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Shekhina By Leonard Nimoy
The Nude Muse
Shekhina
photos by Leonard Nimoy
Shekhina presents the first-ever monograph of Leonard Nimoy, photographer. This exhaustive and eerily beautiful photographic study of the female form reveals Nimoy's intrigue with scriptural mythology and ancient spirituality. According to the Kabbalah, evil came into the world once God became separate from the "Shekhina," the deity's feminine counterpart. The Shekhina came to be understood as a crucial element of both divine and human spirit, symbolizing the creativity and wisdom without which no human being is complete. Renowned actor and director Leonard Nimoy has turned to photography as a means of inquiry into the mysteries of the Shekhina. In his introductory text, Nimoy elaborates on the influence Shekhina has had on the work: "I have imagined her as ubiquitous, watchful and often in motion...This work is my quest for insight, the exploration of my own spirituality, and, as such, has been a deeply moving and expanding process."
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