Cabala: Cabala...is a system of mysticism with its origins in Judaism, stemming in part from the "chariot" visions of first-century mystics, in part from Gnosticism and Neoplatonism, in part from the theological speculations of medieval Spanish Jews, and in part from later thinkers. For many centuries, cabala was the accepted form of mysticism and theology within Judaism, but for the most part it has now fallen out of favor in religious contexts. Nevertheless, many rabbis and Jewish scholars still take an interest in it. As a philosophy and as a way of looking at God and the universe, it survives in yet wider quarters. Especially in the form developed by Christian enthusiasts in the Italian Renaissance and by 19th-centur Christian and pagan occultists, cabalism retains vast importance as the key to mystical thinking outside of the mainstream and to the practice of ceremonial magic.

Also See: Kabbalah, Qabalah, Qabala

(See also: Cabala, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

Cabala:

See Kabbalah.

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Cabala, Cabalah

See Kabbala

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Numerology

The divination art of numbers based upon qualitative values given to letters of the alphabet which are interpreted in shaping one's destiny as well as offering guidance in daily living. Often associated with the Kabbalah,

(See also: Numerology, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Merkabah

(also Merkabah) Developed from Jewish mysticism:

(1)  the divine light vehicle used by the Masters to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms. The Mer-Ka-Ba is the vehicle of Light mentioned in the Bible by Ezekiel.

(2)  the soul / body surrounded by counter-rotating fields of Light, (wheels within wheels), spirals of energy as in DNA, which transports soul / body from one dimension to another.

(See also: Merkabah, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Kaballah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, "soul" of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature. Kabbalah is a doctrine of esoteric knowledge concerning God, God's creation of the universe and the laws of nature, and the path by whic ...

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• Kabbalah - Origin of Jewish mysticism
• Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the early Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Lurianic Kabbalah in the Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Sefardim and Mizrahim
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Maharal
• Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism
• Kabbalah - Spread of Kabbalah during the 1700s
• Kabbalah - The modern world
• Kabbalah - Primary texts
• Kabbalah - Theodicy: explanation for the existence of evil
• Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God
• Kabbalah - Sefirot
• Kabbalah - A Greek Orthodox theological view
• Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Foretelling the future
• Kabbalah - Practical applications
• Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism
• Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Criticisms
• Kabbalah - Dualism
• Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism
• Kabbalah - Early critiques
• Kabbalah - Within Conservative and Reform Judaism
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah Centre
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society
• Kabbalah - Hermetic Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Fictional representations
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• Kabbalah - Footnotes

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Jorge Luis Borges ([ˈxɔɾ.xe ˈlwis ˈbɔɾ.xɛs]) (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer who is considered to be one of the foremost writers of the 20th century. Best-known in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a poet, critic, and man of letters. Jorge Luis Borges - Life. Jorge Luis Borges - Youth. Borges was born in Buenos Aires. His father, Jorge ...

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• Jorge Luis Borges - Life
• Jorge Luis Borges - Youth
• Jorge Luis Borges - Early writing career
• Jorge Luis Borges - Maturity
• Jorge Luis Borges - International recognition
• Jorge Luis Borges - Work
• Jorge Luis Borges - Borges as Argentine and as World Citizen
• Jorge Luis Borges - Multicultural influences on Borges' writing
• Jorge Luis Borges - Borges as specialist in the history culture and literature of Argentina
• Jorge Luis Borges - Borges Martín Fierro and tradition
• Jorge Luis Borges - Limits to universalism
• Jorge Luis Borges - International themes in Borges
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• Jorge Luis Borges - Quotations

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Samael is an important figure in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is accuser, seducer, and destroyer. Legends mentioning Satan refer equally to him, such that Samael is often taken to be the true or angelic name of the Devil, as opposed to the epithet, Lucifer (light-bearer), which is based on a misapprehension of a verse against the King of Babylon, or his functional title, Satan (Adversary). However, Samael cannot always be simply identified with Satan, because some translations of the Book of Enoch ...

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Rabbi Yosef (Joseph) Ben Ephraim Karo is one of the most important leaders in the history of halakha (Jewish law). He was born in Spain or Portugal in 1488; he died at Safed (Tzefat), Israel, March 24, 1575. He is also known as HaMechaber, Hebrew for "the author [of the Shulkhan Arukh]", his most famous work; and as Maran Beth Yosef, "our master, [the author of] Beth Yosef". Yosef Karo - Biography. If his birthplace was Spain, his family probably left for Portugal a ...

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Cabala

A Hebrew theology based on esoteric doctrine. Spelling used when discussing the spread of Kabbalistic teaching and symbols into Christian circles during the Renaissance

(See also: Cabala, Body Mind and Soul)

Cabala - also seen as kabbala and qabala.The ancient Hebrew magickal system.

(See also: Cabala, Pagan, Wicca Pagan Dictionary)

CABALA (ALSO SPELLED KABBALAH or QABBALAH): collection of Jewish theological and philosophical learning commonly used as the basis for the Western Ceremonial Magickal Tradition.

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CABALA: Also seen as Kabbala, Kabbalah and Qabala. The ancient Hebrew magickal system.

(See also: CABALA, Paganism, Pagan, Pagan Dictionary)

The ancient Hebrew magickal system (Kabbala[h] or Qabala)

(See also: Cabala, Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)

Cabala, Cabbala. See QABBALAH

(See also: Cabala, Cabbala, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Kabbalah

(Also spelled Kabbala, Kabalah, Kabala, Cabala, Cabbala, Cabalah, Cabbalah, Qabala, Qabbala, Qabalah and Qabbalah - there are potentially 36 ways of spelling it. )

Generically, Jewish mysticism in all its forms.

The Kabbalah is an ancient esoteric Jewish mystic system as it appeared in the 12th and following centuries. Kabbalah has always been essentially an oral tradition in that initiation into its doctrines and practices is conducted by a personal guide to avoid the dangers inherent in mystical experiences.

Esoteric Kabbala is also "tradition" inasmuch as it lays claim to secret knowledge of the unwritten Torah (divine revelation) that was communicated by God to Moses and Adam. Though observance of the Law of Moses remained the basic tenet of Judaism, Kabbalah provided a means of approaching God directly.

The word Kabbalah is derived from the root 'to receive, to accept', and in many cases is used synonymously with 'tradition'. or 'secret oral tradition' The principle at the root of the Kabbalahis the teaching that the Torah was written in code whcih deciphered will reveal great spiritual teachings.

The word was coined by an eleventh century Spanish philosopher, Ibn Gabirol. 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). The philosophy was developed in Babylon during the middle ages from earlier Hebrew speculation and numerology. 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).

(See also: Kabbalah, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Numerology

The divination art of numbers based upon qualitative values given to letters of the alphabet which are interpreted in shaping one's destiny as well as offering guidance in daily living. Often associated with the Kabbalah,

(See also: Numerology, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Merkabah

(also Merkabah) Developed from Jewish mysticism:

(1)  the divine light vehicle used by the Masters to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms. The Mer-Ka-Ba is the vehicle of Light mentioned in the Bible by Ezekiel.

(2)  the soul / body surrounded by counter-rotating fields of Light, (wheels within wheels), spirals of energy as in DNA, which transports soul / body from one dimension to another.

(See also: Merkabah, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)