Ineffable

Ineffable.
The tetragrammaton ‘Yud, Hay, Vav, Hay’ is the ineffable Hebrew Name of G-d.
It is beyond description, not to be uttered.
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by Marlene Burns

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$2,500

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24.000 x 30.000 x 1.500 inches

Title

Ineffable

Artist

Marlene Burns

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

Description

Ineffable.
The tetragrammaton ‘Yud, Hay, Vav, Hay’ is the ineffable Hebrew Name of G-d.
It is beyond description, not to be uttered.

According to Jewish Mysticism, there were 4 stages of G-d’s creation of the world, beginning with a spark of inspiration.
From there, the concept developed. Emotional involvement led to the formation of a concrete plan.
The final stage was the action: Creation.

This 4-staged process is analogous to the 4 spiritual worlds of
Atzilut, Beriah,Yetzirah and Asiyah.

Asiyah is the physical (and lowest) world in which we live. It is in this world,
that Adonai commanded us to build a sanctuary for Him so that He could dwell among us.
(Exodus 25:8)

A spiral is the eternal sign of the creative and organizing principle of the universe.
It is the intuitive symbol of spiritual development. When two spirals are intertwined,
they become a double helix, a twisted ladder that enables descending and ascending.

As one spiral descends through the four worlds, the other spiral ascends to expand
the soul’s levels of consciousness, from Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chaya to Yechida.
This journey allows the soul to travel from the physical world, through heightened levels
of emotion, understanding, and knowledge of truth without ego.
Ultimately, the soul bonds with the Holy One.

The double helix is the symbol for DNA, the genetic formula that makes us who we are.
By examining G-d’s stages of creation and the soul’s levels of consciousness,
we are able to complete the code by adding the spiritual dimension.
marleneburns©2020

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June 7th, 2020