Kabbala
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- noun
- /kəˈbɑːlə/
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Cábala
- Many scholars believe that Kabbala offers deep insights into the nature of existence.
- Lurianic Kabbala
- according to Kabbala
- Kabbala's conception
Examples
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At this stage, however, we just wish to point out that the Kabbala's conception of a less-than-perfect God entails a submission of both God and creation to a higher law or controlling dynamic.
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And when I was in LA, I studied Kabbala.
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"The King God," says the Kabbala, "was imprisoned in the tresses of the temporal human mind."
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The Kabbala indeed envisages the formation of a curtain, a screen, between the emanator and emanant.
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Conversely, the theurgic conception of the Kabbala sees every human act as having an immediate effect on Divinity.
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Elder Amarillo had once said that as the world neared its end, according to Spanish Kabbala, time would start to accelerate and behave in strange ways.
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The Kabbala is anthropocentric; it envisages a less-than-perfect God ever looking for ways and means to "mend" (Tikkun) himself.
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Indeed, even Moses, whose root, according to Vital, was from Abel, had some roots of Cain. The concept of root is crucial in the Kabbala, which postulates that each temporal object and life-form has a transcendental root.
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Throughout history, Kabbala has attracted interest from various philosophers and mystics.
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The teachings of Kabbala explore the relationship between God and the universe, emphasizing a mystical approach.
Synonyms
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A set of Jewish mystical teachings about God and the universe
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A system of Jewish mystical ideas based on hidden meanings in the Jewish holy books
A Jewish tradition that finds hidden meanings in its holy books
A set of Jewish spiritual teachings about God and the hidden meaning of the world
A system of secret spiritual teachings based on Jewish mystical ideas
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kabbala comes from the Hebrew word qabbalah, which means 'reception' or 'what is received'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'receive' — the Kabbala are teachings that were 'received' from earlier teachers and passed down, so the word now means a Jewish mystical tradition.