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45. Kabbalah

The oldest part of the Talmud, the Mishnah, is called in Judaism the "soul of the Law." In Kabbalah, the secret mystical teaching of Judaism, the "rank" is even higher: it is "the soul of the soul of the Law."

Kabbalah, along with the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus and Tarot cards, is one of the foundations of Western occultism. The basis of Kabbalah is made up of two books: "Sefer Yetzira" - the Book of Creation (about the creation of the world and the deep laws of the Universe); and "Zohar" - the Book of the Chariot, or the Book of Radiance (about the Divine Essence, the ways and forms of its manifestation).

Tanakh (Old Testament) is considered in Judaism as a symbolic, deepest Revelation of God about the Universe, the key to which is Kabbalah.

As for the origin of the Kabbalah, some argue that it comes from the biblical patriarchs, Abraham and even Seth; others are from Egypt, others are from Chaldea. This system is no doubt very ancient, but like all major systems, both religious and philosophical, the Qabalah descended directly from the original Secret Doctrine of the East; through the Vedas, Upanishads, Orpheus, Thales, Pythagoras and the Egyptians.

The core of Kabbalah, its "backbone", is the famous Tree of Sephiroth (Tree of Life), which is a compact presentation of scientific, psychological, philosophical, theological and esoteric knowledge, given in a schematic form.

The Kabbalistic Tree of Sephiroth, along with the Tarot cards, is a glyph, a composite symbol, on the basis of which those who have chosen the Western Path of spiritual ascent comprehend esotericism. This glyph is a diagram of ten circles arranged in a certain order and connected to each other by twenty-two lines. The circles are called the Sephiroth, the lines are the Paths.

Meditations on the Tree of Sephiroth, as well as meditations on Tarot cards, open access to the unconscious and make it possible through its highest sphere - superconsciousness - to enter into direct contact with the Higher Forces.

The Sephira, listed from top to bottom, have the following names: Keter (Crown), Chokmah (Wisdom), Binah (Intelligence), Chesed (Mercy), Geburah (Severity), Tiferet (Beauty), Netzach (Victory), Hod (Glory) ), Yesod (Foundation), Malkuth (Kingdom). There is also an invisible Sephira - Daat, it is located above Tiferet, in the middle of the Path, going from Chesed to Bina.

In addition to positive Sephiroth, there are also negative Sephiroth - Qliphoth.

According to Kabbalah, the biblical text is a symbolic (ciphered) deepest revelation of God about the world.

Kabbalistic doctrines are important as a key to Masonic esotericism.

Author: Pankin S.F.

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