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Reviews of The Sanctuary of the Divine Presence:

The Sanctuary of the Divine Presence is both traditional and uniquely innovative.

The book’s ecumenical tone will appeal to readers of all faiths. Based on fully orthodox Hasidic sources, this work offers a personal and sorely needed feminine vision of Jewish mysticism reaching from Luria to modern Hasidism that will inspire women and men of the current and coming generations. The author’s language combines the theoretical and the embodied, and stimulates thought-provoking insights while offering practical guidance for those who seek to follow the Jewish path of universal compassion and righteousness.

– Samuel Zinner, scholar of Abrahamic religions, Casablanca, Morocco

5.0 out of 5 stars Kabbalah for the coming age, April 22, 2012

This review is from: Sanctuary of the Divine Presence: Hebraic Teachings on Initiation and Illumination (Paperback)
Born on Sukkot, “Sanctuary of the Divine Presence” is a terrific feminist interpretation of classical Chassidic Kabbalah. Hieronimus relied on the Hebrew Bible and the Mishnaic teachings of Judaism as she attempted to recreate the oral tradition of Kabbalah as passed down by the Hebrews. As with her earlier work, Kabbalistic Teachings of the Female Prophets: The Seven Holy Women of Ancient Israel, the book came to her as a map which she flushed out using ancient Jewish writings and teachings.

Unlike many modern writers who are predicting doom and gloom right around the corner, Hieronimus anticipates a coming age of prophecy and light. She lets readers know that she believes the ancient Hebrew wisdom, which has served as the foundation for current Judeo-Christian philosophy, holds the key to the emerging wisdom of the next age.

The book is a gold mine of information and correspondences: the ten spheres on the Tree of Life, the Ten Commandments, the Ten Songs of Creation, the five levels of spiritual development, the Five Partzufim, the five parts of the sanctuary, etc. It is written ethically, from the heart, and with great care. If you’re a student of Kabbalah it will be a welcome addition to your library. If you’re curious about the ancient roots of modern Jewish/Christian religion, there is also much here to interest you. For those following their inner voice along the path of the hidden wisdom, the text holds many keys to open initiatory doors along your way. Thank you, Ms. Hieronimus. I look forward to your next offering. www.InannaWorks.com

 

Reviews of Zohara’s book – “Kabbalistic Teachings of the Female Prophets,
The Seven Holy Women of Ancient Israel”

“A unique book which will nurture your soul and help you achieve inner refinement with the power, love and femininity of the seven Biblical prophetesses.” — Rabbi Simon Jacobson, author Toward a Meaningful Life. “A fine addition to the whole study of Kabbalah and prophecy from a wise woman’s perspective.” –R. Avraham Brandwein, Dean Kol Yehudah Yeshivah, Old City Jerusalem “This is indeed a unqiue book for this dark/bright moment in our human evolution. It reveals the power of prophecy among the women of ancient Israel and is an impeccable portal to the state of sanity that our humanity urgently needs at this perplexed and confused time.” — Samuel Ben-Or Avital. Mime performer, teacher, creator and practitioner of BodySpeak™, “trickster extraordinaire”. Founder & Director of Le Centre du Silence Mime School in Boulder, Colorado, author of “The Invisible Stairway: Kabbalistic Meditations on the Hebrew Letters and The BodySpeak Manual and other books. www.bodyspeak.com “Kabbalistic Teachings of the Female Prophets is a unique book. I mean this quite literally, for I know nothing quite like this work, either in the Cabalistic tradition or in the wider magical tradition.” -David Ovason, an authority on the sixteenth-century French prophet, Nostradamus, an expert in symbolism and a historian of arcane subjects, with a particular interest in the history of astrology.