Emerald Vision Abstract Oil Painting Original painting:Original oil painting on canvas 18 x 24" A beautiful cedar at an

A beautiful cedar at an old cemetery was the model for this painting

and colored pencil

Her connection to the Sephira Malkhut (the material world) is depicted on her back as a skyline

I emphasized its kinetic energy and power by ramping up the colors and the twisting form

some spirits are rooted to a place

Emerald Vision Abstract Oil Painting Original painting:Original oil painting on canvas 18 x 24" A beautiful cedar at anBreaking through to higher realms how do you know when you are really ascending and when you are just kidding yourself? According to both Sufi and Hasidei Ashkenaz mysticism, you see something like sun gleams in green water. The mystic is advised not to be fooled if it looks like the water is rushing past it is really the mystic who is rising. The gleams are the sparks of the divine. This is referred to as the visio smaragdina in Sufism and a peculiar