Dictionary - Integrated Kabbalistic Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Integrated Kabbalistic Healing
Integrated Kabbalistic Healing: a means of bringing the consciousness of the Shema (the prayer of oneness) into the tiniest cell. Its ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integrated Kabbalistic Healing: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Integrated Kabbalistic Healing
INTEGRATED KABBALISTIC HEALING Integrated Kabbalistic Healing is a system of energy healing, developed by Jason Shulman, based on the ...   » 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 - Tetractys: Encyclopedia - Tetractys
Using a The Tetractys, also known as the decad, is a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows: one, two, three, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I Am That I Am: Encyclopedia - I Am That I Am
I am that I am (Hebrew: אהיה אשר אהיה, pronounced Ehyeh asher ehyeh) is the sole response God used in the Bible when Moses ask...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia - Prayer
Prayer is an effort to communicate with God, or to some deity or deities, or another form of spiritual entity, or otherwise, either to of...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Atziluth: Encyclopedia - Atziluth
Atziluth is the highest of 4 worlds in which exists the kabbalistic Tree of life. It is known as the world of emanations. In occult kabba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yetzirah: Encyclopedia - Yetzirah
Yetzirah is the 3rd of 4 worlds in the kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is known as the "world of formation". In Western occultism, the diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beri'ah: Encyclopedia - Beri'ah
Beri'ah is the second of 4 worlds in the kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is known as the world of creation. In western occultism, each of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asiyah: Encyclopedia - Asiyah
Asiyah is the 4th and last of the worlds in which exists the kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is known as the World of Actions. In Western oc...   » 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 - Temurah: Encyclopedia - Temurah
Temurah is one of the three ancient methods, the other two are gematria and Netrikon, used by the Kabbalists to rearrange words and sente...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benjamin Rowe: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Rowe
Benjamin Rowe (1952 to 2002) was an American kabbalist and ceremonial magician who published numerous articles on the kabbalah and the En...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azriel Jewish Mystic: Encyclopedia - Azriel Jewish Mystic
Azriel was one of the most important Jewish mystics in the Spanish town of Gerona (north of Barcelona) during the thirteenth century when...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Tarot Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Tarot Card - Kabbalistic/tree Of Life Considerations
Hebrew letters have added dimensions: they have a glyph, a meaning and a number. While the tarot trumps (the cards of the Major Arcana) s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tetractys: Encyclopedia Ii - Tetractys - Pythagorean Symbol
A prayer of the Pythagoreans shows the importance of the Tetractys (sometimes called the "Mystic Tetrad"), as the prayer was addressed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Evolution - Jewish Views In Reaction To Darwin
With the advent of Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory, the Jewish community found itself engaged in a discussion of Jewish principles o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hod: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Hod
hod Eighth sephirah on the kabbalistic Tree of Life � called "splendor" (specifically the splendor of the mind)   (S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Magician Tarot Card: Encyclopedia Ii - The Magician Tarot Card - Interpretation
The Magician Tarot card - Kabbalistic Approach. This card signifies the divine motive in man, reflecting God, the will in the liberatio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jewish Meditation: Alternative Health Dictionary On Jewish Meditation
Jewish meditation (Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalistic System of Insight): Judaic approach to personal growth promoted by Chabad Lubavit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Of God In Judaism - Miracles Of The Divine Names
In the Haggadah (the traditional Hebrew Passover text) it is written that the divine names of God could be used to perform miracles if on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I Am That I Am: Encyclopedia Ii - I Am That I Am - Catholic Church Interpretation
The Catholic Church's interpretation has been summarized in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a product of five centuries of theology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Tarot Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Tarot Card - Interpretation
The modern interpretation of the card stresses discipline and control. The lion represents the primal 'id' part of the mind, and the woma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Tarot Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Tarot Card - History
The Strength card was originally named Fortitude, and accompanies two of the other classical virtues in the Major Arcana; Temperance and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Tarot Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Tarot Card - Modern Examples
If the Querant is responsive, it may be useful to point to examples of the archetypes in contemporary culture. Gilgamesh was a precursor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Of God In Judaism - Laws Of Writing Divine Names
According to Jewish tradition, the sacredness of the divine names must be recognized by the professional scribe who writes the Scriptures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Philosophical Paradoxes Of Prayer
There are a number of philosophical paradoxes involving prayer to an omnipotent God, namely: If a person deserves the recipient of the p...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Judaism And Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Evolution - Classical Rabbinic Teachings
It is likely that the majority of classical rabbis held that God created the world some 6,000 years ago, and created Adam and Eve from cl...   » 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 - 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 - 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 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 - Michael Archangel: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Archangel - Michael According To Jewish Tradition And The Hebrew Bible
Michael archangel - Michael in the Book of Daniel. The prophet Daniel experiences a vision after having undergone a period of fasting. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Archangel: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Archangel - Michael In Popular Culture
