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The Bridge to Nothingness: Gnosis, Kabala, Existentialism, and the Transcendental Predicament of Man

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The gist of the author's premise is that the Gnostic ascent, the Kabalist Tikkun, and the existentialist authenticity form a combination of revelation and creativity. The fallen soul, the stranded particle thrown unto death in his temporal exile, discovers his being as a part of transcendence through revelatory experience. This revelation, which is unique and nontransferable, is then transmitted by the creative art of a Van Gogh, a Camus, or a Brel to an audience, which must open up to the creative messages in an I-thou dialogue in order to receive the redemptive communication. The artist thus becomes the Gnostic messenger, the Kabalist Tzadik, the existentialist maieutic teacher, who transmits a revelatory message from transcendence to receptive others, able and willing to engage in a participatory dialogue. The creative artist is the logos, the mediator between transcendence and temporality. The artist is the Son of God.

Thus, the prophet may himself be a poet, as were many of the Old Testament prophets, or use writers, singers, orators, and painters to transmit his revelation.

See also: The Mytho-Empiricism of Gnosticism: Triumph of the Vanquished