"The marvelous thing in the Hebraic alphabet is its great balance between the drawing, the symbolic and the ritual. On our way through the symbolic of the Hebraic letters, we shall see in this part the symbolic of the Heth-Teth, the Yod, and the Lamedh. These five letters could be summed up in the following sentence: I step back (Heth), I run towards the unknown, I jump (Teth), I find myself at the bottom of a hole (Kaf) and the providential hand (Yod) comes to rescue me. Once this step is passed, the goad (Lamedh) will give me intuition, and the energy, to always go further...
The pair Heth-Thet constitutes the second ordeal of the Hebraic alphabet (the first one is Time, embodied by the Dalet) and comes after the Zayin (the broadsword).
Heth-Thet constitute, to Franck Lalou, a deciding psychological ordeal, similar to the individuation process. It teaches us the parting of our usual patterns, our neuroses and encourages us to embrace otherness. It gives us the desire to go through the barrier (Heth): to dare to jump towards the unknown. It requires courage, and the presence of the broadsword in the previous letter, confirms us the symbolic wealth of the order of this alphabet, where each letter annouces and prepares the following one.
DARE LIFE (Haim), flee idolatry, focus on the SELF isn't it the message this genius alphabet gives ?
Explanations by Franck Lalou in this 35-minutes presentation/performance filmed at the Forum 104 and that will soon be continued the following letters of the alphabet (part five and six).
