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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

My beloved is like a bit of information that flows in the system. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com I. I remember the first time I met Ana Thurmond. I’d just been kicked out of Stanford. My mother was a wreck. I had to … Continue reading →

And ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into effective devices for computing in any direction. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com May 10, 2017 San Jose Even before Erica finished formally adjourning the meeting, I wove my way through the … Continue reading →

September 29, 1990 Gulf of Mexico Ever since the sky cracked there has been a hurricane off the coast of Louisiana that never moves or decays. In its eye stands the Archangel Uriel. He is five hundred feet tall, and … Continue reading →

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is in the public domain. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com May 10, 2017 San Jose Right down the road from Berryessa Station there’s a big house with a hidden basement. The people who live there – … Continue reading →

It is good practice to have your program poke around at runtime and see if it can be used to give a light unto the Gentiles. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com May 10, 2017 Palo Alto The apocalypse began in a cubicle. Its … Continue reading →