The Absence of Direction

'The Absence of Direction' relates the mystical journey of a youth through the ten kabbalistic worlds (the worlds of the so-called sefirot), starting at the highest, Keter, 'Crown'. As in the other two parts of the trilogy 'Swayambhu', in this second part also, the concept of mystical death as a means to overcome all dogmatic limitations plays a central role. Through the impact of mystical death, the protagonists receive (rather than acquire or achieve) knowledge about the kabbalistical fra...