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I’m still meditating on the 72 Names.

Here’s a question I am mulling over.  The 72 Names are each associated with a 5 degree segment of the Zodiac, but which lies “closest” to man?

Is the influence of a given Name modified through the attributes of its astrological segment, or is influence of the zodiac modified byt the Name?

Rabbi Abraham Abulafia details his system of meditating on the triplets of the 72 Names in his book “Life of the Future World”.  A translation of the relevant parts of this appears in Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan’s “Meditation and Kabbalah”.

R. Abulafia describes how the practitioner has to use sound, breathing, movement and visualisation.  The purpose of the meditation is to receive divine influx, in the form of the angel Metatron .

Today I have started performing this meditation.  My practice consists of:

1. Performing Mirach’s Daily Ritual
2. Meditation on the triplets
3. Mirach’s Four Quarters meditation.

I hope to do this twice a day for the period of at least a month.

I will make regular posts on how I am progressing.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.