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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Meditating on the Holy Name

This drawing shows a woman sitting in meditation, visualizing her body as the Tree of Life Diagram - the 10 Sefirot - and the 4 Letters YHVH, the Holy Name of God. Often called the One Name, it points to the Eternal Existence. YHVH means Was, Is, and Will Be. This Eternal Name was revealed to Moses by the burning bush in Exodus 3:15. In Exodus 20:21 God said, "Any place in… more

Yin-Yang Aleph

The idea non-duality is found in many spiritual traditions. In this picture I fused the Hebrew letter א Aleph with the Chinese Yin-Yang symbol. Both symbols represent non-duality or the unification of opposites: Heaven and Earth, Hot and Cold, Masculine and Feminine, Outside and Inside, etc. The small circles inside both halves represent how there is Feminine is the Masculine;… more

Beginning of Sefer Yetzirah

This picture contains the first words of Sefer Yetzirah: “With 32 Wondrous Paths of Wisdom, Yah - YHVH and Hosts, the God of Israel, El Shadai, Merciful and Gracious, High and Exalted, Dwelling Forever and Holy is His Name, Heavenly and Holy is He - engraved and created His Universe with three Sefarim: with Sefer, with Sefar and with Sippur.” In Hebrew, Sefer ספר is a book -… more

72 Holy Names

One of the most complex meditative techniques of the Kabbalah uses the 72 three-letter Names of God in this picture. These 216 letters (72 x 3 = 216) actually comprise One Name. This Name is mentioned in the Bahir and the Zohar, in Rashi’s commentary on the Talmud, but it was Rabbi Abraham Abulafia, the controversial 13th Century Kabbalist, who taught how to use this Name in order to attain… more

Primary Sounds

The red Shin ש represents Fire אש (aiSh) in Hebrew, thus, it rises up like fire; the blue Mem מ represents Water מים (MahyiM) in Hebrew, thus, it flows downward like water. The sounds of these 2 Letters are also opposites - the outward hissing of Shhh.... and the inward humming of Mmmm... The yellow between them also surrounds them both. It represents the… more

Kosmic Knots

This picture is influenced by the amazing art of M. C. Escher. This design is also reminiscent of Celtic Knots. It is based on the Sacred Geometry expressed in the order of the 3 groups of the 22 Hebrew Letters - 3 Mothers, 7 Doubles and 12 Simples - found in Sefer Yetzirah.

Mandala Number 12

This is a Geometric picture based on the number 12. A circle can be seen in the center of this image with a 12-pointed star embedded in it. There are 12 more circles of the same size surrounding and touching the central circle. They overlap each other. The number 12 is an important organizing number in the Kabbalah. In Sefer Yetzirah, the 12 Simple Letters in Time are the… more

One Name

In the Passover song ‘Who Knows One?’, when we answer “God is One in Heaven and Earth” we mean that God is both transcendent (unknowable and so far beyond us) and immanent (right here within us) at the same time. Really, these are not two different things. Transcendent God (in Heaven) and Immanent God (in Earth) is One. A good word for this is non-dual. The red ש… more

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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