Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Gnosticism And Kabbalah
Gnostic literature testifies to the antiquity of the Kabbalah. Gnosticism - systems of secret spiritual knowledge, or some sources say - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Human Soul In Kabbalah
The Zohar posits that the human soul has three elements, the nefesh, ru'ach, and neshamah. The nefesh is found in all humans, and enters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theurgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Theurgy - Kabbalah
A system of Jewish mysticism known as the Kabbalah displays many Neoplatonic elements, and some writers, such as Kieron Barry, have argue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esoteric Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Esoteric Cosmology - Kabbalah
Kabbalah combines orthodox Judaic, Neoplatoinic, Gnostic, and philosophical (e.g. Aristotlean) themes, to develop an elaborate and highly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Origin Of Jewish Mysticism
According to adherents of Kabbalah, the origin of Kabbalah begins with the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible). When read by a Kabbalist, the Torah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Netzach Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Netzach Kabbalah
Netzach (נצח) ("victory") is the seventh Sephira in the Kabbalah, located beneath Chesed, at the base of the "Pillar of Mercy". Netzac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Da'at Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Da'at Kabbalah
Da'at or Da'as (דעת "knowledge" or "reason" in Hebrew) in the Kabbalah of Judaism is associated with the Sephiroth, meaning "enumerati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah
Sephirot or Sefiroth (סְפִירוֹת), singular: Sephirah, also Sefirah (סְפִירָה "enumeration" in Hebrew). Sephiroth (or "en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ein Sof Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Ein Sof Kabbalah
Ein Sof (Hebrew: "without end" denoting "boundlessness"), also known as "Divine Being", is the name for God, within the Kabbalah of Judai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokhmah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Chokhmah Kabbalah
Chokhmah ("Wisdom"; חכמה) (or chochmah or hokhmah) in the Kabbalah of Judaism, is the uppermost of the Sephirot of the right line (ka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chesed Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Chesed Kabbalah
Chesed ("Mercy"; חסד) is the fourth Sephirah on the tree of life in the Kabbalah of Judaism. It is given the association of kindness a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yesod Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Yesod Kabbalah
Yesod ("foundation") is one of the important Kabbalistic sephirot. Yesod Kabbalah - Non-Jewish Kabbalah. Yesod is the sephirot below Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Binah Kabbalah
Binah, (meaning "Understanding"; בינה), in the Kabbalah of Judaism, is the second intellectual Sephirah on the tree of life. It sits ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gevurah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Gevurah Kabbalah
Gevurah ("Severity"; גבורה) or Geburah, and Din ("Judgment") in the Kabbalah of Judaism is the fifth of the Sephirot of the tree of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malkhuth Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Malkhuth Kabbalah
Malkuth ( which translates as 'kingdom' ) is the tenth of the sephirot in the kabbalistic tree of life. It sits at the bottom of the tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahir: Encyclopedia - Bahir
The Bahir (Hebrew for "Illumination") is a pseudepigraphic mystical work attributed to Nehunya ben ha-Kanah, a first century rabbinic sag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital: Encyclopedia - Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1543 in Safed-6 May 1620 in Damascus) was one of the most famous exponents of Kabbalah. As a young boy, Vital wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zohar: Encyclopedia - Zohar
The Zohar (Hebrew זהר "Splendor, radiance") is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. It is a mystic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daath Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Daath Kabbalah
Daath is a Hebrew word variously translated as "mind", "opinion", "reason", "knowledge" or "wisdom", and is the name of an invisible or h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokhmah: Encyclopedia - Chokhmah
Chokhmah or chochmah or hokhmah, (חכמה) is the Hebrew word for "wisdom". A "wise man" is a chacham (feminine: chachama). For example,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnei Baruch: Encyclopedia - Bnei Baruch
Bnei Baruch—Kabbalah Education and Research Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to teach and enhance widespread knowledge ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer
Rabbi Israel (Yisroel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר, about 1698 Okopy Świętej Trójcy – May 22, 1760 Międzyborz)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theurgy: Encyclopedia - Theurgy
Theurgy describes the practice of rituals, sometimes seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action of Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia - Trinity
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabbalah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Also spelled Kabbala, Kabalah, Kabala, Cabala, Cabbala, Cabalah, Cabbalah, Qabala, Qabbala, Qabalah and Qabbalah - there are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - Numerology
In a numerological sense, the Tree of Sephiroth also has significance. Between the 10 Sephiroth run 22 channels or paths which connect th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - Names
The names of the Sephirot are: Keter/Machashavah ("Crown"; כתר) Chokhmah ("Wisdom"; חכמה) Binah ("Understanding"; בינה) Chese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - Names
The names of the Sephirot are: Keter ("Crown"; כתר) Chokhmah ("Wisdom"; חכמה) Binah ("Understanding"; בינה) Chesed ("Mercy"; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - Numerology
