what is the kabbalah?

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and it's uses?

Answer 1

it's the jewish book of mysticism.
it's used for divination and magick and ritual cerimonies.
It is apparantly the magick used by moses and abraham etc to talk to god and angels.

Answer 2

Kabbalah (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה‎, Tiberian: qabːɔˈlɔh, Qabbālāh, Israeli: Kabala) literally means "receiving", in the sense of a "received tradition", and is sometimes transliterated as Cabala, Kabbala, Qabalah, or other permutations. Kabbalah esoterically interprets the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and classical Jewish texts (halakha and aggadah) and practices (mitzvot), as expressing a mystical doctrine concerning God's simultaneous immanence and transcendence, an attempted resolution to the ancient paradox of how the ultimate Being—"that which is not conceivable by thinking" (Isaac the Blind)—nevertheless comes to be known and experienced by the created world.

Because of the interpretive liberties taken by kabbalistic thinkers, and the possible heresies to which they may easily lead, study of Kabbalah was traditionally restricted to a select few Rabbis and Torah scholars. As Joseph Albo puts it in his Sefer Ha-Ikkarim (II:28, fifteenth century, trans:Husik), "This is why the science treating these things is called Kabbalah (lit. tradition), because tradition must be followed in the study and the practice of it, else one is liable to commit an error and to worship as God some one other than the Lord."

Answer 3

Kabbalah (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה‎, Qabbālāh, Israeli: Kabala) literally means "receiving", in the sense of a "received tradition", and is sometimes transliterated as Cabala, Kabbala, Qabalah, or other permutations. Kabbalah esoterically interprets the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and classical Jewish texts (halakha and aggadah) and practices (mitzvot), as expressing a mystical doctrine concerning God's simultaneous immanence and transcendence, an attempted resolution to the ancient paradox of how the ultimate Being—"that which is not conceivable by thinking" (Isaac the Blind)—nevertheless comes to be known and experienced by the created world.

Because of the interpretive liberties taken by kabbalistic thinkers, and the possible heresies to which they may easily lead, study of Kabbalah was traditionally restricted to a select few Rabbis and Torah scholars. As Joseph Albo puts it in his Sefer Ha-Ikkarim (II:28, fifteenth century, trans:Husik), "This is why the science treating these things is called Kabbalah (lit. tradition), because tradition must be followed in the study and the practice of it, else one is liable to commit an error and to worship as God some one other than the Lord."


Well, it's uses? Your guess is as good as mine!

Cheers!

ST

Answer 4

True Kabbalah is the mystic path of the Hebrew religion. It is used to learn more about God, to come into contact with his energies which pervade the universe.
It is no magic and has nothing to do with new age nor what Madonna does.

Answer 5

jewish book of mysticism...lol be still my laughter

Kabbalah means to receive. Receive divine Knowledge . It can be translated as mouth to ear. The word kabbalah then refers to ORAL teaching. Kabbalah is not a book, never will be and never was.

"Torah is a lamp, kabblah is a flame upon that lamp illuminating the way" --old Jewish saying

Kabbalah has many forms the most popular arguably being Jewish and Hermetic. Kabbalah grew from the visions of Ezekiel and Daniel. The Merkavah (chariot) and Heckalot (palace) traditions. Add to this pythagorus, Plato, plotinus, Gnosticism, the Greek mysteries and much more besides and you have Kabbalah.

Modern thought is that Kabbalah began around the 13th or 12th century in France. Prior to this are pre kabbalist texts that built upon Kabbalah.

So what IS Kabbalah? it is a form of what modern people call Mysticism. It is an expression or road Map of the slef, and of "creation." Kabbalah is a dichotomy and a paradox. Displaying a unity and a plurality all at once. Stating that God is ONE, and yet God is many ALL at the same time.

What is the use of kabbalah? Well like most frms of mystical practises ultimatly Kabbalah is about divine union. In kabbalkah this is given through vesseles and light. Light gives, vessels receive, Vessels are made of light.... Thus kabbalah is about loss of the self and becoming one with God. The God of Kabbalah is however beyond expression, without the possibility of conceptualization and is ineffable. This is not really like "Jehova" or "Yahwe". This is more like the "God" of mysticism, of Gnosticism, of Sufism, of Buddhism, of Ankhenaten etc....

Other uses of Kabbalah have been to understand scripture. The most famous Jewish text the Zohar, a large volumunous Kabbalist text that became public in the 13th century,; is essentially just a large commentary on the penteeuch. Other ways Kabbalah helps illuminate scripture is through gematria. Which is like a form of numerology.

Other uses of Kabbalah have been to elevate the self, through ritual magick, talismans, incantations tarot etc.

There are many forms of kabbalah, and Angels feature heavily in all forms.There are over 40 ways to spell cabbalah.

Some of the greatest minds in history have been kabbalists...unlock kabbalah and you may unlock a great hidden treasure.

“The difference between the use and abuse of the power of the cosmos, through the wisdom of Kabbalah, lies in the use of Resistance. And that is why Resistance/Restriction is the key…..

Nature is balanced and strives to maintain balance. When we do not exert Resistance by our own free will, nature - physically and metaphysically - steps in to gain her due balance. Because the Thought of Creation was only to provide fulfillment to the Vessel, the moment, it, or we, want to receive, Light enters immediately and automatically: because a Desire to Receive constitutes a vessel for the Light. However,…..when we receive immediately, a veil of negativity, called Klipot (Husks) or a Masach (Curtain) is effected and covers the Light. That is, we can always draw energy; but when we draw unbalanced energy, we inevitably blow a (cosmic) fuse, which immediately shuts down the flow of energy/Light.

Basically what this means is that whenever we act to gratify our desires immediately, we draw what is called Direct Light and cause a ’short cirtcuit’ in the spiritual flow of energy from the Light to the Vessel, which is ourselves. Drawing Direct Light is very much like going out in the sun without sunscreen. One can get the most rays without sunscreen, but one will also burn. Aside from the pain of a sunburn, the skin then peels, and the initial goal of suntanning is forfeited. Instead, we strive to create Returning Light, which is Direct Light on which we have exerted Resistance - by pushing some of the Light away, like sunscreen resisting (our drawing of) some of the physical sunlight. It is only Returning Light that can be retained and thus enjoyed indefinitely. And it is only by resisting the Light that we convert Direct Light into Returning Light…..

[S]uffice to say for now that where there is is not a balance of giving and receiving, of positive and negative energy, which is the essence of Returning Light, a short circuit inevitably results…..

With every short circuit, another Klipah (Husk) or Masach (Curtain) is automatically erected, which in turn dims the Light from shining through. Direct Light causes a burnout; and what is burned out is the Light from that drawing Vessel.

It is important here to remind ourselves that the Light is a constant: It never changes nor ever ceases to shine. The Klipot or Masachim (the plural of Husk and Curtain) would be like lampshades put up around a lightbulb. With each layer added to the lampshade, the (physical) light appears to dim. The layers may become so numerous that they in essence block out the light and create the illusion of darkness.”

- Nekhama Schoenburg (The Unifying Factor: A Review of Kabbalah)

Answer 6

Kabbalah is a sect, not a book. The Zohar is the book that some Kabbalists adhere to.

Answer 7

It is a Jewish book of Mysticism

Answer 8

Jewish Mysticism.

Answer 9

So freaky stuff! I perfer jesus myshelf.