THE POWER OF THE HEBREW LETTERS The Book of Creation, the first book of the Kabbalah, points out that, first of all, God created the letters: “Twenty-two foundation letters: He engraved them, He carved them, He permuted them, He weighed them, He transformed them, and with them, He depicted all that was formed and all that would be formed.” (Sefer Yetzira – Book of Creation – 2:2). Since ancient times, sages and session. That is how the idea to mystics have taught that the materialize what I had seen in Hebrew letters are not an the unconscious emerged, to ordinary means of expression, understand the esoteric but rather, each one, as a tool meanings of the letters, and for for the creation of the world, me to express it at an artistic contains energy and divine level. To materialize this idea, I revelation. studied, meditated again with Therefore, it is said that the each one of the letters, and by Hebrew letters are used to look combining digital art whit further into the inner photography I was able to development of an individual create the paintings that were and are even recommended for already dancing in my mind. meditation purposes. Some years ago, I enrolled in an These pictorial works allude to intensive course called, “The intangible concepts such as and righteousness, Hebrew letters dance of life”, justice charity and sacrifice, the with a goal to study, analyze and meditate on the subject of diversity of opposites, forms of each letter, and to write what healing, the search for truth and each letter made us feel during the mystery of life. the I finished the photo pictorial part of the project, and completed twenty-two artistic paintings, representing every letter. Then, the idea to include them in a book where I could further expand on the explanation of each letter was born: the meaning of its name, its numerical value and shape, as well as its nature during meditation and the way it manifests in our daily lives.
ROSI CALDERON