In terms of your rejection of the myth of exile of the Shekinah, I agree with what you’re saying. However, just as an aside, I think we must recognize what we might call the psychological reasons for the myth. I truly think when we describe something happening to the divine in such a way, we’re truly reflecting what we feel about that aspect of the world. The exile of the Shekhinah myth, I believe reflects the culture distancing itself ourselves away from the feminine divine.

In other words, I reject the literal sense of the myth, but think the fact that it arose very telling about the psychological truths this reflected.