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Symbolism

At the Beginnig III - (human being)
200 x 155cm, 1982 - 1983

Adam de aziluth, Adam of the Higher World.

"Eight" appears here in the central tree-segment and the horizontal subdividions ( "eight" is symbolic of the eighth day of creation -of the world to come). "Five" is represented by the horizontal colored elements at the left.

On the number "5": the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet is taw with the numerical value 400, the boundary of language equals the boundary of the world; accordingly, the dimensions of heaven are always rendered by values of "fives" in the Kabbala (tradition). Unity is added to "four".