The I Ching Mandala and Kabbalah – Correspondences
The proposed I Ching Mandala was developed using the "dressing" technique, or Malbush (Jewish theurgy ) (1), which allows for the manipulation of the numbers of the trigrams—used in place of the Hebrew letters—and their projection onto the cells corresponding to the numbers of the numerical squares of the Primary and Secondary Sequences of the I Ching, where the Secondary Sequence corresponds to the magic square of Saturn, ruler of time. In Kabbalah, the Malbush is visualized as a garment of pure light, and sacred phonemes, woven by the operator to clothe the "Golem," (2) the magical clay statue at the operator's service. The word "golem" derives from the root of the verb "galam," which means to fold or wrap a cloth (wa-yiglom ) (3). The original universe is a formless and blinding light. To create the world (or to bring the Golem to life), the Kabbalist must "clothe" this intangible energy using the combina...
