Chayot contact — anatomical right

Right foot — living-creature contact anchor

The anatomical-right foot is one half of the bilateral contact pair that visually anchors the vehicle to the living-creature imagery of the Merkabah throne vision. Hekhalot texts describe the chayot in the heavenly vision, not as human feet; this lower-body placement is an editorial contact metaphor and follows the project's anatomical-right coordinate convention.

Shekhinah contact thresholdKavvanah brow focusOtiyyot and breathThrone-center of the heartMerkabah body-as-vehicleChayot contact — anatomical rightChayot contact — anatomical rightChayot contact — anatomical left

Point 6 of 7 in Merkabah — Light Vehicle of Ascent

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Hekhalot Rabbati (Hekhalot Rabbatai) (primary_canonical)

The chayot (living creatures) whose feet the vision describes (Ezekiel 1:7 as read within the hekhal liturgy; synopse §§ 205-210); right-side projection.

Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (scholarly_modern)

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