Pronouncing The Divine Name

ג' באייר תשס"ח
Mab 4

I recently received the following email inquiry from a reader whose name will not be mentioned unless he chooses to acknowledge it as his in a comment:

Viewing and learning from different documents, conferences, meetings and websites, all people conclude that THE DIVINE NAME of G-D is only one, but how could a neophyte person and also a non-Jewish person know the real pronunciation of that sacred and holy name?

The question is worthy of a published response, so this is my response to the reader's inquiry:

The Divine Name is uniquely "pronounced" by each individual. To learn how it is pronounced within yourself, be faithful to your most true self. The more you discover who you really are and align your perspective in congruence with your discoveries, the closer you will come to learning how to "pronounce" (unfold into reality) the Divine Name as it is explicitly expressed through you.

There are many, many Divine Names, but the question and my response concern the Divine Name commonly called the Essential Name of God (shem ha'etzem), the Tetragrammaton (YHVH), shem hameforash, Havayah, shem hameyuchad, etc.

Sefer Yetzirah teaches that there is yet a deeper mystery (described by the "mother" letters) than that of the "father" letters (YHVH). In Celtic Druidry, Awen is the Essential Creative Divine Name corresponding to the mother letters of Sefer Yetzirah from Jewish Kabbalah.