I’m watching the video about the tips on how to read the Zohar, with the reading together proposed by Gil. I know it’s not the focus of this course (Cracking the code) but just wanted to remark on the nature of the reading proposed by Gil, the fact that he chose to envelope us with music, and music of a certain type, to help us escape from literal reading towards a more poetical/spiritual reading. I’ll do the experience again with music by Gustav Mahler. There is a piece by him called Urlicht that comes very close to the concept of spiritual light. Also, the four colours (red, green, white and black) remind me of the four colours found in many Arab flags, which are said to refer to a 16th Century poem in Arabic. Can it be that some Arabic scholars were versed in Kaballah back then? These were my two cents…
Thank you for reading this and maybe bouncing back if you have time.
David / דוד
January 18, 2024 at 9:03 am EST
in reply to: Discuss#356637
The course “cracking the code” is fabulous. I have a conceptual question: If the letters where created millions of years ago before the real world, how come that Aleph comes from “ox”, an animal of this very world? The same with “beth” that looks like a house?
Hello, my name is David, I live in Brussels. I’m a musician and I lived in Israel as a kid. Now I want to deepen my knowledge of Hebrew and, at the same time, better understand the roots of this language that I learned instinctively as a child. So, this course seems perfectly designed for me. I can’t wait. 🙂