Book DescriptionAccording to the Kabbala, the Merkaba and Hechaloth literature deals specifically with the ascent to the seven heavenly palaces or temples, which represent the seven attainments of divine spirituality. Kiefer's spiritual architecture of the heavenly palaces bring the seas and land, heavens and earth back together. His poetry of images unites NASA's cosmological ordering of the stars with the mystical ordering of the ascent. Essay by Harold Bloom.~Foreword by St. John Perse.~Introduction by Ealan Wingate. Hardcover, 10.75 x 12.25 in./120 pgs / 60 color 0 BW13 duotone 0 ~ Item D20138