Numbers

"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 chapter of Genesis, the story of Creation in which the Name of God אלהים (Elohim) is mentioned 32 times.  Elohim, a plural Name of God, is used in the Story of Creation because… more

The design of this picture is based on the Geometry used in my picture 'The Holy Palace' and derives from the order of the 22 Hebrew Letters according to Sefer Yetzirah - 3 Mothers, 7 Doubles, and 12 Simple Letters.

There is a feeling here of spacial relativity I learned from the art of M. C. Escher.  It is hard to know which is the floor, or wall, or roof, of each 'chamber'.  Also, the central triangle can be seen as steps leading down to hidden chambers, which in turn, lead inward and downward to hidden depths.