Michael archangel - Michael's role in The Exorcist. According to a diary authored by Father Raymond Bishop, a Jesuit priest at St. Loui...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Michael Archangel: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Archangel - Michael In Islam
In Arabic literature, Michael is called Mika'il or (in the Qur'an) Mikal. He is one of the four archangels, and, according to Arabic trad...   » 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

Encyclopedia - The Magician Tarot Card: Encyclopedia Ii - The Magician Tarot Card - History
In the so-called "Marseilles" woodcut images that precede the overlay of occult imagery of the 19th century, The Magician is identified a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Archangel: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Archangel - Michael According To Christian Tradition
Michael archangel - Michael in the canonical New Testament. In the Epistle of Jude of the New Testament in verse 9, Michael disputes wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Archangel: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Archangel - Michael According To Christian Tradition
Michael archangel - Michael in the canonical New Testament. In the Epistle of Jude of the New Testament in verse 9, Michael disputes wi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Book Of The Keys: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Book Of The Keys
Book of the Keys. An ancient Kabbalistic work.   (See also: Book of the Keys , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Sp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Picus, John, Count Of Mirandola: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Picus, John, Count Of Mirandola
Picus, John, Count of Mirandola. A celebrated Kabbalist and Alchemist, author of a treatise "on gold" and other Kabbalistic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tsi-tsai: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tsi-tsai
Tsi-tsai (Chin.). The "Self-Existent" or the "Unknown Darkness", the root of Wuliang Sheu, "Boundless Age&quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gabriel De Collanges: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Gabriel De Collanges
Gabriel de Collanges. Born in 1524. The best astrologer in the XVlth century and a still better Kabbalist. He spent a fortune in the u...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ezra: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ezra
Ezra (Hebrew, Jewish). The same as Azareel and Azriel, a great Hebrew Kabbalist. His full name is Rabbi Azariel ben Manahem. He flouri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gilgoolem: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Gilgoolem
Gilgoolem (Hebrew, Jewish) The cycle of rebirths with the Hebrew Kabbalists; with the orthodox Kabbalists, the "whirling of the s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hod: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Hod
hod Eighth sephirah on the kabbalistic Tree of Life – called "splendor" (specifically the splendor of the mind) &nb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Approaches
There are a variety of approaches to understanding prayer: The belief that the prayer is listened to and may or may not get a response; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - The Act Of Prayer
Praying has many different forms. Prayer may be done privately and individually, or it may be done corporately in the presence of fellow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Prayer In The Abrahamic Religions
Prayer - Prayer in the Bible. In the Bible various forms of prayer appear; the most common form is petition. This in many ways is the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Prayer In Other Religions
Prayer - Hindu Prayer. Hinduism has incorporated many kinds of prayer, from fire-based rituals to philosophical musings. Prayer was par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Experimental Evaluation Of Prayer
A famous statistical experiment to determine whether or not prayer was effective was conducted by Francis Galton in 1872. Galton hypothet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Historical Polytheistic Prayer
In ancient religions of Greeks and Romans (Ancient Greek religion, Roman religion), ceremonial prayer was highly formulaic and ritualized...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aged: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aged
Aged (Kab.). One of the Kabbalistic names for Sephira, called also the Crown, or Kether.   (See also: Aged , Theosophy, Spirit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sandalphon: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sandalphon
Sandalphon (Hebrew, Jewish). The Kabbalistic Prince of Angels, emblematically represented by one of the Cherubim of the Ark.   ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tab-nooth: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tab-nooth
Tab-nooth (Hebrew, Jewish). Form; a Kabbalist term.   (See also: Tab-nooth , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spir...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dinur: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dinur
Dinur (Hebrew, Jewish). The River of Fire whose flame burns the Souls of the guilty in the Kabbalistic allegory.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Falk: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Falk
Falk, Ca?n Chenul. A Kabbalistic Jew, reputed to have worked "miracles". Kenneth Mackenzie quotes in regard to him from the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mystic Cross: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Mystic Cross
MYSTIC CROSS - Kabbalistic pentacle with four arms with three circular convexities on each end. (NAD)   (See also: MYSTIC CROS...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cabala: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Cabala
Cabala A Hebrew theology based on esoteric doctrine. Spelling used when discussing the spread of Kabbalistic teaching and symbols int...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fohat: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Fohat
fohat (Sanskrit for subtlest fiery energy of creation) Called by science atomic energy. The fiery spirit called "Father" wo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yesod: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Yesod
yesod This ninth sephirah on the kabbalistic Tree of Life equates with the term "foundation" and is understood as that whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anahata: Encyclopedia Ii - Anahata - Other Associations
In the endocrine system, Anahata is associated with the thymus gland, located in the chest. This gland produces white blood cells, that c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shekinah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Shekinah
Shekinah (Hebrew, Jewish). A title applied to Malkuth, the tenth Sephira, by the Kabbalists; but by the Jews to the cloud of glory whi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asch Metzareph: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Asch Metzareph
