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Experiential merkavah-ascent

Reads the pardes baraita as a record of genuine, perilous visionary ascent; the marble / water-water test is an experiential trial within real merkavah-contemplation.

Gershom Scholem · Hai Gaon

Readings in this camp 2

• Gershom Scholemverified

  an experiential optical test in real visionary ascent

  on The Four Who Entered the Pardes

• Elliot R. Wolfsonverified

  the gaze is a constitutive visionary act

  on The Four Who Entered the Pardes