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Author Archives: Scott Alexander
Chapter 12: Borne On Angels’ Wings
May 11, 2017 San Jose Sitting in bed with her computer on her lap, Erica Lowry watched the sun rise and writing the news. The overt meaning of “news” is “new things”. The kabbalistic meaning of “news” is “the record … Continue reading
Interlude ה: The Right Hand Of God
But woe unto them that were with him, at the valley gate, and at the University of California at Berkeley. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com June 20, 1970 San Francisco LSD became illegal in California in 1966, two years before the real world … Continue reading
Chapter 11: Drive The Just Man Into Barren Climes
May 11, 2017 San Jose I. Time and chance, according to the Book of Ecclesiastes, happeneth to us all. Ana had planned to sleep in, but it so happeneth that she woke up hungry and found herself out of milk. … Continue reading
Interlude ד: N-Grammata
The shortest effective Name of God is the Tetragrammaton. This was the Name recorded in the Bible, the one the High Priests of Israel would speak in the Temple of Solomon. The rabbis said it was so holy that God … Continue reading
Chapter 10: Bring The Swift Arrows Of Light
Notice also that the sharing is what enables us to increase the trespass of thy brethren. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com May 11, 2017 San Jose Campus library hadn’t changed much since I got expelled. I checked out three big books without even … Continue reading
Chapter 9: With Art Celestial
The claim that the Talmudic sages were great kabbalists is a historical error. Most sages make no mention of the kabbalistic tradition at all. Shimon bar Yochai, who lived in a cave and composed 1700 pages of kabbalistic texts, is … Continue reading
Chapter 8: Laughing To Scorn Thy Laws And Terrors
Love is the law, but it is poorly enforced. — Reverend Raymond Stevens, “Singers In The Hands Of An Angry God” March 20, 2001 Agloe The holy city of traditional kabbalah is Tzfat in Israel, where Rabbi Isaac Luria taught … Continue reading
Author’s Note 1: Fanart, Tshirts, Group Houses
No interlude today, but a quick wrapping up of some items and happenings. 75thTrombone has put together an Unsong subreddit for any conversation that doesn’t fit on this blog. Relevant links: Adam Kadmon, The Present Crisis, what were the 974 … Continue reading
Chapter 7: The Perishing Vegetable Memory
Sleep like nothing is watching. Gaze at the stars like it will never hurt. — Steven Kaas Early morning, May 11, 2017 San Jose My watch read 5 AM. Bill Dodd lived an hour’s walk away, close to the weird … Continue reading
Chapter 6: Till We Have Built Jerusalem
God, grant me the serenity to accept that I will never have the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. — Steven Kaas Early morning, May 11, 2017 San Jose The computer whirred and chattered: the speaker producing Names … Continue reading