Heavenly Paths

The shuttle Atlantis closed out its 32nd and final planned mission with a smooth Florida landing Wednesday, wrapping up a quarter century of service with a successful space station assembly mission.

The Sefer Yitzira/Book of Form written by Avraham 4000 years ago begins with, There are 32 wondrous paths into the heavens that engrave wisdom into 20 Names to create the world in three Sefirot: Sofer/Writer, Sefer/Book and Ztipor/Story. In response human endeavor has had 32 flights into heaven.

The number 32 is fundamental to creation because it is the gematria of Lev/Heart which is connected to the 32 teeth; the teeth represent the crushing of thoughts initiating emotions– it is the head and the heart which produce action. The secret of creation is 32.

The Sefer Yitzira later explains how the number 32 is a composite of the Ten Sefirot as portrayed in the sun and nine planets and the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet which are divided male and female according to the Ten Sefirot plus each with an essence.

The Writer is God, the Book where the story of life is written is in heaven, but the Story of life is here on earth where the human being through the force of our mutual freedom of choice produce the unfolding of the universal plot bring Creator and creation closer together.