Kosmic Kabbalah Art

What is Kosmic Kabbalah Art?

The word 'cosmos' refers to the physical universe seen as an orderly harmonious Whole. The original Greek word 'Kosmos' however, refers to the Whole of all existence - in all realms - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The Hebrew word Kabbalah refers to the ancient mystical teachings that describe the Kosmos as an orderly harmonious Whole.

The teachings and much of the artwork presented on this site deal with Kosmic themes that are based on the Kabbalah: Infinity, Eternity, Kosmogeny, Holy Names, Mandalas, Sacred Geometry, Fractals, and Sefirotic Maps of the Kosmos (Tree of Life Diagrams).

All of the Giclee prints on canvas as well as all the prints on paper are hand-signed. The canvas prints can be stretched and framed without glass. The paper prints should be framed with glass.

There are some new pictures that are only now available as Giclee prints on canvas. To view them go to 'New Works' under the 'Artworks by Subject' heading.

Artworks

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Psalms Chapter One

In this picture is the entire first chapter of the Book of Psalms. It begins in the center and continues counterclockwise outwards. It is quite hard to read even for fluent Hebrew speakers because the letters flow into each other. It is inspired by the lettering found on 60's album covers and concert posters. "Fortunate is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor… more

Geometric Play with Fives and Sixes

This image containing various Geometric shapes and stars is basically divided into 9 sections - hinting at the 9 higher Sefirot (3 x 3). The fractal repetitions within each section hints at the 10th Sefirah Malchut. Although Jewish people often claim the 6-pointed star as our own and call it a Jewish Star or the Magen David, and it does appear on the Israeli flag, this star is in fact… more

A Tapestry of Holy Names

In Genesis, God created Adam "in His own Image, in His own Likeness". However, since we believe that God has no image or likeness, Kabbalists understand this as saying that God makes Himself known to us in our likeness by ‘clothing’ Himself in the 10 Sefirot of Adam Kadmon - associated with the 4 Letters of the Name of God יהוה (YHVH). The 4 Holy Names in this 'Tapestry' are the… more

Mandala Number 6

This Geometric picture is based on the number 6. A bright orange 6-pointed Star of David (Magen David) is embedded in the central circle. A smaller white Magen David is embedded in the hexagon that is the center of the orange Star. The hexagon at the center of that white Magen David can be seen as a cube. This motif is similar to the one I used in my picture 'The Holy… more

Meron Landscape

This is a multi-media painting I made many years ago from a photograph I took. Meron is to the west of Safed and is famous as being the site of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the famous 2nd Century kabbalist who is the leader of the group of kabbalists whose teachings are presented in the Zohar. The tomb (which is not seen in this painting) is to the right on the top of the… more

32 Paths of Creation

"With 32 Mystical Paths of Wisdom God (Yah...) engraved and created His Universe with 3 ספרים Sefarim: With Sefer ספר (letters), with Sefar ספר (numbers) and with סיפר Sippur (a story). (These 32 Paths are:) 10 Sefirot of Nothingness and 22 Foundation Letters - 3 Mother Letters, 7 Double Letters and 12 Simple Letters." The 32 Paths of Mystical Wisdom derive from the first… more

The Seven Days of Creation

In Sefer Yetzirah, the Seven Doubles in Time are the 7 days of the week - based on the Story of Creation in the Book of Genesis. The scene in the circle (in the yellow ring) represents the 1st Day of Creation - when God created Light, separated it from the Dark, and “saw that the Light is Good”. Moving clockwise to the next circle (in the orange ring) represents the 2nd Day - when… more

Pastoral Scene

This is an imaginary landscape I made with many layers of watered-down acrylic paint. It has the feeling of a pastoral scene here in the Galilee, and the choice of colors was definitely influenced by the local landscape. There are no hidden symbols and nothing Kabbalistic here.

THE ARTIST DAVID FRIEDMAN

I immigrated to Israel in 1977 at the age of 20, and spent two years studying Torah in Jerusalem, where I met my wife, Miriam. We got married in 1979 and moved to Zefat.

In Zefat, I mostly immersed myself in the study of the Talmud and other classic texts of Judaism as well as Kabbalah, but I continued to make art at night.

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| 15 November

Since the ancient classic Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Creation) inspires much of the art that is shown on this site, I feel that is

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