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World Tale: Gathering the Fragments (Kabbalah)

3/23/2026

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The world was created through the emanation of divine light. In order to create beings and places
for them to live, the light had to be contained. Special bowls were prepared to catch and preserve
this light.
In the beginning, all went according to plan. The first bowls trapped and contained the light. The
world began to take form. But as the divine light poured into the last few vessels, the impact of
the light proved to be too powerful. The bowls shattered. The shards and sparks of light were
scattered throughout creation.

Thus began the world as we know it. Imperfect. Damaged. Fragmented. Broken.
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To us belongs the tasks of collecting shattered shards and sparks. Gathering fragments. Repairing
what has been broken. Creating wholeness and healing. Community.
1 Comment
Marlene Simon
4/1/2026 01:54:26 pm

So nu? I guess this is as good as any explanation. It's feeling very broken and unfixable these days. But maybe with a bit of community effort we can put things back in order. We'll see, but in the meantime I love the idea of community bringing forward a healing.

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Nancy King is a widely published author and a professor emerita at the University of Delaware, where she has taught theater, drama, playwriting, creative writing, and multidisciplinary studies with an emphasis on world literature. She has published seven previous works of nonfiction and five novels. Her new memoir, Breaking the Silence, explores the power of stories in healing from trauma and abuse. Her career has emphasized the use of her own experience in being silenced to encourage students to find their voices and to express their thoughts, feelings, and experiences with authenticity, as a way to add meaning to their lives.

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