In the Zohar, it says that Adam went out of Eden, but that sense of departing also means "to divorce." In Hebrew, the word את (ET) exclusively identifies the following word as the direct object. In the Zohar, Adam "divorcing" takes a curious diversion and they choose את to be not an indicator, but the direct object itself.
In Hebrew, א is the first letter and ת is the final letter. Wherever the two are seen together at את this is symbol for the Shekinah. So what Adam here divorces is taken to be the Shekinah herself: Adam divorces himself from God. Ones origin divorced from one's end, Alpha from Omega, is the Fall.
Wherever "I" acts directly upon "Thou", in Hebrew, את is always present.
In this constellation of images, it feels like theosis is a reunion of Alpha and Omega, our beginning and our final end reconciled
Interesting about Tolkien being nowhere in Middle earth and being everywhere in Middle earth at the same time. His transcendence and immanence are there simultaneously. He is nowhere seen yet everywhere perceived.
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In the Zohar, it says that Adam went out of Eden, but that sense of departing also means "to divorce." In Hebrew, the word את (ET) exclusively identifies the following word as the direct object. In the Zohar, Adam "divorcing" takes a curious diversion and they choose את to be not an indicator, but the direct object itself.
In Hebrew, א is the first letter and ת is the final letter. Wherever the two are seen together at את this is symbol for the Shekinah. So what Adam here divorces is taken to be the Shekinah herself: Adam divorces himself from God. Ones origin divorced from one's end, Alpha from Omega, is the Fall.
Wherever "I" acts directly upon "Thou", in Hebrew, את is always present.
In this constellation of images, it feels like theosis is a reunion of Alpha and Omega, our beginning and our final end reconciled
https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA180/English/Singles/19171223p01.html
Interesting about Tolkien being nowhere in Middle earth and being everywhere in Middle earth at the same time. His transcendence and immanence are there simultaneously. He is nowhere seen yet everywhere perceived.