cabalist
Secretive mystical scholar
A cabalist is a student or practitioner of cabala—the mystical tradition of Jewish scriptural interpretation that seeks hidden meanings in sacred texts.
By extension, cabalist describes anyone engaged in esoteric or occult study, or someone involved in secretive scheming: The conspirators met like cabalists in a back room.
Also spelled kabbalist.
Accessible to few
- mysticSeeker of sacred truth
- occultistPractitioner of mystical arts
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
Tree of Life · secret doctrine · mysticism · sacred text · divine names · Hasidic · meditation · theosophy
Crafty, deceitful planner
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- intriguerOne who schemes secretly
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
machinator · conniver · manipulator · puppeteer · mastermind · insider · power broker · shadowy
Performer of illusions
- alchemistPractitioner of proto-chemistry
- adeptHighly capable, well-versed
- practitionerOne who works regularly
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
talisman · incantation · ceremonial magic · grimoire · sigil · evocation · initiate · arcane
esoteric
Accessible to few
numerology · Tree of Life · secret doctrine · mysticism · sacred text · divine names · Hasidic · meditation · theosophy · emanation
schemer
Crafty, deceitful planner
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- intriguerOne who schemes secretly
secret society · machinator · conniver · manipulator · puppeteer · mastermind · insider · power broker · shadowy · clandestine
magician
Performer of illusions
- alchemistPractitioner of proto-chemistry
- adeptHighly capable, well-versed
- practitionerOne who works regularly
ritual · talisman · incantation · ceremonial magic · grimoire · sigil · evocation · initiate · arcane · esoterica
cabalistrationalist
One guided by reason
empiricist · materialist · skeptic · positivist · scientist
cabalistliteralist
One rejecting figurative meaning
fundamentalist · dogmatist · traditionalist · conventionalist