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Monday, August 14, 2006

'Shekinah'

So, I came across this word for the first time recently. I quite liked its meaning however you might know more about the meaning of the word than I do - if so enlighten me!
From my limited understandings - it's a old-school Jewish mysticism word used to describe the Glory of God. Rather than try and describe 'what' the glory is, the focus is shifted towards where it can be found - logically everywhere.
It was usually expressed in a playful manner (not literal truth) that God and his glory are 'semi'-seperated through the fall - this seperation was a cosmic crash that scattered the glory into millions of sparks caught up in all of creation. Everything from the highest to the lowest of creation has these specks of God's glory to the wise observer.
So shekinah is the process of seeing God's glory in everything around us - it also encompasses the idea that actions - filled with holy intent and directed towards God free these sparks to give the glory back to God in a manner visible to others. It suggests all things can be sacred and directed towards God... That's a lot of concepts all in one word. Any other people know more about this ???

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

ALL I KNOW IS IT IS SOME FEMINIST BELIEF IN GOD. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT BUT IT'S COMMON AMONGST THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN LIBERAL FEMINISM

9:58 PM

 

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