The Sacred Name of God
The divine names and titles through which God is revealed and addressed. The sacred name represents the essence and character of the divine, expressing the ineffable mystery of God's nature.
“God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.”
YHWH revealed as self-existent being
“To Allah belong the most beautiful names; so call upon Him by them, and leave the company of those who practice deviation concerning His names.”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“The syllable OM, the eternal Brahman, is the highest meditation. Knowledge of this reaches the supreme goal of all knowledge.”
“The Divine Name contains all creation and knowledge; meditation upon it unites the meditator with the infinite.”
“Ik Onkar - One God, the primal creative consciousness, is the foundation of all Sikh belief and practice.”
“The divine names are mirrors through which God knows Himself, and through which the mystic attains union with the divine reality.”
“Marduk is called by seventy great names, each revealing an aspect of divine power and wisdom. To pronounce the names correctly invokes divine presence.”