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Kabbalah

Also spelled Kabbala, Kabalah, Kabala, Cabala, Cabbala, Cabalah, Cabbalah, Qabala, Qabbala, Qabalah and Qabbalah.

Generically, Jewish mysticism in all its forms; a mystical Hebrew study of methods for controlling spirits and demons; Jewish mystical tradition.

  Jewish mysticism drawing, 16th century woodcut.

  

Specifically, the Jewish esoteric theosophy; the system of esoteric mystical speculation and practice that developed during the 12th-century and crystallized in 13th-century Spain and Provence, France, around Sefer ha-zohar (The Book of Splendor), referred to as the Zohar, and generated all later mystical movements in Judaism. It is largely mathematical in nature, concentrating on the configurations of certain magical words, anagrams, names of angels, etc.

The word 'Kabbalah' is derived from the root 'to receive, to accept', and in many cases is used synonymously with 'tradition'. Kabbalistic interest, at first confined to a select few, became the preoccupation of large numbers of Jews following their expulsion from Spain (1492) and Portugal (1495).

Like every other Jewish religious expression, Kabbalah was based on the Old Testament revelation. The revealed text was interpreted with the aid of various hermeneutic techniques. Of the many methods available, the Kabbalists most frequently used three forms of letter and number symbolism: gematria, notarikon, and temurah.

       Hermes, the personification of Universal Wisdom, standing upon the back of Typhon, the vanquished dragon of ignorance and perversion. In one hand the Caduceus, in the other the Emerald Tablet.

       
   

The classic document of the Kabbalistic tradition, the Zohar, was compiled by Moses de Leon about 1290. The doctrine of creation was built on a theory of emanations and asserted that the world derived from the transcendent and unknowable God through a series of increasingly material manifestations (sephirot). The sephirot form the central image of Kabbalistic meditation, the Sephirothic Tree of Life, which describes the path of descent from the divine to the material realm, and the path of ascent to the highest level of spirituality. Each sephirath is a level of attainment in knowledge, corresponding to energy centers in the body, and is also divided into four interlocking sections or 'Worlds', which constitute the cosmos: emanation (Atziluth), creation (Briah), formation (Yetzirah), and action or making (Assiyah). Through contemplation and meditation, similar to Eastern yogic disciplines, the Kabbalist ascends the tree of life. The sephirot also comprise the sacred, unknowable, and unspeakable personal name of God: YHVH (Yahweh), the Tetragrammaton. So sacred is the Tetragrammaton that other names, such as Elohim and Jehovah, are substituted in its place in scripture. A more systematic presentation of the basic doctrine is contained in Moses Cordovero's Pardes rimmonim (Garden of Pomegranates, 1548). Kabbalah was a major influence in the development of Hasidism and still has adherents among Hasidic Jews. The Kabbalah, with its amulets, incantations, demonology, seals, and letter and number mysticism, had a profound influence on Western magical tradition. The Tetragrammaton especially was held in great awe for its power over all things in the universe, including demons. See Rosicrucians.

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-- Western Mandalas of Transformation: Astrological & Qabalistic Talismans & Tattwas.
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-- An Introduction to the Kabbalah.
-- Cabalah Primer: Introduction to the English/Hebrew Cabalah.
-- Endless Light; The Ancient Path of the Kabbalah to Love, Spiritual Growth, and Personal Power.
-- Experiencing the Kabbalah: A Simple Guide to Spiritual Wholeness.
-- Giordano Bruno and the Kabbalah: Prophets, Magicians, and Rabbis.
-- God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism.
-- Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to Cabalistic Magick.
-- Heavenly Powers: Unraveling the Secret History of the Kabbalah.
-- Introduction to the Cabala.
-- Kabbala: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism and Its Secret Doctrine.
-- Kabbalah and Exodus.
-- Kabbalah; Key to Your Inner Power.
-- Kabbalah: The Way of the Jewish Mystic.
-- Kabbalah: Three Thousand Years of Mystic Tradition.
-- Kabbalah: Tradition of Hidden Knowledge.
-- Kabbalistic Universe.
-- Key to the True Kabbalah.
-- Miraculous Living: A Guided Journey in Kabbalah Through the Ten Gates of the Tree of Life.
-- Music and Kabbalah.
-- Mystical Qabalah.
-- On the Art of the Kabbalah/De Arte Cabalistica.
-- On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah.
-- Path of the Kabbalah.
-- Paths of Wisdom: The Magical Cabala in the Western Tradition.
-- Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism.
-- Psychology and Kabbalah.
-- Qabalistic Concepts: Living the Tree.
-- Simplified Magic: A Beginners Guide to the New Age Qabala.
-- The Christian Kabbalah: Jewish Mystical Books and Their Christian Interpreters.
-- The Cipher of Genesis: The Original Code of the Qabala As Applied to the Scriptures.
-- The Elements of the Qabalah.
-- The Enneagram and Kabbalah: Reading Your Soul.
-- The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism.
-- The Essential Kabbalah, the Jew in the Lotus, the Legend of the Baal-Shem.
-- The Kabbalah Unveiled.
-- The New Living Qabalah: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Tree of Life.
-- The Qabalistic Tarot: A Textbook of Mystical Philosophy.
-- The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy.
-- The Witches Qabalah.
-- The Work of the Kabbalist.
-- Zohar - The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah.
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