In this episode… first let me apologize for the delay in posting this Eternal Jew episode. This montage about Isaac Luria needed a complete rewrite. Now here it is, part one of three, the last scene in The Eternal Jew’s Tale.

The Eternal Jew’s Tale Messiah Tractates, a Montage Luria, Glorious, 1 of 3

A brilliant mind, how far it sees! Imagination unrestrained to overlay this rugged world with patterns that are sharp and clear, and driven by divine intent, so that everything might have a cause that’s knowable, holy, true, and just. Such a noble urge to approve the world, to yoke that wild animal, us! And more; to overcome the world, to wrench the tools from the grip of God and make repairs that God hasn’t done, or at least to force the Holy One to finally repair this runaway world.

Or is that noble urge, in fact, a will to power, Promethean, superposed on a perfect man. Is Isaac Luria such a one?

Many disciples gather around as Isaac astounds in messiah works, revealing hidden past lives and........

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