# Seder Limmud - Nili and Shaiya 2026 ## Eternal Life through Worldly Death - Avraham Abulafia on Preparation for Vocalization of the Divine Name *From Wikipedia*: > Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia (Hebrew: אברהם בן שמואל אבולעפיה) was the founder of the school of "Prophetic Kabbalah". He was born in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1240, and is assumed to have died sometime after 1291 following a stay on the small and windswept island of Comino (the smallest of the three inhabited islands that make up the Maltese archipelago). *The text below is a part of Rabbi Abulafia's presentation of how to engage in prophetic practice. So you're reading a medieval Jewish understanding of what it means to transform your day-to-day state of mind into an altered state of consciousness in which occurs an intesified encounter with Y-H-V-H.* *This is pretty wild stuff! As you read ask yourself: What most strikes you about this text? Does any of it make sense in light of your experiences of prayer or meditation? What do you want to ask about the text to better understand it?* ![[In the hour you desire - Hebrew and English]] ![[Commentary on kavanah for hazkarah]] ## Vocalizing the Divine Name - הזכרת השם *The following is a summation of R. Abulafia's instructions in Or HaSekhel* ![[Vowels and Motions]] ## Chart of Letters for Vocalization ![[אלף עם יהו-ה סידור חדש- משותף.png]]