Synopsis
The Thirty-Two Keys is a system of 32 symbolic images printed as a set of separate contemplation cards and a highly detailed explanatory book. The material offers a structural overview of the path of contemplative mysticism based on the non-emanationist interpretation of the Kabbalah. It provides a rare opportunity to put the material to work through a set of daily exercises configured for a 288-day training period. The system is a true amalgam of sources that span eight centuries, unified as a single vision. The depth of its view and methodology make The Thirty-two Keys a truly powerful tool for study and practice that is unique in the Western Esoteric Tradition.
- Includes a deck of thirty-two 5 x 7 in. cards
- Clothbound hardcover book
- Smyth sewn
- Blocked in red metallic
- French fold dust jacket
- 6 in. x 8.5 in.
- Custom endpapers
- 192 pages
- 36 images
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About the Author
David Chaim Smith (b. 1964) worked as a visual artist throughout the 1980s. In 1990 he began an immersion into the Hermetic and Hebrew traditions of the Kabbalah, as well as various forms of Alchemy. In 1996 he abandoned visual art for a dedication to spiritual practice and study, from which came a unique blend of practical mysticism and creative innovation. This coalesced as a symbol vocabulary while working with a rare thirteenth-century Kabbalistic text called The Fountain of Wisdom, and served as the basis for his 2006 return to image making, generating the content for several subsequent books. He currently lives in the suburbs of New York with his wife, Rachel.
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