Marc Gafni – MEN WHOSE NAME WAS LOVE

Marc Gafni
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Hebrew mysticism, beginning with Abraham, gave birth to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. All three religions in their pure forms are rooted in the Temple of Jerusalem. Hence the mythic power of the Christian Templars
, the Islamic Dome of the Rock and the Hebrew Temple mount.

Further, kabbalistic tradition tells of the sons of Abraham who in the book of Genesis are sent eastward, to the land of the Buddha.

Abraham’s heirs, teach the Kabbalists, are the progenitors of Buddhism. There is even an old oral kabbalistic tradition which claims that the builder of the Temple, King Solomon, and the Buddha are, if not the same person, at least masters in the same sacred tradition.

While historically inaccurate, it points to the deep spiritual affinity between Solomon’s teachings and those of the Buddha hundreds of years later.

So the Hebrew Temple with her eternal flame is the source of the fire which sparked, and continues to light, so many of the pure wicks of the spirit which illuminate our world.

But what is the great wisdom hidden in the Temple myth? What perennial message of the spirit does she yearn to share with us? And how can this message heal and transform us, our families and the widespread family of the world?

The simple yet superficial answer is Love. Indeed, the Temple plans were drawn up by David and manifested by his son Yedidya, better known as Solomon.

Both names, David and Yedidya, mean ‘Loved by the spirit’. These kings are the great lovers of biblical myth. They love greatly and are greatly loved, Solomon by God, the Queen of Sheba and a thousand wives; David by God, the people, Jonathan, and biblical myth readers throughout history. The Temple mystery was thus born and sired by men whose name was love.