In a numerological sense, the Tree of Sephiroth also has significance. Between the 10 Sephiroth run 22 channels or paths which connect th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - In The Occult
According to occult the shape of the Tree of Life has correlation to 22 Tarot parts too. It has cinnarot from Hod and Netzah to Malkuth. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - In The Occult
According to occult the shape of the Tree of Life has correlation to 22 Tarot parts too. It has cinnarot from Hod and Netzah to Malkuth. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - The Pillars
The Sephiroth are organised into 3 different columns or gimel kavim (three lines hebr.); Central column: Kether heads the central colum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Da'at Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Da'at Kabbalah - Meaning
Da'at is the third and last conscious power of intellect in Creation. According to scholars of this mystical knowledge, Da'at is associat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Da'at Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Da'at Kabbalah - Non-jewish Kabbalah
Da'at is considered the point of creation, when the active principle of Chockmah, 'wisdom', ( knowledge which comes from without ), meets...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - The Pillars
The Sephiroth are organised into 3 different columns; Central column: Kether heads the central column of the tree, which is known metap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokhmah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Chokhmah Kabbalah - Introduction
Chokhmah, the second of the ten sefirot, is the first power of conscious intellect within Creation. Chokhmah appears in the configuration...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah Centre: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah Centre - Criticisms
Reactions from organized Jewish groups have been almost uniformly negative, and other critics have accused it of being a cult. Rabbi Adin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah Centre: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah Centre - Berg's Teachings
Kabbalah Centre - On teaching Kabbalah. Berg states that it is his job to reveal the real truths about Kabbalah. Traditionally, while s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - Non-traditional Interpretations
The tree as detailed by Athanasius Kircher (sometimes referred to as the "Kircher Tree") is by far the most well-known one today. Others ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - Pop Culture
A diagram of the Tree of Life appears in the introduction to each episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Pools of the fluid LCL, arranged in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokhmah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Chokhmah Kabbalah - Numerology
Chokhmah = 73 (the 22nd prime number). In ordinal numbering, Chokhmah = 37 (the middle point of 73; the 13th prime number). In small numb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephirot Kabbalah - Non-traditional Interpretations
The tree as detailed by Athanasius Kircher (sometimes referred to as the "Kircher Tree") is by far the most well-known one today. Others ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gevurah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Gevurah Kabbalah - In The Non-jewish Occult
Gevurah is seen as God's terrible aspect, the aspect that allows death and suffering in the world, the aspect of God the Bible entreats u...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabbalah: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Kabbalah
Kabbalah: (1) A Hebrew word for “collected teachings,” referring to several different lists of books and manuscripts on va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chesed Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Chesed Kabbalah - In The Non-jewish Occult
Chesed is seen as the first of the creative powers emanating from Binah, the first day of creation in which God says 'let there be light'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah Centre: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah Centre - Role Of Berg
Philip Berg claims to have a doctorate, and many of his books are listed as being by "Dr." Berg. However, in different interviews he has ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Binah Kabbalah - Non-jewish Associations
In Western occultism, Binah is seen to take the raw force of Chokhmah, and to channel it into the various forms of creation. For example,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokhmah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Chokhmah Kabbalah - Non-jewish Usages
Western occultists describe Chokhma as the creative, active principle behind the cosmos. It is force, the ultimate Subject, as compared t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokhmah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Chokhmah Kabbalah - In The Texts Of Judaism
The word Chokhmah is read in the Zohar (Numbers 220b) as koach mah, "the power of selflessness," or, alternatively, as cheich mah, "the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Keter Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Keter Kabbalah - 13 Supernal Attributes Of Mercy
Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, in The Palm Tree of Devorah, discusses ethical behaviour that man should follow, related to the qualities of the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hod Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hod Kabbalah - Non-jewish Occcult Associations
Hod is described as being a force that breaks down energy into different, distinguishable forms, and it is associated with intellectualit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Keter Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Keter Kabbalah - Non-jewish Practices
Dion Fortune describes Keter as pure consciousness, beyond all categories, timeless, a point that crystallises out of the Ein Sof, and co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Elements Of Besht's Doctrines
