Pillars of the House

חכמות בנתה ביתה חצבה עמודיהָ שבעה

"Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars."

- Proverbs 9:1

House of Divine Radiance imagines Wisdom's seven pillars as seven devotional worlds. Four worlds are Living Pillars that inspire ongoing study, ritual, and practice. Three are Shrine Pillars that offer space for respectful remembrance.

Living Pillars

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Wisdom's Gate

the devotional world of pre-monotheistic Israel

Lady Wisdom, First Temple, ancient cosmologies, Books of Enoch, throne mysticism

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Return to the Desert

the devotional world of the eastern divine mother

Orthodox Marian veneration, pilgrimage, shamanic practice, and desert mother goddesses

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Embodied Gnōsis

the devotional world of gnostic & matrilineal Christianity

The body as a site of revelation, heterodox scriptures, ascent mysticism, feminine knowing

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Love Song for the End

the devotional world of early Jewish apocalypticism

End-time narratives, grief, rebirth, ascent visions, the mekonenet (mourning priestess)

Shrine Pillars

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Dr. Rahmi Oruç Güvenç

the devotional world of a Sufi master and musicologist

Encounter the work of this beloved sheikh, shaman, and master of Turkish Music Therapy

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Ehulhul | House of Rejoicing

the devotional world ofa Mesopotamian lunar temple

Pay your respects to Nanna / Sîn, primordial Annuna moon god and patron of Ur & Harran

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Turkish Music Therapy

the devotional world of healing sound from Anatolia

Encounter the historically intertwined lineages of shamanic and Ottoman medicinal music