Asch Metzareph (Hebrew, Jewish). The Cleansing Fire, a Kabbalistic treatise, treating of Alchemy and the relation between the metals a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reuchlin, John: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Reuchlin, John
Reuchlin, John. Nicknamed the "Father of the Reformation"; the friend of Pico di Mirandola, the teacher and instructor of Er...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sepher Sephiroth: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sepher Sephiroth
Sepher Sephiroth (Hebrew, Jewish). A Kabbalistic treatise concerning the gradual evolution of Deity from negative repose to active ema...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tanaim: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tanaim
Tanaim (Hebrew, Jewish). Jewish Initiates, very learned Kabbalists in ancient times. The Talmud contains sundry legends about them and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trithemius: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trithemius
Trithemius. An abbot of the Spanheim Benedictines, a very learned Kabbalist and adept in the Secret Sciences, the friend and instructo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tzim-tzum: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tzim-tzum
Tzim-tzum (Kab.). Expansion and contraction, or, as some Kabbalists explain it - "the centrifugal and centripetal energy". ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chyuta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chyuta
Chyuta (Sanskrit) Means, "the fallen" into generation, as a Kabbalist would say; the opposite of achyuta, something which is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cardan, Jérome: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Cardan, Jérome
Cardan, Jérome. An astrologer, alchemist, kabbalist and mystic, well known in literature. He was born at Pavia in 1501, and die...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Geburah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Geburah
Geburah (Hebrew, Jewish) A Kabbalistic term ; the fifth Sephira, a female and passive potency, meaning severity and power; from it is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Beth Elohim: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Beth Elohim
Beth Elohim (Hebrew, Jewish). A Kabbalistic treatise treating of the angels, souls of men, and demons. The name means "House of t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Briatic World, Briah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Briatic World, Briah
Briatic World or Briah (Hebrew, Jewish) This world is the second of the Four worlds of the Kabbalists and referred to the highest crea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bride: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bride
Bride. The tenth Sephira, Malkuth, is called by the Kabbalists the Bride of Microprosopus; she is the final Hé of the Tetragram...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marco Antonio Bragadini: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Marco Antonio Bragadini
Marco Antonio Bragadini. A Venetian Rosicrucian of great achievements, an Occultist and Kabbalist who was decapitated in 1595 in Bavar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Black Fire: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Black Fire
Black Fire (Zohar.) A Kabbalistic term for Absolute Light and Wisdom; "black" because it is incomprehensible to our finite i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahir: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahir - Authorship
Kabbalists acribed authorship of the Bahir to R. Nehunya, a rabbi of the Mishnaic era, who lived around 100 CE. Medieval Kabbalists write...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Tools: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Ritual Tools
RITUAL TOOLS - a general name for magickal or ritual tools used by a witch or magician, also called by their Kabbalistic name, Element...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tree Of Life: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Tree Of Life
Tree of Life 1.    Kabbalistic arrangement of the ten sephiroth. 2.    Particular type of Tarot readin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gematria: Encyclopedia Ii - Gematria - Code
The basic translation code is as follows: Some Kabbalistic uses of gematria recognize differing values for the final forms and assign mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Of God In Judaism - Names Of God
Names of God in Judaism - The Tetragrammaton. The most important name of God in Judaism is the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fons Yite: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Fons Yite
Fons Yite (Latin). A work of Ibn Gehirol, the Arabian Jewish philosopher of the Xlth century, who called it Me-gor Hayyun or the "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akiba: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Akiba
Akiba (Hebrew, Jewish). The only one of the four Tanaim (initiated prophets) who entering the Garden of Delight (of the occult science...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Araritha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Araritha
Araritha (Hebrew, Jewish). A very famous seven-lettered Kabbalistic wonder-word ; its numeration is 813 ; its letters are collected by...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mirror: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mirror
Mirror. The Luminous Mirror, Aspaqularia nera, a Kabbalistic term, means the power of foresight and farsight, prophecy such as Moses h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Passing Of The River: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Passing Of The River
Passing of the River (Kab.). This phrase may be met with in works referring to medieval magic: it is the name given to a cypher alphab...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prajapatis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Prajapatis
Prajapatis (Sanskrit). Progenitors; the givers of life to all on this Earth. They are seven and then ten - corresponding to the seven ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samael: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samael
Samael (Hebrew, Jewish). The Kabbalistic title of the Prince of those evil spirits who represent incarnations of human vices; the ange...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pythagorean Pentacle: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pythagorean Pentacle
Pythagorean Pentacle (Ancient Greek). A Kabbalistic six-pointed star with an eagle at the apex and a bull and a lion under the face of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shells: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Shells
Shells. A Kabbalistic name for the phantoms of the dead, the "spirits" of the Spiritualists, figuring in physical phenomena;...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Talmidai Hakhameem: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Talmidai Hakhameem
Talmidai Hakhameem (Hebrew, Jewish). A class of mystics and Kabbalists whom the Zohar calls "Disciples of the Wise", and who...   » Read the article