The foundation-stone of Hasidism as laid by Besht is a strongly marked panentheistic conception of God. He declared the whole universe, m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chokhmah Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Chokhmah Kabbalah - The First Of The Intellectual Powers Of The Soul
In the array of sefirot in three columns (gimel kavim), Chokmah is situated at the top of the right column, and corresponds to the right ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnei Baruch: Encyclopedia Ii - Bnei Baruch - The Essence Of Kabbalah Studies At Bnei Baruch
Bnei Baruch - Focus of Study. The focus of Kabbalah studies at Bnei Baruch is primarily on inner processes that individuals undergo at ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabbalah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Also spelled Kabbala, Kabalah, Kabala, Cabala, Cabbala, Cabalah, Cabbalah, Qabala, Qabbala, Qabalah and Qabbalah - there are...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabbalah Of China: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kabbalah Of China
Kabbalah of China. One of the oldest known Chinese books is the Yih King, or Book of Changes. It is reported to have been written 2850...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabbalah (qabbalah  Cabala): New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Kabbalah (qabbalah  Cabala)
Kabbalah (Qabbalah, Cabala) (Hebrew) "Tradition", Jewish mysticism; chain of inner transmission of the secrets of esoterici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Laitman: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Laitman - Kabbalah As A Modern Science
Today, Michael Laitman’s thirty years of research into the science of Kabbalah is finding recognition among leading scientists engaging...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theurgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Theurgy - Neoplatonism
The source of Western theurgy can be found in the philosophy of late Neoplatonists, especially Iamblichus. In late Neoplatonism, the univ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Influence On Hasidism
The later developments of Hasidism are unintelligible without consideration of Besht's opinion concerning man's proper relation with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Similarities In The 16th-century Jewish Kabbalah
In the late Kabbalistic tradition, originating in the city of Safed in the 16th century, an essential part of representations of the Tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Similarities In The 16th-century Jewish Kabbalah
In the late Kabbalistic tradition, originating in the city of Safed in the 16th century, an essential part of representations of the Tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Laitman: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Laitman - Articles
General Readership Freedom of Will Preface The Secret Meaning of the Bible The Sixth Sense Talks with the Beginners Who am I? Scientifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnei Baruch: Encyclopedia Ii - Bnei Baruch - History And Dissemination
Bnei Baruch literally means “The Sons of Baruch,” and is so called after Rav Michael Laitman’s teacher, Rabbi Baruch Ashlag, who gu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Laitman: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Laitman - Bnei Baruch
In 1991, after his mentor’s demise, Laitman founded his own Kabbalistic study group, which he called “Bnei Baruch” (lit. “The Son...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Early Life And Marriage
His benefactors gave up the hope of his ever becoming a rabbi, and made him a "helper", who took the children to and from school and rehe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Development As Leader And Challenges
The Besht's condition was bettered when he took a position as a ritual butcher in Kshilowice, near Iaslowice. This position he soon gave ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Characteristics
Besht did not combat the practice of rabbinical Judaism; this seemed harmless to him: it was the spirit of the practice which he opposed....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Laitman: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Laitman - Biography
Michael Laitman - Search for Kabbalah. Born in 1946, Michael Laitman graduated from the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - In Legend
About his parentage, legend tells that his father, Eliezer, whose wife was still living, was seized during an attack (by the Tatars perha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theurgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Theurgy - Christian Theurgy
One may regard the Roman Catholic mass as a form of theurgy, in which the power of Christ is called down into the host and hence into its...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - His Miracles
At this time, too, he learned how to work miracles with the name of God. The following is an instance: In Constantinople, where Besht sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theurgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Theurgy - Emperor Julian
The Emperor Julian the Apostate (332-363), embraced Neoplatonic philosophy and worked to replace Christianity with his own version of Neo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Bibliography
The chief source for Besht's biography is Baer (Dob) b. Samuel's Shibchei ha-Besht, Kopys, 1814, and frequently republished. For Besht's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esoteric Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Esoteric Cosmology - Neoplatonism
Although under Plotinus, Neoplatonism began as a school of philosophy, the teachings of later Neoplatonists such as Iamblichus and Proclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pi Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Pi Film - Production
π was filmed on black-and-white reversal film and stars Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart, Stephen Pearlman, and S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pi Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Pi Film - Mathematics And π Explain The Ratio Problem ?
