The 16th letter of the Hebrew Alehp-Beit is Ayin.  Ayin is the Eye, but can also mean Spring or Fountain.  Ayin as a word is first used in Genesis when the serpent tells Eve that when she eats of the fruit, her eyes would be open.  The first time the letter is used in in the second verse of Genesis, in the word על, 'al, meaning upon.  Ayin as the ( Read more... )

When I first started studying Kabbalah, I was half way between sleeping and waking.  Something came to me at that time:  the destruction of each thing is present in its beginning.  DNA breaks down at a set rate.  The decomposition of each thing is determined my its material and how well it is constructed.  Nations fall based on flaws in the ( Read more... )