David Chaim Smith

(b.1964, New York). David was a visual artist during the late 1970’s and 1980s, and abandoned art for an exclusive ten-year dedicated training in various esoteric disciplines between 1996 and 2006. This immersion served as the foundation for a return to a variety of forms of creative innovation in 2006.

The first work that appeared in published form was in 2010. It was a line-by-line commentary on the first 3 chapters of the Bible called The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis (Daat Press). In 2012, a large format catalogue of images and texts was published under the title of The Sacrificial Universe (Fulgur Press) and then a second similar volume was published under the title Blazing Dew of Stars in 2013 (Fulgur Press). Additional material from this period was published later in 2014 under the title The Awakening Ground (Inner Traditions).

In 2012 he entered into 3 years of silent solitary retreat in various forms. The work done during this period served as the basis for a set of 7 volumes called the Lightning Flash of Alef Series.

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Website - https://www.davidchaimsmith.com/