10: Two Kinds of Spiritual Thresholds

10: Two Kinds of Spiritual Thresholds

There are two main words for threshold in Hebrew. One relates to an ordinary entrance: good, blessed and essentially holy. The other describes a doorway that is defiled, unholy and treacherous. The first word, ‘kaph’, is the ordinary threshold. I introduced ‘kaph’ in...
8: Threshold Rites and Legends

8: Threshold Rites and Legends

Welsh legend tells the story of the semi-divine hero, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who cannot be killed during the day or the night, neither indoors nor outdoors, neither riding nor walking, neither clothed nor naked, nor by any weapon lawfully made. A lot like Samson, whose...