit.
Chariot mysticism) is a
school of
early Jewish mysticism...
- Ma'aseh Brei**** (Heb. מעשה בראשית) and Ma'aseh
Merkavah (Heb. מעשה מרכבה),
literally "work of Creation" and "work of the Chariot", are
terms used in the...
- the "descenders" into the holy chariot, and
heard during their ascent;
Merkavah Rabba ("The
Greater Chariot"):
Sepher Hekhalot ("Book of Palaces," also...
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angels in
Merkavah and
Kabbalist mysticism and
often serves as a scribe. He is
briefly mentioned in the Talmud, and
figures prominently in
Merkavah mystical...
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scrolls ("Megilot"),
esoteric knowledge became referred to as Ma'aseh
Merkavah (Hebrew: מַעֲשֶׂה מֶרְכָּבָה) and Ma'aseh B're**** (Hebrew: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית)...
- Rabbah, the
midrash about the Book of
Genesis Maaseh Brei**** and
Maaseh Merkavah, the
esoteric doctrine of the
universe or
parts of it This disambiguation...
- palace,"
alongside Dumiel and Gabriel.
Qaspiel is also
listed in Ma'aseh
Merkavah as a
guardian of the
second palace.
Sefer Raziel lists Qafsiel as the prince...
- the home of the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and the Hayyoth.
Medieval Jewish Merkavah and
Heikhaloth literature focused on
discussing the
details of
these heavens...
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commentators to
refer to some type of
meditative practice. Some
scholars see
Merkavah-Heichalot
mysticism as
using meditative methods,
built around the biblical...
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Garden of Eden (BhM II: 52;
Sefer ha-Hezyonot 17). The
Hekhalot text the
Merkavah Rabbah requires one to suck on a
myrtle leaves as an
element of a theurgic...
