The Picture of Language in Seeing the Nature of God in Kabbalah and Tantra

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" The Picture of Language in Seeing the Nature of God in Kabbalah and Tantra "
Paul C. Martin

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081981
Doc. No	:	LA125610
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02501001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul C. Martin
Title & Author	:	The Picture of Language in Seeing the Nature of God in Kabbalah and Tantra [Article]\ Paul C. Martin
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and the Arts
Date	:	2021
Volume/ Issue Number	:	25/1-2
Page No	:	5–34
Abstract	:	In this paper I aim to show how a meaningful correlation can be made between the two mystical traditions of Kabbalah and Tantra by drawing upon ideas from the philosophy of art and aesthetics, especially as it relates to the intersection of images and words. A common leitmotif is that both of these traditions nominate a perception of God which through its manifold expression can be realized as a work of art. It represents a creative response to envisioning or “seeing” the divine realm, one that is renderable by the artist-writer on the material support of the enunciation. As an intentional account of his experiential consciousness of being with God, the artifact is aesthetically designed for the edification of the reader. A comparative connection between the two traditions can be found in this depictive and linguistic endeavor. In this paper I aim to show how a meaningful correlation can be made between the two mystical traditions of Kabbalah and Tantra by drawing upon ideas from the philosophy of art and aesthetics, especially as it relates to the intersection of images and words. A common leitmotif is that both of these traditions nominate a perception of God which through its manifold expression can be realized as a work of art. It represents a creative response to envisioning or “seeing” the divine realm, one that is renderable by the artist-writer on the material support of the enunciation. As an intentional account of his experiential consciousness of being with God, the artifact is aesthetically designed for the edification of the reader. A comparative connection between the two traditions can be found in this depictive and linguistic endeavor.
Descriptor	:	aesthetics
Descriptor	:	Art History
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	depiction of God
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History
Descriptor	:	Kabbalah and art
Descriptor	:	pictorial representation and mysticism
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Tantra and art
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02501001‬