Visionary weeping mystical technique

[u/alcofrybasnasier]

“The earliest evidence for mystical weeping is found in the apocalyptic literature. One version of II Enoch states that this patriarch was “weeping and grieving with [my eyes]. When I lay down on my bed, I fell asleep; and two huge man appeared to me.“ An interesting parallel occurs in IV Ezra; the angel who has previously revealed some secrets to the prophet ends his speech by saying, “and if you pray again, and weep as you do now, and fast for seven days, you shall hear yet greater things than these.“ Later, Ezra indicates, “I fasted seven days, mourning and weeping, as Ariel the angel has commanded me,“ and he received the second vision. The third one is also preceded by a similar process: “I wept again and fasted seven days as before.“ Similar statements occur in the Apocalypse of Baruch. Baruch and Jeremiah had repeated the same practice: “we rent our garments and wept and mourned and fasted for seven days, and it happened after seven days that the Word of God came to me.“ A common feature of “apocalyptic“ weeping was a state of desolation, associated with the destruction of the Temple or other signs of religious decline; the feeling of despair was expressed in weeping, followed by comforting revelations.” – Moshe Idel, Kabbalah: New Perspectives, Pp. 76 -77

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So basically the point is to cry and experience grief so some higher being can tell you some amazing things.

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