Merkavah mysticism, from the first centuries of the common era, centres on Ezekiel’s vision of the divine chariot-throne. Adepts sought to ascend through the heavenly palaces, past fearsome angelic gatekeepers, to behold the glory on the throne. The rabbis restricted its study to the few.
Merkavah
The chariot: the early Jewish mysticism of ascent to the divine throne, based on Ezekiel’s vision.
Also: Merkabah, chariot mysticism