While the film's characters make several mathematical "goofs", such as saying * the ratio of a/b is the same as the ratio of a/(a + b) in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madonna Entertainer: Encyclopedia Ii - Madonna Entertainer - Biography
Madonna was born to an Italian-American Chrysler engineer, Silvio "Tony" P. Ciccone, and Madonna Louise Fortin (from a French Canadian f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madonna Entertainer: Encyclopedia Ii - Madonna Entertainer - Personal Life
Madonna entertainer - Italian influence. Though Madonna Ciccone is half French Canadian, more often the influence of her Italian Americ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madonna Entertainer: Encyclopedia Ii - Madonna Entertainer - Biography
Madonna Louise Ciccone was the third of six children born to an Italian-American Chrysler engineer, Silvio "Tony" P. Ciccone, and Madonn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Scripture And Tradition
The word Trinity comes from a Latin abstract noun which most literally means "three-ness" (or "the property of occurring three at once")....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Ontology Of The Trinity
Trinity - Historical view and usage. The Trinitarian view has been affirmed as an article of faith by the Nicene (325/381) and Athanasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Dissent From The Doctrine
Most Christians believe that the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity is so central to the Christian faith, that to deny it is to reject the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - In Popular Culture
In the Valérian comics, the Trinity appeared as a tough, street-hardened police sergeant (Father), a hippie (Son) and a broken jukebox (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Scripture And Tradition
The word Trinity comes from the Latin noun Trinitas, meaning the state or condition of being three, or a group of three persons or things...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Scripture And Tradition
The word Trinity comes from the Latin noun Trinitas, meaning the state or condition of being three, or a group of three persons or things...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Ontology Of The Trinity
Trinity - Historical view and usage. The Trinitarian view has been affirmed as an article of faith by the Nicene (325/381) and Athanasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Dissent From The Doctrine
Most Christians believe that the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity is so central to the Christian faith, that to deny it is to reject the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - In Popular Culture
In the Valérian comics, the Trinity appeared as a tough, street-hardened police sergeant (Father), a hippie (Son) and a broken jukebox (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalah In Non-jewish Society
Kabbalah eventually gained an audience outside of the Jewish community. Nominal-Christian versions of Kabbalah began to develop; by the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Debate About Kabbalah In Judaism
Although it was criticized by a small number of rabbis, Kabbalah has nevertheless been a fundamental part of most Jewish theology for man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Criticisms
Kabbalah - Dualism. One of the most serious and sustained criticisms of Kabbalah is that it may lead away from monotheism, and instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Practical Applications
The Midrash and Talmud are replete with the use of Divine names and incantations that are claimed to effect supernatural or metaphysical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Failure Of Sabbatian Mysticism
The spiritual and mystical yearnings of many Jews remained frustrated after the death of Rabbi Isaac Luria and his disciples and colleagu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalistic Understanding Of God
Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches that God is neither matter nor spirit. Rather God is the creator of both, but is himself neither. But...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Foretelling The Future
A small number of Kabbalists have attempted to foretell events by the Kabbalah. The term has come to be used to refer to secret science i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Textual Antiquity Of Esoteric Mysticism
Early forms of esoteric mysticism existed over 2,000 years ago. Ben Sira warns against it, saying: "You shall have no business with secre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Mystic Doctrines In Talmudic Times
In Talmudic times the terms Ma'aseh Bereshit ("Works of Creation") and Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Works of the Divine Throne/Chariot") clearly in...   » Read the article