object:1.raa - And YHVH spoke to me when I saw His name
author class:Rabbi Abraham Abulafia
subject class:Poetry
class:chapter
English version by Peter Cole Original Language Hebrew And YHVH spoke to me when I saw His name spelled out and merged with the blood in my heart, separating blood from ink and ink from blood: and YHVH said to me: Bohold, blood is the name of your soul, and ink the name of your spirit: your father and mother are vessels for my name and a sign. And then I fathomed the tremendous difference between my spirit and soul, and a great joy came through me. For I knew my soul was dwelling in the redness as blood, and my spirit was dwelling in the blackness as ink. And there raged a war in my heart between the blood and the ink: the blood from the wind and the ink from dust, and the black ink over the blood was victorious -- as the Sabbath subdues all days of the week. And so my heart rested within me -- and I offer praise to the Lord, to the Name in my heart forever. [2465.jpg] -- from The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492, Edited by Peter Cole <
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