THE PURPOSE

BOOK / EXCERPT / THE ESSENTIAL KABBALAH

Book: The Essential Kabbalah

Author: Daniel C. Matt

Page: 21


THE PURPOSE

The purpose of the marriage of a woman and a man is union.

The purpose of union is fertilization

The purpose of fertilization is giving birth.

The purpose of birth is learning.

The purpose of learning is to grasp the divine.

The purpose of apprehending the divine is to maintain the endurance of the one who apprehends with the joy of apprehending. 


- Pseudo-Boethius